Dr. Nasiphi Moya Delivers Jobs, Growth, and Investment in Jacaranda City

These remarks were delivered by ActionSA National Chairperson, Michael Beaumont at the 4^th Leg of the ‘Mayor Moya Delivery TourL:

Dumelang, Molweni, Sanibonani, Goeie More, Good Morning;

Thank you for joining me in Marabastad today, as we talk about the one metro in South Africa that stands out in a sea of failure.

Since 2016, Tshwane has had seven mayors. One after the other they broke the capital’s finances, collapsed service delivery, and halted progress. Since October 2024, the air of pessimism has been replaced with real enthusiasm. Residents don’t believe in empty promises anymore, because they can see tangible changes being enacted each day across their city.

Despite being in office for around 18 months, Nasiphi Moya and the coalition she leads already has a commendable record of service. That is why ActionSA is continuing this Mayor Moya Delivery Tour, to show South Africans and Tshwane residents that they don’t have to search far to find credible and capable leadership. These leaders exist, they have started the turnaround of Tshwane and they need more time to finish it.

ActionSA is not a party of rhetoric, it’s a party of delivery. There is still a mountain to climb in Tshwane, but Dr. Moya has proven she is the leader fit to make that summit.

Today, I want to discuss how Mayor Moya has rejuvenated Tshwane’s economy.

Tshwane’s economy had been brought to the edge of a cliff by an administration that preached economic responsibility but did the exact opposite. The liquidity ratio sat an abysmal 0.42, debt to Eskom had ballooned to over R6 billion, unfunded budgets were being passed, unqualified audits were received, and no progress had been made in settling historic wage disputes with the unions who had brought the capital to its knees just a year before.

Mayor Moya immediately got to work.

Shortly after coming into office, she unveiled the Tshwane Economic Revitalisation Plan, which targeted 3.9% in economic growth, 80 000 new jobs by 2029, cutting of red tape, and leveraging strategic assets such as the Bon Accord Quarry, Wonderboom National Airport, Pretoria Showgrounds, and Pretoria West Power Station to grow the capital’s economy.

The fruits of the policies found in this document has resulted in job creation, outsized investment, and stabilised finances.

In August of 2025, a QLFS survey revealed that the City of Tshwane had created more jobs than Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban combined. In the period surveyed, Tshwane was responsible for 85% of all new jobs created in Gauteng. Investors took note of the capital’s improved financial standing.

In September 2025, the Tshwane Investment Summit attracted R86 billion in investments against a target of R5 billion. R200 million of that promised investment is already flowing into the city, whilst the verified investment pipeline has skyrocketed from R1.4 billion to almost R12 billion.

This administration is making strides in areas where the previous administration floundered. Its liquidity ratio has improved from 0.42 to 0.88, debt to Eskom has been reduced by over R2 billion, and Tshwane has received an improved qualified audit outcome, with 6 qualifications being reduced to 2.

The most recent budget passed by the Mayor Moya and her coalition marks the first fully funded budget since 2021.

A landmark agreement has been reached with trade unions such as SAMWU and IMATU, which has seen the historic wage dispute which crippled service delivery in 2023 settled.

Also at the forefront of Mayor Moya’s economic agenda is investment in SMMEs and entrepreneurs.

The recently launched Ithuba Youth Economic Development Programme aims to, over the next three years, unlock 30 000 economic opportunities, including training places, enterprise support, market access opportunities, as well as internships, apprenticeships and placements.

Key to the economic renewal has been the investment in economic infrastructure.

Mayor Moya is making progress in renewing the historically troubled Tshwane Fresh Produce Market. The Marabastad Market has been brought to compliance, ensuring entrepreneurs can operate, and new market stalls are also being constructed in Marabastad, which will house 3 restaurants and over 60 vendors.

But Nasiphi Moya and her coalition’s record stretches beyond renewing the Capital’s economy. The following stands as just some highlights of what Mayor Moya has been able to achieve in less than 2 years:

• TMPD is recruiting 200 officers, the first expansion in a decade
• Over 400 by-law enforcement operations have been conducted
• A pilot project to extend clinic opening hours across Tshwane has been trialled at Olievenhoutbosch Clinic, which has seen 7000 patients treated after hours
• Investigated R14.4 billion in of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure.
• Areas of non-compliance in the auditing process have decreased from 13 to 6
• More than 200km of roads have been fixed and 100km of road resurfaced
• In just a year, 18 000 potholes have been fixed
• cash-backed reserves have grown from R835 million to over R1.9 billion
• The liquidity ratio has been improved from 0.4 to an expected 0.86
• More than 28 kilometres of pipes have been replaced
• 220 kilometres of roads have been resurfaced
• Over 1,700 title deeds have been issued
• Over 19,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been cleared

These achievements have only been possible because partners in the Tshwane coalition have put their egos aside in the interest of residents. This coalition is led by someone who is not a career politician, whose sole mission is to make our capital city a shining example of what is possible in local government.

ActionSA will continue this Mayor Moya Delivery Tour, because South Africans need to know what the results will be if they elect ActionSA leaders in their municipalities. The ActionSA difference is not hypothetical; it was delivered when Herman Mashaba was mayor of Johannesburg, and it is being delivered in Tshwane under Dr. Nasiphi Moya.

The difference is not debatable, it is demonstrable.

This year, residents can make the decision to sweep the corrupt, inept, and self-interested out of office – and install leaders who will deliver. We believe that ActionSA and Mayor Moya’s record has put us and her in the latter category.

ActionSA Electoral Growth: Expanded quickly into KZN and the Western Cape.