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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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Treasury may withhold funds if SASSA does not meet its conditions
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 16 June 2025 From the moment a child is born in South Africa, they face barriers in every direction. If they’re lucky, they’ll survive a chronically underfunded healthcare system. If their home is unstable, the chance of receiving help from an overwhelmed and under-resourced social worker is […]
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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 15 June 2025 On this Youth Day, we remember the fearless students of 1976 who took to the streets of Soweto to demand dignity in education. Their protest was not simply about textbooks or classrooms, it was a protest for voice, identity, and the right to learn in a […]
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) acted swiftly and decisively after the Ekurhuleni Metro began disconnecting electricity to public schools over alleged outstanding property rates accounts. Yesterday, Ekurhuleni initiated a process to cut the power to 98 public schools within the Metro without prior notice or consultation. In response, Freedom Front Plus councillors in the […]
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At Feenix, Youth Month runs deeper than a commemoration; it’s a moment of collective reckoning. “Youth Month is a time to ask: how far have we come? What systems still fail our students? How do we move from fragmented efforts to a shared, strategic approach that ensures no student is left behind simply because of …
The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, has published the guidelines for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. These guidelines partially remove the sting of the contentious aspects of the Act, but only for the time being. The guidelines restrict the authority of the provincial Head of Department (HOD) to […]
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Subsidies still not being paid on time in KwaZulu-Natal
All the victims were in school uniform when they were gunned down
The Free State Department of Roads acknowledged in its briefing of the Infrastructure Portfolio Committee that R30 billion and R15 billion are needed to repair tarred and gravel roads in the province, respectively. This staggering amount is equivalent to the total budget of the Free State government for the new financial year. In April 2023, […]
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Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades
GOOD Speech by Brett Herron ,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 11 June 2025 *Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s debate on the Western Cape Budget The 2025 Western Cape Budget 2.0, which had the opportunity to […]
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“The biggest public policy mistake of the last 125 years was the war on drugs”
A failure to provide safe and dignified hostel conditions for learners with disabilities is widespread in South Africa, the organisation says
About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity
Criminal investigations, civil litigation, lifestyle audits, and disciplinary action loom large as SIU probes dodgy water sector contracts
In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195-million project. But nothing happened
The administrative buildings of the Northern Cape Urban College in Kimberley were destroyed last night through an act of arson. While such actions cannot be condoned, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is partly to blame. Frustrated students have been protesting for weeks over delayed payments by NSFAS. The Scheme, which funds the studies […]
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Department of Education warns teachers against using corporal punishment to discipline learners
In response to the tabling of the Gauteng 2025/26 budget in the Legislature, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) insisted that the budget should also make provision for services and support to minorities in the province. The budget, tabled by the MEC for Finance, Lebogang Maile, does not differ much from last year’s, except for […]
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A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards
Activists want the decriminalisation bill to be fast tracked
In a disappointing move for those advocating for a skilled and competitive labour force, the ANC government rejected a motion by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) aimed at promoting merit-based appointments in both the public and private sectors in Mpumalanga. The motion, tabled in the Provincial Legislature, called for urgent recognition of the need […]
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