Overview

• ActionSA formally named Sizok’thola presenter Xolani Khumalo as its Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate ahead of the 2026 local elections.
• Party president Herman Mashaba endorsed him as a fearless, ethical leader focused on public safety, basic services, growth and jobs.
• Khumalo pledged to keep pressuring drug dealers and criminal syndicates, framing his campaign as a continuation of his anti-crime activism.
• He was arrested in July 2023 on murder, robbery and property-damage charges linked to a suspect’s death, which prosecutors provisionally withdrew earlier this year.
• The announcement drew cheering supporters at the launch event, while wider reaction included doubts about his leadership experience and praise for his law-and-order profile.