ActionSA has today taken eThekwini City Manager Musa Mbhele to the National Prosecuting Authority, submitting a Section 27 affidavit to the Investigating Director over an alleged criminal contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and failure to act on evidence of corruption in the deeply tainted Phoenix Infill Housing Project. This follows a damning final report of Special Investigating Unit (SIU) proclamation R9 of 2021, issued in March 2023. This found evidence pointing to the …
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“5 More Years” Election Posters in Tshwane
Today, I launched my election posters in Tshwane with a simple message to residents: give ActionSA five more years to continue the work we have started and restore our Capital City. When I accepted ActionSA’s nomination as Mayoral Candidate in May, I said that my vision was to build a Capital City we can all be proud of again. I also set out the five priorities that will guide my programme for the next five years: economic prosperity and opportunity, financial stability and responsible …
Tshwane Could Do More to Boost Community Projects
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) commends the communities who have rolled up their sleeves and taken it upon themselves to maintain and gentrify their neighbourhoods under the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative, however, the current administration needs to provide more guidance. This upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals and businesses to maintain council property such as streetlights, road signs and parks, and to install …
Transfer of Rebecca Street Crematorium Halted
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) believes that the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Regional Operations and Coordination is already struggling to manage several cemeteries and will not be able to take on a crematorium as well. The Freedom Front Plus on Thursday rejected a proposal to transfer the management of the Rebecca Street Crematorium, located in western Pretoria, to the Metro’s Department of Regional Operations and Coordination. This Crematorium is the only one of its kind in Pretoria and …
Groenkloof and UNISA Areas Increasingly Affected by Cable Theft
The rise in cable theft in the Groenkloof and UNISA area of the Tshwane Metro can no longer be tolerated. Seeing as this is a common problem in Tshwane, the Metro needs to shoulder the responsibility of protecting critical infrastructure – which it is currently failing to do. Businesses and households frequently affected by power outages have to incur extra costs to acquire generators to meet their daily electricity needs. As a preventive and reactive measure, the Groenkloof Residents’ …
Ruling Coalition in Tshwane Disregards Importance of Oversight
The Tshwane Metro Council’s Oversight Committee on Housing and Human Settlements was unable to proceed with its work last week, as eight members of the ruling coalition representing the ANC, ActionSA and EFF failed to attend an important meeting. Seeing as there was no quorum, four reports that were tabled could not be discussed and no relevant decisions could be made. One of these was the Department’s medium-term performance report, which details recurring shortcomings identified by the …
Questions Mount Over Manamela
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says today’s Pretoria High Court ruling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) raises serious questions about Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela’s judgement and his handling of one of South Africa’s most important public institutions. The court suspended Prof Hlengani Mathebula’s appointment as NSFAS administrator and restored the seven remaining board members to manage and govern the institution pending the final …
Coalitions Blamed for the Collapse of Cities
Statement by Ashor Sarupen – DA Federal Council Chairperson: ANC NEC member Dickson Masemola’s attempt at whitewashing the ANC’s local government record, by stating that coalition governments are to blame for worsening service delivery in Johannesburg, eThekwini and Tshwane since 2016, is not merely untrue, but it reverses the truth. Johannesburg and eThekwini are governed by ANC-led administrations. And in Tshwane, the ANC deliberately removed the stable DA-led coalition of …
Settlement Between Tshwane and Kleinfontein Welcomed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the settlement reached between Kleinfontein Share Block and the Tshwane Metro, which has just been confirmed by the High Court in Pretoria and made an order of court. These developments mark the end of a to-and-fro legal battle in the courts between the community and the Metro after yet another ruling was made against Kleinfontein two years ago regarding the fact that the process of formalising Kleinfontein into a town had not yet been properly …
Mettler High Court Judgement Fixes What Should Never Have Happened
ActionSA welcomes the High Court judgment interdicting the suspension of Tshwane Municipal Manager, Mr Johann Mettler. Importantly, the judgment of the Gauteng Division, Pretoria of the High Court relates to the ruling of the Speaker of Council and not the Executive Mayor. The Executive Mayor submitted papers to the Court outlining the statutory obligations of her office in relation to this matter, confirming her compliance with those obligations while formally recording her intention to respect …