People With HIV Go Hungry as Gauteng Government Cuts Funds
Organisations say thousands of beneficiaries are no longer getting food parcels
2024
How Big Consulting Firms Are Cashing in on the Climate Crisis
Multinational firms are benefitting from “just transition” funding while serving the world’s largest fossil fuel companies
Cape Town’s Fleet Tracking Crisis
GOOD Statement by Roscoe Palm,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 The GOOD Party is deeply concerned that, as of 1 July, the City of Cape Town may lose oversight of thousands of vehicles and critical infrastructure systems that residents rely on every single day. Under the current fleet and tracking contract, the […]
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Government Still Has No Plan to Replace US HIV Funding
A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan
Late Judgments Have Increased. Here’s What’s Being Done to Fix the Problem
The Chief Justice plans a full rollout of Court Online for civil matters by 2026 to reduce backlogs
Death in Mozambique: After US Funding Cuts, a Health System Crumbles
Part two: If Marco Rubio came here “we could show him the evidence” of deaths, says villager
Party Turns on Figland to Save Face
GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 25 June 2025 The George Council is expected to support a recommendation for disciplinary action against DA Councillor Raybin Figland. While GOOD has long called for accountability, the DA’s sudden willingness to act should not be mistaken for integrity; it is political self-preservation, not principle. The disciplinary recommendation […]
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Court to Decide Fate of Hope Street Homeless Camp
Housing rights group argues the City’s Safe Space shelters do not meet constitutional requirements for alternative accommodation
Emfuleni Mayor Challenged to Visit Town Substation
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has challenged the Mayor of the Emfuleni Local Municipality, Mr Sipho Radebe, to visit the Town substation, which has been out of service for over six days, and address the questions of residents who gather there daily. A fire broke out at the Town substation on 18 June, affecting […]
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Swellendam Municipality: Hawks Investigate Tender Fraud Allegations
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 24 June 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) are now probing the serious allegations contained in the preliminary Vermaak Report into procurement irregularities in the Swellendam Municipality. This development is a significant moment for accountability and justice in a municipality […]
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National Authorities Complicit in Ongoing Ditsobotla Chaos
Their failure to successfully intervene in the ongoing chaos at the Ditsobotla Local Municipality makes national authorities complicit in the decline of once-progressive towns such as Lichtenburg and Coligny. In the latest incident last week, municipal councillors and employees were threatened, assaulted and intimidated by security guards illegally appointed by an ANC/EFF faction within the […]
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Social Housing at Salt River Market Moves One Step Forward
Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated
Call for Stellenbosch University to Take a Stand on Gaza
Other universities in South Africa have passed resolutions criticising the war
Thousands Without Power After Town Substation in Vanderbijlpark Goes up in Flames Again
Thousands of residents in areas including Bonanne, Bophelong and Stephanopark in Vanderbijlpark are once again without electricity after a fire broke out at the Town substation on 18 June. It was the fourth fire at this substation since 2018. With the support of local businesses, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) replaced the roof and […]
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Confronting Racism in Our Schools
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 20 June 2025 The latest incident of alleged racism at Bryandale Primary School in Bryanston is yet another painful reminder that South African schools still have a long way to go before genuine transformation and inclusion are achieved. It is alleged that an […]
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Passport to Privilege: Mashatile’s Mystery Guests Undermine Joburg’s Anti-corruption Efforts
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 20 June 2025 While the City of Johannesburg investigates a significant corruption scandal involving a R263 million water tanker tender, one of the key figures in the alleged scam has quietly reappeared, not before a court, but at an international investment conference in […]
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South Africa Needs to Do More to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance, Warn Experts
This is a “pandemic which is wreaking havoc, is not being attended to properly and not being taken seriously enough”
These Are the Children the United States Left to Die
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
Charity “Icon” May Have Used Donor Money for Beauty Treatments, Judge Says
Court finds Mara Glennie may have misappropriated R2-million
Out of the Black and Into the Red – Theewaterskloof Municipality’s Rapid Decline
Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Western Cape Housing Queue: Waiting for a Grave, Not a Home
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 18 June 2025 The Western Cape’s housing backlog now sits at a staggering 688,824 households and is growing. Yet, the answers received from Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers expose a system so dysfunctional that it might as well not exist. When asked how […]
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Theewaterskloof Is in a Mess After Years of Bad Management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
EFF MP Owes Garden Route District Municipality R92K
GOOD Statement by Ashwill Oktober,GOOD Garden Route District Municipality councillor 17 June 2025 A former Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (PBI) Garden Route District Municipality councillor, now serving as an EFF Member of Parliament, owes the municipality R92,006 following an overpayment during their time in office. Virgill Gericke was erroneously paid R164,213, a result of a portfolio […]
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Social Grants Go Unpaid as Beneficiaries Struggle With SASSA’s System
Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process