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Speech by Matthew Cook, GOOD National Chairperson & City of Johannesburg Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the City of Johannesburg Municipality Council Meeting
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about the 2024/25 report by the Auditor-General (AG), which lays bare the collapse of financial management, service delivery and accountability under the current ANC/ActionSA/EFF coalition in Tshwane. The report highlights:• Incorrect asset valuation leading to inflated financial statements.• Understatement of contingent liabilities by more than R4,3 […]
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Dozens of families in Sinqawunqawu, Cape Town, live under the threat of eviction from land owned by Shoprite
Speech by Chad Davids, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the City of Cape Town Municipality Council Meeting
The post GOOD REJECTS ‘MORALLY CONFUSED’ CAPE TOWN BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS appeared first on For Good.
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.
A human rights organisation has petitioned South Africa’s Parliament to scrap passports at Lesotho borders
The GOOD Party welcomes the City of Johannesburg’s decision to make Council and Section 79 Committee documents publicly accessible via the City’s official website.
The post GOOD WELCOMES MOVE TO PUBLISH COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS- TRANSPARENCY IS NOT OPTIONAL appeared first on For Good.
Hundreds of industry professionals marched in Cape Town calling for a meeting with trade and industry minister
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTIC) has made a crucial error in its mismanagement and failure to safeguard its Incentive Scheme for the film industry. With 100,000 households set to be economically impacted by its removal, the government must come to the negotiating table or risk the collapse of an industry pivotal not only to South Africa’s economy but also its identity.
The post LIGHTS OUT FOR LOCAL FILM: GOOD DEMANDS URGENT INTERVENTION AS INCENTIVE SCHEME COLLAPSES appeared first on For Good.
The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and the #PayTheGrants campaign want the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss government’s appeal
There is no excuse for the staggering R117 million in water losses recorded by Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) in the 2024/2025 financial year. This is so-called “non-revenue water”, which refers to water purchased by the Municipality that cannot be recovered or billed to residents. The Municipality attributes the loss to water theft, […]
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In response to the general state of insecurity in Nigeria, local community groups in Lagos are mobilising and providing solutions.
The GOOD Party is calling for urgent accountability as the gap between government “frameworks” and the bloody reality on the streets of Cape Town continues to widen.
The post 84 MURDERS, 2 ARRESTS: GOOD SLAMS FAILURE OF POLICING COOPERATION AGREEMENT appeared first on For Good.
Government appeals ruling that R370 grant regulations are unconstitutional and unlawful
Edwin Mtei, Tanzania’s first central bank governor, showed that people can hold different views without enmity.
Residents of the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Municipality are facing a deepening electricity and water crisis, driven by decades of infrastructure neglect and persistent governance failures. Across the metro, communities are being stripped of reliable access to basic services essential for daily life and economic survival.
The post NELSON MANDELA BAY: LEADERSHIP MUST STOP DEFLECTING AND START GOVERNING AMIDST UTILITY CRISIS appeared first on For Good.
Tax records of the past can inform about governance, markets and inequality today.
The rules make it almost impossible to run an informal business legally
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), which has taken the lead in criticising the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill since it was tabled to Parliament in 2019, believes that the nine court cases currently under way against the legislation should proceed at all costs. Negotiations and dialogue on the matter per se are good; and […]
The post NHI: Negotiations cannot centre on a half-baked “potato” and legal pressure should be maintained appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
Hundreds of homes were damaged by floods in uMshwati in November
Municipality lacks funds to rebuild homes of displaced families
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) provincial leader, Jan van Niekerk, and the Harrismith district farmers’ association met with the Free State MEC for Agriculture, Ms Elzabé Rockman, as well as key role players in the agricultural sector, including Dr Jurgens Barnard, Acting Director of State Veterinary Services, on Wednesday. The constructive discussion centred on […]
The post Foot-and-mouth disease: Freedom Front Plus demands action in the Free State appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) views yesterday’s results of the Ward 57 by-election (Die Hoewes, Lyttelton Manor, Lyttelton) in the Tshwane Metro as a positive and significant step in the right direction. The DA managed to muster only 270 more votes than the Freedom Front Plus. 44,38% of voters supported the Freedom Front Plus […]
The post Giant leap forward for Freedom Front Plus in Ward 57 by-election in Tshwane Metro appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
The South African government deserves more praise than it gets for a foreign policy that has sought to maintain old relationships with countries in the global north, even as it develops new relations with BRICS partners – and for its courage to act on its principles by charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice.
The post TRUMP’S NEW WORLD ORDER: SA FOREIGN POLICY DESERVES MORE PRAISE THAN IT GETS appeared first on For Good.