ActionSA is willing to work with the African National Congress in the City of Johannesburg, provided Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, is removed from his position. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba and national chairperson Michael Beaumont made this announcement during a media briefing today. However, the party said they were not joining the ANC-led multi-party government but would make its presence felt on an 'issue by issue' basis in the municipal council.

DOING IT TO SAVE THE CITY

The party said this move is a measure to save the city from mismanagement and poor political leadership. Beaumont told the media that the party intends to contribute to stabilising the municipal government. "We will supply our 44 votes in Johannesburg metro to the government on an issue-by-issue basis, with the meritorious consideration of the issue at hand only," Beaumont said. He added: "We need to put behind us the Gwamanda era and move on, because quite frankly, very little can be as bad as the Gwamanda era has been," said Beaumont.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

ActionSA said it will support the ANC in Johannesburg on condition that they remove Gwamanda as mayor. They also want the city to immediately reverse the R200 surcharge imposed by City Power on prepaid users; introduce a series of motions aimed at addressing key frontline service delivery issues, including infrastructure renewal and rejuvenation in the inner city and have the ANC facilitate the resignation of the current ATM Speaker in the City of Tshwane.