Rail Theft Case: Accused Juggles Lawyers, Creating Further Five-Month Delay
A trial over the theft of 42km of railway line in the Eastern Cape has already been six years in the making
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Good Party Joins Litigation Against Unaffordable Cape Town Tariffs
The City of Cape Town’s scheme linking tariffs to property values is illegal, unfair, and cloaked in lies about redistributive justice. It is illegal because the Local Government Municipal Systems Act dictates that a municipality’s tariff policies must reflect the principle of usage. In other words, you pay for the services you receive.
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At Least a Decade of Waiting for Social Housing
After years of struggle and public pressure, there are encouraging signs that the Western Cape Government (WCG) is finally listening. At a follow-up public meeting held in Sea Point last night, consultants appointed by the WCG presented revised concept proposals for the redevelopment of the Tafelberg School site, now quietly renamed “353-on-Main.” These new plans reflect a shift in response to public calls for more social and affordable housing.
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Is Electricity Affordable in South Africa?
Working class communities in South Africa are continuing the tradition of shutting down their neighbourhood in protest against high electricity prices.
Holocaust Centre Urged to Recognise Genocide in Gaza
Centre director alarmed by humanitarian situation, but says “the designation of genocide is a legal matter”
Gambling Boss Quits After Forensic Audit
The National Gambling Board’s chief strategic advisor Caroline Kongwa has resigned. She earned R3.4-million last year.
Johannesburg Council: Support for Public Participation on Killarney Country Club
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 31 July 2025 Today, the Johannesburg Council approved the initiation of a public participation process on the possible lease or disposal of the Killarney Country Club, a motion the GOOD Party fully supports. The site in question spans over 111 hectares of prime […]
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Joburg Clinic Staff Make Me Ashamed to Be an Immigrant
Each time I take my daughter to the clinic, immigrants are told to wait while South Africans are served first
Climate Change Is Making Africa’s Debt Burden Worse
State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.
Hundreds of Households in Kariega Left in the Dark
Residents believe they are being targeted unfairly for “load reduction”
Emfuleni Customer Service Centre in Vanderbijlpark Closed
Residents of Vanderbijlpark were left disappointed and unable to resolve their issues this morning after the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s customer service centre in Paul Kruger Street, Vanderbijlpark, was closed. The centre was closed because Emfuleni failed to pay the monthly rent of R6,4 million. The Municipality has been leasing the building, which houses over 100 […]
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“Fact-Finding” MPs Must Answer for Their Silence Over Starvation in Gaza
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 30 July 2025 As images of starving children emerge from Gaza and the International Court of Justice continues to weigh evidence of genocide, the GOOD Party calls on the Members of Parliament who travelled to Israel in April under the guise of a “fact-finding” mission to answer one simple […]
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South Africa’s First Blind Soccer League Kicks off in Joburg
Coach wants to take a team to the Paralympics one day
Millions Were Spent to Relocate These Families, and yet They Still Live in Squalor
Gauteng Department of Human Settlements spent R78-million on plans that never materialised
First Malaria Treatment for Babies Is a Major Step to Ending the Disease in Africa
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
Blue Downs Residents Clash With Police
Two men have been arrested for public violence
Students March in Germiston Over Unpaid NSFAS Fees
They are demanding that the Ekurhuleni West TVET College intervene to help desperate students
Makhanda: An Iconic South African City Collapses
Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray
Sex Workers Plea for Arrest Moratorium
A bill to decriminalise sex work was sent back to the justice department for redrafting about two years ago
Hundreds of Judgments Are Still Late
And the late judgments list is also late
Armed Banditry Is Becoming a Crisis in Nigeria: Why Fixing the Police Is Key
The fragile state of Nigeria’s police contributes to the persistence of insecurity, particularly banditry, in the northern region.
No Evidence of Lesotho Rebel Army
Lesotho’s security chiefs have claimed there are illegal military training camps on SA farms
Should Prisons Provide Gender-Affirming Healthcare?
Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing
Is Thabo Mbeki Guilty of Dereliction of Duties?
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 28 July 2025 Whether or not former President Thabo Mbeki succeeds in his application to join the case brought by victims of apartheid against government, being argued in the Gauteng High Court today, the former President has a duty to explain the State’s disinterest or inability to prosecute apartheid-era […]
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