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The GOOD Party strongly condemns the intentional hit-and-run in Observatory, Cape Town, today.
The post GOOD CONDEMNS DELIBERATE HIT-AND-RUN ATTACK ON GBV PROTESTORS IN OBSERVATORY appeared first on For Good.
Inequality is a key theme of the historic first African G20 Leader’s Summit this weekend. South African women bear a double inequality: The face of poverty is that of a woman of colour, and ours is among the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman.
The post G20 WOMEN’S SHUTDOWN: GENDER INEQUALITY DRIVES GBV appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party strongly condemns the George Municipality’s latest attempt to claim it will now “review its legislation and internal processes” after the fatal building collapse in May 2024.
The post GOOD DEMANDS ANSWERS AS MUNICIPALITY DRAGS ITS FEET ON CRITICAL REVIEW appeared first on For Good.
Demolishing a community hall that is still being used by the community speaks volumes, especially when no reasons are provided by the Drakenstein Municipality.
The post GOOD CONDEMNS DRAKENSTEIN’S HEARTLESS DECISION TO DEMOLISH WELLINGTON COMMUNITY HALL appeared first on For Good.
For women and children, using a toilet in an informal settlement can be a deadly exercise.
The post WORLD TOILET DAY AND NATIONAL SHUTDOWN: HOW CAPE TOWN’S NEGLECT EXPOSES WOMEN TO VIOLENCE AND DEATH appeared first on For Good.
The ongoing exclusion of a Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) councillor with a disability from the council meetings of the Rand West Local Municipality (Randfontein, Westonaria) because the municipal building’s lift is out of order is outrageous. Earlier today, Councillor Charles Brough was unable, for the seventh time this year, to attend a council or […]
The post Freedom Front Plus councillor with disability stranded due to broken lift appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
Cape Town cannot continue to celebrate itself as “the best-run city” while denying thousands of our own backyard families the most basic and lawful service, electricity that is safe, individually metered, and compliant with our own policies.
The post DIGNITY IS NOT NEGOTIABLE, ELECTRICITY FOR BACKYARD FAMILIES IS A BASIC RIGHT appeared first on For Good.
Although the 153 Palestinians who arrived in South Africa last week were not forced aboard the mystery aircraft at gunpoint, practically speaking, they were forcibly removed by the annihilation of infrastructure in Gaza, rendering it unfit for human habitation.
The post SA MUST TAKE FIRMER ACTION AGAINST “VOLUNTARY MIGRATION” OF PALESTINIANS appeared first on For Good.
Every morning, women wake up and choose to keep going, to keep moving through what was done to them. And every morning, this country confronts them with a reminder of just how unsafe they are.
The post GOOD TAKES BOLD STAND AGAINST GBV: JOIN THE NATIONAL SHUTDOWN AND LET POWER FEEL THE ABSENCE appeared first on For Good.
While US President Donald Trump clearly doesn’t, most dollar millionaires in most G20 nations, including in South Africa and the US, back the principle of a special tax on their wealth as a lever to address unsustainable inequality.
The post G20: PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR SA TO ANNOUNCE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEALTH TAX appeared first on For Good.
It is with profound outrage and sorrow that we note the tragic death of a young man in a devastating fire that destroyed 32 homes and left 52 people homeless in the Siyangena informal settlement in Philippi.
The post CITY OF CAPE TOWN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF HOMES IN SIYANGENA, PHILIPPI appeared first on For Good.
The recent case of a female Metro Police officer forced to hitchhike home in full uniform, in the middle of the night, while experiencing a heavy menstrual cycle and without her service firearm, is not only a policy failure; it is a disgrace.
The post GOOD CALLS FOR POLICY SUSPENSION AFTER OFFICER ABANDONED ON ROADSIDE appeared first on For Good.
The Western Cape Government must explain its irrational purchase of a piece of land in the Table View area for R64.4 million, when it paid just R9 million for a larger, more developable piece of land right next door.
The post SIU PROBES RADICALLY OVERPRICED WESTERN CAPE LAND DEAL appeared first on For Good.
Today, I joined the picket at the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition to lobby for increased oversight and regulation of the online gambling industry.
The post GAMBLING REGULATION CAN PROMOTE JOB CREATION, PROTECT VULNERABLE YOUTH, ENHANCE TAX REVENUES, AND ACCELERATE INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION appeared first on For Good.
The City of Cape Town’s decision to honour Tony Leon calls into question the values guiding this administration.
The post CITY’S HONOUR FOR TONY LEON INSULTS COMMUNITIES STILL LIVING WITH INEQUALITY appeared first on For Good.
The only reason Western Cape Premier Alan Winde had for withholding the report that he requested from the Western Cape Police Ombudsman was that it exposed how absolutely toothless the whole exercise was.
The post PREMIER’S SECRET POLICE REPORT CONTAINS NOTHING: MADLANGA COMMISSION CORRECT BODY TO PROBE GANG/POLICE COLLUSION appeared first on For Good.
The DA’s request to replace Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dion George, with the party’s national spokesperson, Willie Aucamp, would place custodianship of South Africa’s environment directly in the hands of the wildlife breeding, trading, and hunting lobby.
The post DA KHAKIS THE WATER AT ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY appeared first on For Good.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s debate on child killings.
The post NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO ADDRESS CHILD KILLINGS appeared first on For Good.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s interpellation mini-debate on housing plans for Wingfield informal settlement.
The post INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS RESIDENTS DON’T GET A “FOR YOU” THEY GET AN “F” “YOU” appeared first on For Good.
Statement by Brett Herron,
GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This is a speech delivered in reply to Premier Alan Winde’s statement to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on the Ombudsman’s Report on Policing in the Western Cape.
The post POLICE, CITY, AND PROVINCE MUST JOINTLY ACCOUNT FOR INACTION ON CAPE GUN VIOLENCE appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Party councillor in Swartland, Patricia Dixon, visited families in Kalbaskraal who have been affected by a surge in gang-related killings.
The post GOOD COUNCILLOR VISITS FAMILIES AFFECTED BY GANG KILLINGS IN KALBASKRAAL appeared first on For Good.
South Africa’s economy is no longer in free fall. The national debt is expected to stabilise at 77.9% after nearly 20 years of accumulation, with the reduction in the inflation target being good news for investors and struggling households.
The post ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS IMPROVING BUT MINIMAL GROWTH REMAINS MAJOR CONCERN appeared first on For Good.
The past week’s violence has once again torn through our communities, leaving women, children, and families devastated.
The post THE CITY’S FAILED STRATEGIES LEAVE WOMEN AND FAMILIES IN DANGER appeared first on For Good.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is expected to highlight several reasons to feel encouraged that South Africa’s stunted economy is on the cusp of a growth phase when he delivers the 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement tomorrow.
The post ECONOMY SHOWS MODEST SIGNS OF LIFE; POVERTY AND HUNGER TO STAY appeared first on For Good.