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National Dialogue 2025.
ActionSA is one of the political parties keeping a close eye on South Africa’s first National Convention, held at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria.
The party’s National Spokesperson, Lerato Ngobeni, says the party is attending in an observatory role, as leaders and citizens gather to confront the country’s most urgent challenges.
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ActionSA has pulled out of this weekend’s National Dialogue Convention, citing concerns over its independence and the presidency’s dominant role. pic.twitter.com/p6w2d1RfDS— SABC News (@SABCNews) August 14, 2025
We have withdrawn from active participation in the upcoming National Dialogue Convention amid growing concerns about the process.
We will, instead, deploy two of our MPs to observe and exercise oversight over the proceedings.
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— ActionSA (@Action4SA) August 14, 2025
ActionSA has joined the list of entities withdrawing from the upcoming National Dialogue due to concerns about the logistics of hosting it. The dialogue will take place at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in Pretoria on Friday. pic.twitter.com/615fiRVUty
— SABC News (@SABCNews) August 14, 2025
She says ActionSA is watching to see whether the convention delivers meaningful outcomes and crucially, whether it includes the voices of civil society.
“We are observing what is happening, whether this is fruitful or not, whether society is truly involved and whether this is not like an 80% or 90% Africa National Congress (ANC) rally. This is how we felt this morning,” says Ngobeni.
She says they are now in the breakaways and want to see what is going to be fruitful out of the breakaways.
“The morning session was a bit troublesome from where we were sitting. It didn’t look like things were off to a good start as there was a lot of chaos,” she adds.
[WATCH] ActionSA has withdrawn from active participation in the National Dialogue Convention. The party’s Parliamentary Leader, Athol Trollip, says they are concerned that the dialogue may be used as the election strategy for the 2026 local government elections. pic.twitter.com/BYKNkQjcKA
— SABC News (@SABCNews) August 13, 2025
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