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ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont has slammed Rise Mzansi's SMS campaign urging South Africans not to vote for ActionSA.

Before Brink’s ousting, both the ANC and ActionSA had declared plans to field mayoral candidates, leading ActionSA to threaten withdrawal.

ActionSA caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni slammed the move calling it “stark hypocrisy”.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of centralising power in his office, following the announcement of yet another appointment in the Presidency to deal with electricity blackouts.

ActionSA’s Gauteng leader Funzi Ngobeni said the party feared that service delivery in has seen a further deterioration since the election of Amad from Al Jama-ah in January.

Baloyi resigned from ActionSA on Monday, citing an attempt by Mashaba to remove him as the provincial leader and make him the national spokesperson.

On Wednesday, the ANC is expected to return to its romantic relationship with the EFF in the City of Tshwane in order to vote in a mayor of their choice – as opposed to that of the coalition of DA, ActionSA and others.

ActionSA has already filed an urgent complaint with the Public Protector against Simelane in connection with an alleged loan she took from an accused VBS Bank investment broker.

ActionSA has called for a thorough investigation into the qualifications and competencies of cabinet ministers.

ActionSA has called on the president to suspend Simelane pending the outcome of any ongoing investigations, or the minister should do the “honourable thing” and step aside.

Drama unfolded at the IEC’s national elections Results Operation Centre on Friday as ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba confronted energy minister Gwede Mantashe over the Lilly Mine tragedy in Mpumalanga.

Former Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink has accused ActionSA of bringing the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to the centre of power in the city.

Its Multi-Party Charter partners, such as the IFP, Freedom Front Plus, ACDP and ActionSA, lagged far behind in voter support and did not reach double-digit margins to make up the more than 50% needed to form a government.

Multi-Party Charter (MPC) coalition, which consists of the DA, IFP, ActionSA, Freedom Front Plus, and ACDP, among others, had 38% of the vote.

One of the ActionSA MMCs has vacated a seat on the Mayco, and I intend to appoint the deputy mayor in that position,” the Tshwane mayor explained.

Shifts in coalitions and alliances, including the EFF-MK fallout and ActionSA’s changing stance, signal a new era for South African politics.

The EFF’s deputy president Floyd Shivambu and ActionSA’s provincial leader Funzi Ngobeni were also present.

With new players like ActionSA, Umkhonto weSizwe Party and Patriotic Alliance expected to have their own say in Gauteng, the ANC seems to be leaving nothing to chance by calling on its big guns to campaign for the party.

Following his resignation, Graham has now taken up a position as the interim KZN Provincial Exec of the ActionSA political party.