ActionSA Gauteng chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni, said that their coalition partner, the DA, was comfortable occupying the opposition benches in Johannesburg, where they had little power of influencing governance decisions.
ActionSA submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to gain access to the documents of all those hired, however, the application was rejected by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s office.
Colleen Makhubele was fired as city council speaker by COPE after claiming that the party had joined a new newly formed alliance, the South African Rainbow Alliance.