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In just four days, five women were brutally murdered in Cape Town. These are not isolated tragedies; they are part of a relentless pattern of violence that has become woven into the fabric of our society.
The post OUR SILENCE IS POLICY: FIVE WOMEN KILLED IN 96 HOURS appeared first on For Good.
South Africa’s judicial commission investigating decades-long delays in the prosecution of cases recommended for prosecution by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission kicked off its work today with a further delay.
The post COMMISSION INVESTIGATING NON-PROSECUTION OF TRC CASES KICKS OFF WITH A WHIMPER appeared first on For Good.
I wrote to the new Western Cape Commissioner for Children today to congratulate her on her appointment, from the beginning of last month, and offered to assist her in developing an action plan focusing on three areas of crisis for children.
The post CHILD COMMISSIONER URGED TO FOCUS ON TACKLING HUNGER, BULLYING AND SEXUAL PREDATION appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party in the Drakenstein Municipality has urgently written to the political and administrative leadership seeking clarity regarding allegations that a municipal traffic warden attempted to extort an Uber driver earlier this year, in June 2025.
The post GOOD QUESTIONS RETURN OF TRAFFIC WARDEN ACCUSED OF EXTORTION appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is pleased to announce the appointment of Stacey Otto as the new GOOD councillor for Hopefield, in the Saldanha Bay Municipality, filling the vacancy left by her late husband, Bjorn Witbooi, on 9 October 2025.
The post GOOD WELCOMES STACEY OTTO AS HOPEFIELD COUNCILLOR FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF BJORN WITBOOI appeared first on For Good.
The Drakenstein Municipality has, over the past week, indicated that it is conducting community engagements on the proposed removal of trees in Ward 10, trees that have stood for more than 40 years and have become part of the community’s social and environmental identity.
The post DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY MUST COME CLEAN ABOUT THE FELLING OF TREES IN WARD 10 appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Axolile Notywala,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 6 November 2025 The GOOD Party is deeply concerned about the worsening socio-economic and safety conditions in Philippi, particularly in the informal settlement of Siyangena, where residents continue to live without basic services and are exposed to daily violence and deprivation. On Saturday, 1 November […]
The post VIOLENT CRIME, POVERTY AND SERVICE DELIVERY FAILURES IN PHILIPPI STRENGTHEN THE CASE FOR LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST appeared first on For Good.
The number of people killed in shooting incidents in Cape Town has spiralled since the launch of the Safer Festive Season operations last month, with 40 deaths, mostly gang-related, reported over the past two weekends.
The post RISING BODY COUNT UNDERSCORES CAPE TOWN POLICING CRISIS appeared first on For Good.
At the last Council meeting on 28 October, the GOOD Party raised a fundamental question: Why are ordinary residents cut off from electricity and water over a few hundred rands in arrears...
The post DOUBLE STANDARDS IN SALDANHA BAY: MMC FOR FINANCE FAILS TO PAY HIS OWN MUNICIPAL ACCOUNT appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is deeply disappointed by the George Municipality’s decision to withdraw its nearly R10 million recovery claim against the owners of the property where 34 workers were killed in last year’s tragic building collapse.
The post GOOD SLAMS GEORGE MUNICIPALITY FOR WITHDRAWING CLAIM AGAINST COLLAPSED BUILDING OWNERS appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party welcomes the High Court ruling which has declared the actions of Operation Dudula xenophobic and unlawful.
The post HIGH COURT RULES OPERATION DUDULA ACTIONS XENOPHOBIC AND UNLAWFUL appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party has raised serious concerns about the City of Cape Town’s lack of transparency in the disposal of public land, after GOOD councillor Suzette Little was prevented from raising key questions during the October Council meeting.
The post CITY OF CAPE TOWN SILENCES GOOD QUESTIONS ON LAND DISPOSAL IRREGULARITIES appeared first on For Good.
The Weltevrede Sportsfield in Van Wyksvlei, Ward 7 of Drakenstein Municipality, has the potential to bring together a vulnerable community plagued by gangsterism, drug abuse, and social decay.
The post REVIVE WELTEVREDE SPORTSFIELD: GOOD URGES DRAKENSTEIN TO INVEST IN SPORTS AND RECREATION TO UPLIFT VAN WYKSVLEI appeared first on For Good.
Gary Player, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, was a wonderful golfer. He was also an unapologetic supporter of apartheid ideology.
The post GARY PLAYER SHOULD STICK TO GOLF appeared first on For Good.
Another eighteen people died in a reported 37 shooting incidents on the Cape Flats this past weekend. Twenty-two deaths were reported the previous weekend.
The post RONDEBOSCH POLICE STILL BETTER-RESOURCED THAN MITCHELL’S PLAIN, WESTERN CAPE CAN’T BE BOTHERED TO REVIEW ITS SAFETY PLAN appeared first on For Good.
The unfolding crisis in the SST section of Town Two, Khayelitsha, is both devastating and unacceptable. Families are being forced to abandon their homes as the very ground beneath them collapses, a direct result of failing sewer infrastructure.
The post CITY MUST ACT NOW TO PREVENT TRAGEDY IN KHAYELITSHA’S SST SECTION appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic drive-by shooting in Reiger Park, Boksburg, in which six people were reportedly killed and three others wounded.
The post THE GOOD PARTY MOURNS REIGER PARK SHOOTING VICTIMS AND CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is calling out the shameless hypocrisy of two former DA councillors, now campaigning under the Patriotic Alliance banner, who are suddenly pretending to care about the very issues they rejected, mocked, or stayed silent on when they had the chance to do something real in Council.
The post GEORGE MUNICIPALITY: COUNCILLORS CAMPAIGNING ON ISSUES THEY OPPOSED IN COUNCIL appeared first on For Good.
*Note to editors: This speech was delivered during today’s ordinary council sitting.
The post CAPE TOWN’S INFORMAL “RAPID DISPOSAL” PRACTICE RAISES LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE CONCERNS appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party in Drakenstein Municipality is appalled that the DA caucus voted against awarding a Community Hall lease to a reputable Non-Profit Organisation that is delivering essential community services in Ward 11 and surrounding areas.
The post DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY: DA BLOCKS COMMUNITY HALL LEASE FOR REPUTABLE NPO appeared first on For Good.
Families on the Cape Flats deserve the same security, dignity, and protection afforded to tourists and those in the City’s wealthier neighbourhoods.
The post CAPE TOWN’S UNEQUAL SAFETY CRISIS: RED CARPET FOR VISITORS, BODY BAGS FOR COMMUNITIES appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party has accused former Western Cape MECs Mireille Wenger and David Maynier of tabling a rigged budget ahead of the 2024 elections.
The post GOOD PARTY ACCUSES MECs OF TABLING A ‘RIGGED BUDGET’, Newzroom Afrika, 27 October 2025 appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is here to lay criminal charges against Western Cape MECs and senior officials who committed fraud by knowingly tabling falsely balanced provincial budgets in order to present a rosy picture of the province’s finances ahead of last year’s general election.
The post GOOD PARTY LAYS BUDGET FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST WESTERN CAPE MECS AND OFFICIALS appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Secretary-General and Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Brett Herron, has lodged a criminal complaint against former Finance MEC Mireille Wenger (now Health MEC) and Education MEC David Maynier.
The post GOOD’S BRETT HERRON LAYS FRAUD COMPLAINT AGAINST WESTERN CAPE MECS appeared first on For Good.