Thousands of South African families are confronting uncertainty and anxiety as the country’s automotive sector continues to shed jobs and shutter plants. The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Honourable Parks Tau, to act immediately after a wave of closures and layoffs has left communities in Pretoria,… Continue reading ATM Demands Action as Workers Lose Livelihoods
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ATM Criticises Eastern Cape Education Leaders Over Withheld Infrastructure Funds
The African Transformation Movement has raised concern over continued failures in the Eastern Cape Department of Education following the decision by the National Department of Basic Education to withhold the fourth transfer of the Education Infrastructure Grant. The amount withheld is R529.8 million. According to the party, this is linked to the province’s failure to… Continue reading ATM Criticises Eastern Cape Education Leaders Over Withheld Infrastructure Funds
ATM Says Godongwana’s Mini Budget Lacks Vision for Economic Transformation
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has dismissed the 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana as uninspiring and lacking substance, saying it fails to respond to South Africa’s worsening unemployment, poverty, and inequality. ATM national spokesperson Zama Ntshona said the budget fell short of the decisive action needed to transform… Continue reading ATM Says Godongwana’s Mini Budget Lacks Vision for Economic Transformation
ATM Says Harsh Sentence Sends Clear Message to Perpetrators of Child Abuse
The Soweto community and broader South African society breathed a collective sigh of relief on Monday, 1 September, when the Johannesburg High Court sitting in Soweto sentenced Phethe Simiao 25, to two life terms in prison for the rape and brutal murder of six-year-old Amantle Samane. The judgment, delivered by Judge Maria van der Westhuizen,… Continue reading ATM Says Harsh Sentence Sends Clear Message to Perpetrators of Child Abuse
ATM Calls for Harsh Justice as Court Hears Case of SA Man Caught With Over 56,000 Child Abuse Images
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has expressed outrage over the arrest of a 59-year-old Mpumalanga man found with over 56,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse, calling it “a barbaric affront to human dignity” and demanding that the suspect face the full might of the law. The man, who was arrested in Standerton during… Continue reading ATM Calls for Harsh Justice as Court Hears Case of SA Man Caught With Over 56,000 Child Abuse Images
ATM Demands Action After Damning Health Ombud Report on Northern Cape Hospitals
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has condemned the appalling state of healthcare services in the Northern Cape, following a damning report by the Health Ombud into conditions at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital and Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley. Reacting to the findings on Thursday, ATM National Spokesperson Zama Ntshona said the report… Continue reading ATM Demands Action After Damning Health Ombud Report on Northern Cape Hospitals
Speaker Weighs Urgent Debate as SAHRC Calls for Inquiry into Police Corruption Scandal
Johannesburg – Speaker of the National Assembly Thoko Didiza has confirmed receiving urgent requests from MPs to convene a snap debate on explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The top cop’s allegations have rocked the political and judicial establishment and triggered a call for a full Commission of Inquiry from the… Continue reading Speaker Weighs Urgent Debate as SAHRC Calls for Inquiry into Police Corruption Scandal
ATM Turns to Public Protector Over Claims Mchunu Sabotaged Political Killings Task Team
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to urgently investigate what it alleges is a calculated abuse of state power by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, in connection with the sudden collapse of a specialised police unit investigating politically motivated killings. ATM Member of Parliament Vuyo Zungula has submitted a formal… Continue reading ATM Turns to Public Protector Over Claims Mchunu Sabotaged Political Killings Task Team
Public Protector Accedes to ATM’s Request to Probe Failure by State Organs to Enforce Regulation for Food Processors
The Office of the Public Protector has acceded to the request by the leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to investigate the government’s failure to enforce regulations on spaza shops and other companies processing foodstuffs sold to the South African public. Vuyo Zungula made the request to the office in October last year at… Continue reading Public Protector Accedes to ATM’s Request to Probe Failure by State Organs to Enforce Regulation for Food Processors
ATM Wants Constitution Amended to Bar People Born Outside South Africa from Running for Public Office
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) wants to use the current window opened to review the South African constitution to propose that people born outside the country be barred from running for public office. The party’s President and MP (Member of Parliament) in Cape Town, Vuyo Zungulu, says the current loophole in Section 19(3)(a) on political… Continue reading ATM Wants Constitution Amended to Bar People Born Outside South Africa from Running for Public Office