Alarm Raised Over Plans for State-Run Lottery
Since its inception, a private company has been responsible for operating the lottery and selling tickets. That is set to change in 2034
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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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Environmental Concerns Over Dwarsriver Rehabilitation Works
GOOD Statement by Grechard Petersen,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 20 June 2025 The GOOD Party has formally raised concerns about recent river maintenance works conducted by the Stellenbosch Municipality in the Dwarsriver, Pniel. The works, which involved an excavator extracting stones and sand from the riverbed to construct a buffer wall, were reportedly aimed at stabilising […]
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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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MPs Not Impressed With New SASSA Verification Process
Treasury may withhold funds if SASSA does not meet its conditions
104 Darling Street: Two Decades After Grootboom, the Promise of Housing Remains Empty
Today, GOOD Party Councillors stood in solidarity with Ndifuna Ukwazi and residents of 104 Darling Street, better known as the Irene Grootboom House (IGH), who are facing an eviction by the National Department of Public Works. We say public land must be used for public good. Just this week, in a response to parliamentary questions […]
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SERI Report Reinforces Urgent Need for Basic Income Grant
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 19 May 2025 The latest Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) “Food for Thought” report exposes a nation in crisis. One in five households in South Africa experiences inadequate or severely inadequate access to food. Thirty percent of boys under five are stunted due to chronic undernutrition, while millions of South […]
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Proteas Arrive Home Victorious
The South African cricket team won the World Test Championship in London last week
44 Years in Limbo: Cape Town’s Broken Housing System
GOOD Statement by Suzette Little ,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 18 June 2025 The written responses received from Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, offer a troubling window into a housing system paralysed by inefficiency, poor communication, and bureaucratic bluster. In reply to parliamentary questions posed by GOOD Secretary-General […]
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Train Collision at Philippi Rail Crossing: Commuters Pay the Price
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 18 June 2025 This morning, the 07:35 PRASA train from Nonqubela to Cape Town collided with a car at the Philippi rail crossing. It is not clear from the footage received by GOOD if there were any injuries. Passengers were forced to […]
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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
Time to Deliver on the GNU Promise
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 17 June 2025 Today marks one year since the Government of National Unity was formed, a bold and necessary step towards restoring stability and collaboration in a fractured political landscape. For the first time, the official opposition, most notably the DA, has found itself not across the aisle, but […]
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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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Series on the Line as Proteas Women Prepare for Winner-Takes-All ODI Against Windies
BARBADOS: The Proteas Women are primed for a spirited performance in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) against the West...
On This Day, We Celebrate the Many South African Fathers and Sons Who Love Cricket
LONDON: The Protea Men’s team awoke in London on Sunday to one of the happiest Father’s Days ever. It could...
Youth Day: We Are Not a ‘Lost’ Generation but a …
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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Youth Day: The Fight for Language Justice Continues
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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Cape Town’s Rundown Rental Stock and Hostels -“No Money” Is a Political Choice, Not a Truth
GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 14 June 2025 The crisis of maintenance in Cape Town’s rundown rental stock and hostels is not a result of budgetary constraints, it’s the product of deliberate political neglect. This is not about a lack of funds. It’s about a lack […]
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Mass Lay-Offs at Lesotho Garment Factories as Us Tariffs Bite
After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down
DA’s Double Standard on Illegal Guns Exposed
GOOD Statement by Keagen Gertse ,GOOD Drakenstein Councillor & Caucus Whip 13 June 2025 While the DA in Cape Town makes a song and dance about taking illegal firearms off the streets, boasting that “1 670 illegal guns were seized by its officers”, it conveniently ignores the fact that, in DA-run Drakenstein, the municipality itself […]
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SANDF Returns From DRC: A Moment to Honour, Reflect, and Recommit
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 13 June 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes home the over 250 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) returning from deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC). We honour their courage and […]
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Budget 2.0: Tariff Tweaks Don’t Fix a Fundamentally Flawed Budget
GOOD Statement by Anton Louw,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 13 June 2025 The City of Cape Town’s amended Draft Budget, even in its revised form, remains unaffordable and deeply flawed. Thanks to pressure from residents and civic groups, the City has been forced to adjust parts of its original budget. These concessions, however limited, […]
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