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National Authorities Complicit in Ongoing Ditsobotla Chaos

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Their failure to successfully intervene in the ongoing chaos at the Ditsobotla Local Municipality makes national authorities complicit in the decline of once-progressive towns such as Lichtenburg and Coligny. In the latest incident last week, municipal councillors and employees were threatened, assaulted and intimidated by security guards illegally appointed by an ANC/EFF faction within the […]

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Lifestyle Audits Are Crucial

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) reiterates its demand for conducting comprehensive lifestyle audits of all provincial and municipal officials in Mpumalanga. This measure is not only a reasonable request, but also a crucial instrument in combating seemingly rampant corruption. Recently, two senior councillors from the Emalahleni Municipality were arrested after being implicated in alleged […]

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VF+’s Bilateral Visit to the US Kicks off With Discussion at Influential Hudson Institute

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The Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) bilateral visit to the US to engage with White House officials and other stakeholders begins today with a discussion at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. The theme of the discussion is “An Afrikaner Perspective on US–South Africa Relations” and will take place from 13:00 to 14:30, Washington time […]

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Middle East Conflict: The Urgent Need for Global Accountability

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 22 June 2025 The United States and other global powers have a moral and legal obligation to uphold international law, not to apply it selectively based on strategic interests. The reported U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran constitutes a breach of international law and has dangerously escalated tensions. […]

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104 Darling Street: Two Decades After Grootboom, the Promise of Housing Remains Empty

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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

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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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44 Years in Limbo: Cape Town’s Broken Housing System

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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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Crisis Management to Address Water and Sanitation Issues in Free State Towns

Location: News

While the Free State Premier has identified nine municipalities as water and sanitation hotspots, it is clear that local government is busy with crisis management. In response to a question from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Free State Legislature, the Premier, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, indicated that the Local Municipalities of Maluti-a-Phofung (Harrismith and […]

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Western Cape Housing Queue: Waiting for a Grave, Not a Home

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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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Time to Deliver on the GNU Promise

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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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Youth Day: We Are Not a ‘Lost’ Generation but a …

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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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