Inside Politics Reporter
ActionSA founder and president Herman Mashaba will not lead his party to parliament but rather focus on growing and prepare for the 2026 municipal elections as well as growing it
to eventually becoming the official opposition.
Mashaba’s party, which campaigned heavily on the anti-foreigners ticket, didn’t perform as well as widely expected at the polls but did enough to get six seats in the National assembly to enable its leader and five others to take their rightful place.
The party secured over 630,000 votes at the May 29 national and provincial elections and secured six seats in the 7th administration.
But in a statement on Thursday following the part’s senate meeting, it was decided that Mashaba and chairman Michael Beaumont should rather not go to parliament and focus on
growing the party on the ground rather.
The statement quoting Beaumont said instead former DA Nelson Mandela Bay
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