ActionSA

About the party

Established by former Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba in 2020, ActionSA contested its first municipal election in 2021 and first general election in May 2024. In the 2021 municipal elections, the party contested a limited number of municipalities in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni as well eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, winning 90 seats in the six municipal councils and a ward in Newcastle. In the May 2024 general election, ActionSA won six seats in the National Assembly with 1.2 percent of the votes and declined an invitation by the ANC to be part of the Government of National Unity (GNU), choosing to stay as an opposition.