Herman Mashaba

Herman Samtseu Philip Mashaba is a South African politician, entrepreneur and the current president of ActionSA, a party he launched on 29 August 2020. He served as the Mayor of Johannesburg from 2016 to 2019.

He is the founder of the hair product company Black Like Me. He is famous in South Africa for his background: he grew up struggling against poverty and the apartheid government to open his own hair business, which became the biggest hair brand in South Africa, making him a millionaire. He publicly backed Mmusi Maimane in the Democratic Alliance leadership race.

He wrote the autobiography Black Like You and recently he wrote his new memoir “The accidental mayor”. Mashaba is a libertarian and “capitalist crusader” whose highest value is “individual freedom.”

Herman Mashaba

ActionSA celebrates five years as one of SA’s powerhouse political parties

It has been five years since ActionSA was launched and took the South African political space by storm. Born out of The People’s Dialogue, which...
ActionSA challenges Ramaphosa over Lily Mine tragedy

ActionSA blasts President Cyril Ramaphosa for abandoning Lily Mine victims’ families

ActionSA has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding urgent intervention in the unresolved Lily Mine tragedy, nearly a decade after three miners were buried...
ActionSA demands immediate suspension of NPA head Batohi

ActionSA demands immediate suspension of NPA head Shamila Batohi

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has led picketing outside the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in Pretoria to demand that National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)...
Mashaba cancels party KZN Ward launch after shooting incident

Herman Mashaba cancels ActionSA KZN Ward launch following shooting incident

ActionSA has cancelled a launch of its Ward 25 in eThekwini after an armed attack on its activists on Sunday. The party cancelled the engagements...
Herman Mashaba gives Gwede Mantashe 60 days to retrieve Lilly Mine workers’

Herman Mashaba gives Gwede Mantashe 60 days to retrieve Lilly Mine workers’ remains

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has given Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe 60 days to retrieve the remains of three workers who died in...