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The GOOD Party notes the release of the Auditor‑General's latest local government audit outcomes and cautions against any attempt to portray the City of Cape Town's audit outcome as a "clean audit".
The post CAPE TOWN DID NOT RECEIVE A CLEAN AUDIT appeared first on For Good.
Madam Speaker, this report is tabled to inform the Council of the irregular, unauthorised, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure identified during the 2024/2025 financial year.
The post GOOD PARTY REJECTS MPAC REPORT OVER MILLIONS IN IRREGULAR AND WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE appeared first on For Good.
Africa is rapidly expanding electricity generation, but new research shows energy planning must also account for water scarcity and carbon dioxide emissions.
Speaker, where you live matters.
It matters because where you live often determines whether investment comes to your community, whether development is encouraged or delayed, and whether opportunities are created or remain out of reach.
The post WHERE YOU LIVE MATTERS: GEORGE NEEDS A PLAN FOR EVERY COMMUNITY appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party welcomes the City of Cape Town's decision to finally restore MyCiTi card-loading services in Walmer Estate following sustained pressure, oversight, and direct intervention by the party.
The post GOOD PARTY INTERVENTION FORCES CITY OF CAPE TOWN TO RESTORE WALMER ESTATE MYCITI SERVICES appeared first on For Good.
Africa does not need another grand vision. It needs to treat the vision it already has as a discipline.
The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town's 2026/27 budget, expected to be approved by the DA majority on 29 June 2026, will deepen the financial pressure on ordinary households.
The post CAPE TOWN RESIDENTS MUST NOT BE MADE TO PAY FOR DA MAYOR HILL-LEWIS’ MUNICIPAL AMBITIONS appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party Caucus on the City of Cape Town Council condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the killing of Sinovuyo Dyokwe, a Dunoon community activist and Democratic Alliance ward candidate, who was gunned down on Saturday a day after spending the day registering voters during Registration Weekend.
The post GOOD PARTY CAUCUS CONDEMNS THE ASSASSINATION OF WARD CANDIDATE SINOVUYO DYOKWE IN DUNOON appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Councillor Ricardo van der Merwe, the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Infrastructure and Planning Services at the Saldanha Bay Municipality, officially attended the Western Cape Minibus Taxi Industry Transformation Summit on Wednesday, 17 June 2026.
The post GOOD CHAMPIONS MINIBUS TAXI INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION AT WESTERN CAPE SUMMIT appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Party City of Cape Town Councillor Wesley Neumann has reaffirmed his support for the Save Gilray Committee and its vision to preserve the historic Gilray Scout Site as a community asset for future generations.
The post GOOD SUPPORTS COMMUNITY-LED VISION TO SAVE GILRAY SCOUT SITE appeared first on For Good.
USAID’s closure, while painful and damaging, might give rise to a new arrangement beyond aid.
Sixty years after District Six was declared a “whites only” area, followed by the catastrophic forced removal of 60,000 people, mostly to the Cape Flats, the process of restitution and redress is making painfully slow progress.
The post UNDEVELOPED DISTRICT SIX IS A MONUMENT TO AN UNCARING STATE- AT ALL LEVELS appeared first on For Good.
On this anniversary of Youth Day half a century later, we must pause and reflect on the core message behind the tragedy of the Soweto Uprising. The battle against exclusion.
The post 50 YEARS LATER, THE SPIRIT OF EXCLUSION LIVES ON appeared first on For Good.
Today, 16 June, we remember the courage, resilience, and determination of the youth who stood against oppression, injustice, and the brutality of the apartheid regime.
The post YOUTH DAY 2026: ADVANCING INCLUSION, EQUALITY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party has exposed a web of shifting excuses and bureaucratic buck-passing by the City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate regarding the collapse of MyCiTi card-loading services in Walmer Estate.
The post URBAN IMMOBILITY: CITY OF CAPE TOWN SHIFTS GOALPOSTS WHILE MYCITI VENDORS AND RIDERS REMAIN STRANDED appeared first on For Good.
On 14 May 2026 the GOOD Party engaged political and executive leadership of the Public Safety Portfolio Committee after receiving a complaint from a community member regarding the cleaning of the Berg River.
The post THE GOOD PARTY WELCOMES DRAKENSTEINS COMMITMENT TO PRIORITISE THE CLEANING OF THE BERG RIVER AS A MEASUREMENT TO COUNTER SEVERE FLOODING appeared first on For Good.
She was a trusted mentor to young militants whose 1976 uprising shaped the country forever.
From Cape Town’s kelp forests to debates over hunting and sharks, human relationships with wildlife are reshaping conservation across South Africa.
The City of Cape Town must stop hiding behind its alleged Good Hope Centre auction review process, swallow its pride, cancel the ridiculously inappropriate sale, pay whatever penalties are due, and publicly commit to using the precinct as a mixed-use development including affordable housing.
The post FOUR MONTHS LATER…CAPE TOWN MUST SWALLOW ITS PRIDE AND CANCEL GOOD HOPE CENTRE SALE appeared first on For Good.
On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the Democratic Alliance (DA) placed a Western Cape Constitution Amendment Bill on the agenda of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for consideration today.
The post WESTERN CAPE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT: THE DA WITHDRAWS AMENDMENT BILL AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR appeared first on For Good.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Provincial Parliament sitting on the proposed amendments to the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act (LUPA).
The post WC LAND USE MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT: PARTICIPATION IS NOT A LUXURY appeared first on For Good.
There is no rule, no law, no parliamentary provision that requires a Member of this House to route oversight visits through the very office we are tasked with holding accountable. None.
The post OVERSIGHT VISITS: I’M NOT ASKING PERMISSION TO DO MY JOB appeared first on For Good.
We are facing an education crisis, and we are not treating it like one.
Just yesterday I met with a community in Wesbank.
The post DROPOUTS DON’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM — THIS PROVINCE IS PUSHING CHILDREN OUT appeared first on For Good.
It is International Day of Play today but most of Cape Town’s children don’t have safe places to play.
Play is not a luxury. It should not be reserved for rich kids or poor kids; it is essential to all children’s physical, emotional and social development.
The post INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PLAY TODAY – BUT NOT ON THE CAPE FLATS appeared first on For Good.