ActionSA calls on the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Department of Home Affairs to urgently strengthen border security and law enforcement following the revelation that the Border Management Authority (BMA) has processed 72,906 repatriations across all ports of entry.

ActionSA officially welcomed the former Mayibuye iAfrika Movement leader Ashley Masweneng, several supporters, and former EFF member Fenya Mmabane over the weekend.

ActionSA stands firmly with the security guards of the City of Johannesburg. It has been almost 10 years since the then Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, insourced security officers. However, the City of Johannesburg is not applying the collective agreement correctly.

ActionSA is deeply concerned by today’s split 2–1 judgment of the Western Cape High Court granting an interim interdict that suspends the work of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee.

I have said it before, and I will say it again: “I don’t have a plan for Africa, I have a plan for South Africa.”

ActionSA Joburg MMC Candidate for Human Settlements, Zandile Dabula, has launched the Online Reporting Portal for Illegal Occupation of RDP Houses by Foreign Nationals.

ActionSA has noted with serious concern a recent written reply to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature revealing that the Gauteng Department of Education spends an estimated R3,1 billion annually on the provision of basic education to foreign national learners.

ActionSA condemns the unacceptable conditions that millions of South Africans are forced to endure simply to access the social assistance on which they depend.

ActionSA has today submitted comprehensive recommendations to the Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Draft Electoral Code of Conduct on Countering Disinformation in Local Government Elections, welcoming the Commission’s proactive efforts while calling for stronger safeguards to protect the integrity of South Africa’s elections.

ActionSA is alarmed by findings from an oversight visit conducted at Sarepta Old Age Home in Kuilsrivier where a facility is carrying a burden it was never designed nor adequately resourced to bear. 

There was a time when Cosmo City symbolised the future of Johannesburg. It was not another arbitrary housing project. It was proof that government could plan properly, build integrated communities and give ordinary South Africans a chance to own a home, raise a family and build a better life.

ActionSA President and Joburg Mayoral Candidate, Herman Mashaba, has written a letter to the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, recommending a technical support team to monitor National Treasury funds that will be transferred to the City of Johannesburg.

The reported power outage of the City of Johannesburg’s Call Centre, the primary platform through which residents report service delivery failures and access critical municipal assistance, is deeply concerning and wholly unacceptable.

There are moments in a nation’s history that define its moral character. Moments that reveal whether those entrusted with power truly value the lives of ordinary citizens or whether those lives become expendable once the headlines fade.