ActionSA expresses deep concern and outrage following the circulation of a disturbing video depicting a South African Police Service (SAPS) constable allegedly assaulting a civilian at the Volksrust Police Station in Mpumalanga.

ActionSA notes with grave concern the credit rating outlook downgrade of the City of Joburg by the Global Credit Rating Company.

ActionSA strongly condemns the alleged misuse of municipal resources by the ANC in Ward 16 of Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality, where municipal property is reportedly being used to advance the ruling party’s political campaign.

ActionSA welcomes the publication today by Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen of the Routine Vaccination Scheme for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (RVS-FMD), issued under section 10 of the Animal Diseases Act, 1984. This intervention is long overdue.

After a year of fighting for the full investigation report from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into the conduct of members of the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) in the wake of the Phala Phala scandal, ActionSA has succeeded in securing the report.

ActionSA is appalled by the recent response from the Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Tasneem Motara, regarding the unlawful sale and hijacking of RDP houses. The MEC’s reply to ActionSA’s written questions in the Provincial Legislature is a masterclass in deflection and exposes a department completely out of touch with the reality facing our most vulnerable communities.

ActionSA has today written to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, requesting an urgent meeting to fast-track legislation that protects and incentivises whistleblowers through Parliament.

ActionSA in the North West Province is gravely concerned that conditions at Dikeledi Makapan Primary School, built in 1978 and located in the Moretele Local Municipality, have deteriorated further since our initial oversight visit on 18 February 2026.

ActionSA has today undertaken three important actions to hold Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe accountable for deliberately lying to Parliament to conceal undeclared and undue luxury gifts she received, reportedly worth a million rand, from Chinese officials, which we believe may have criminal implications.

The latest response by IPID, seeking an extension on ActionSA’s demand for the release of its Phala Phala investigation report, shows that either the Police Minister, Feroz Cachalia, misled Parliament when he stated that the report had been declassified, or that IPID is choosing to defy the Minister.

Until parties in the GNU withhold their support for the continuation of this failing national government and condition the resumption of their support for an agreement on real reforms, all we have is a multi-party delivery platform of the same failed ANC agenda that voters removed from office two years ago but with better public relations.

ActionSA joins South Africans and global music lovers in mourning the passing of Albert Mazibuko, a legendary musician and founding member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

ActionSA welcomes the appointment of Johnstone Makhubu as the new Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service.

ActionSA has requested that President Ramaphosa immediately fire Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe for blatantly lying to Parliament and engaging in an elaborate cover-up regarding luxury vehicles from Chinese officials, which a Daily Maverick investigation has revealed were instead for the benefit of the Minister’s daughters.

ActionSA Gauteng has taken note of the Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s latest update, including the recent changes in the Executive Council.