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President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe allegations of maladministration and corruption in the Tshwane metro.

Though ActionSA supports affirmative action programmes that address the apartheid-created racial inequality in the countrys economy, the party’s president has called for the act to be repealed.

ActionSA's inaugural policy conference continues at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

ActionSA President Herman Mashaba said that in efforts to reduce the high youth unemployment rate, the party has a responsibility to provide young people with an opportunity to learn skills, gain experience, and drive meaning.

ActionSA is hosting its inaugural policy conference from Tuesday at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg.

The Tshwane council meeting is taking place virtually on Tuesday after a scuffle during the previous sitting saw DA and EFF councillors hurling insults and physically assaulting each other.

The party is hosting its inaugural three-day policy conference at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, with over 600 delegates in attendance.

ActionSA president, Herman Mashaba, said justice in South Africa was not equally applied as people with resources could buy their way out of punishment.

About 609 delegates from around the country will be participating in the three-day conference to formulate the party’s policy ideas ahead of next year’s general elections.

The party’s draft policy document says it supports the transition from fossil to renewable energy, however, it adds that the process should not come at the expense of the country’s economic growth.