ActionSA expands reach

GREEN UMBRELLA: MASHABA OPENS DOOR FOR OPERATION DUDULA >>→ Two new parties join project as talks continue amid coalition ambitions.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

PARTNERS. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba flanked by the Creative Congress Movement's Tshepo Mashiane, left, and Azanian Independent Community Movement's Wiseman Dibakwe yesterday.

(Nigel Sibanda)

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the door is still open for Operation Dudula to merge with his party, or enter into a working arrangement.

Mashaba yesterday welcomed two new parties under what ActionSA called its Green Umbrella Project.

The parties are the Azanian Independent Community Movement and the Creative Congress Movement.

He said these mergers will strategically boost ActionSA's power in communities and increase the number of its public representatives nationwide to 150.

"These parties, despite not having a national footprint, are often the most in touch with local needs and best-placed to fight for the interests of their communities," said Mashaba.

He said ActionSA's vision is to end the dominance of established big parties that have failed communities through poor governance and corruption.