ActionSA dragged to court for EFF-style purge

Sacked councillor launches fight for reinstatement

- By Mawande AmaShabalala

ActionSA is facing legal action for copying the EFF's consequence management policy when it dismissed its councillors for failing to meet the party's recruitment targets.

The party has been dragged to the Johannesburg High Court on an urgent basis by councillor Ayanda Mchunu, who is seeking an order to declare her expulsion unlawful and set aside.

The policy in contention is similar to the EFF's 2023 rule during the party's 10th anniversary rally in which all deployees were required to provide buses to ferry supporters to the FNB Stadium, in Joburg.

Those who failed to comply were removed from their positions as councilors, members of provincial legislatures and the national assembly.

With ActionSA, its councilors were given nine months from January this year to September to recruit at least 200 people to the party.

Some failed to meet the target, and the party issued them with letters to explain why they should not be expelled.And despite some submitting their reasons, they were summarily dismissed from their positions.