ActionSA marks THREE YEARS

Rapidly growing political party, ActionSA, has reached a three-year milestone since its inception during the lockdown.

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HERMAN MASHABA LAUNCHES ACTIONSA DURING 2020 LOCKDOWN

Today, Tuesday, 29 August, ActionSA celebrates its third birthday as a political party launched on 29 August 2020 from a live studio broadcast in the middle of a COVID-19 lockdown.

From this unprecedented environment, the party has contested its first local government election and established itself in all nine provinces and is placed on a rapid growth path to the 2024 national and provincial elections, according to party President Herman Mashaba.

“In ActionSA’s first elections, the party contested only 6 municipalities out of the 278 municipalities across the country. Despite this, the party emerged as the 6th largest party in South Africa with 2.37% of the national vote,” he shared the growth.

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“This is why ActionSA’s contestation across all 9 provinces, after 3 years of growth, offers South Africans an exciting national prospect as a political alternative.”Mashaba

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ACTIONSA, A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

“Importantly, ActionSA emerged as the most diverse political party in South Africa at the grassroots level of its support – achieving similar levels of support across townships, suburbs, informal settlements and CBDs. The party celebrates this feature of our party because South Africa needs a genuinely diverse political home that brings together all South Africans,” Mashaba reflected.

The party has contested a number of by-elections since 2021 to demonstrate the onward growth path of the party, namely:

• In the rural north of Pretoria ActionSA increased from 6% to 22% of the vote,
• while in the outskirts of Soweto ActionSA grew from 11% to 23%.
• Most recently, in Ennerdale and Finetown, ActionSA grew from 5% to 15%, registering 25% support in previously ANC voting districts.
• Breaking out of Gauteng, ActionSA has recorded 8% of the vote in Kwanobuhle in the Eastern Cape, 9% in Moletjie in Limpopo and 11% in Kwanongoma in rural KZN.

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MEMBERSHIP GROWTH SINCE FIRST ELECTIONS

Party President highlighted that since the 2021 elections, the party has established structures in all 9 provinces led by strong Provincial Chairpersons who have established structures across the districts of their provinces. To date, the party has more than 225 000 members and has branches launched in 30% of the 4468 wards across South Africa.

“Today, ActionSA marks 3 years of proud service to the South African people and doubles down on our commitment to be the political alternative that so many South Africans are desperately looking for. We commit ourselves to reaching more towns and villages and presenting our unique offer to more South Africans on new street corners across our country,” said Mashaba.

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