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Cape Town’s Budget Is Politically Convenient and Financially Punitive

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 17 July 2025 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s attempt to paint critics of the City’s 2025/26 budget as enemies of the poor is disingenuous and misleading. His attack on the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) for challenging the legality of linking […]

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George Building Collapse: Municipality Must Be Given the CBE Report to Act

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GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 17 July 2025 We welcome the announcement that Minister Dean Macpherson will be meeting with the families of the victims of the George building collapse. These families deserve the truth, accountability, and ultimately, closure. It is a necessary and humane step forward. But we also reiterate our urgent […]

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Bogotá Agreement Welcomed as a Turning Point for International Justice

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 17 July 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes the landmark outcomes of the Emergency Ministerial Conference of The Hague Group, jointly convened by South Africa and Colombia in Bogotá. This coordinated multilateral action marks the most significant and principled stand yet taken to halt the genocide in Gaza and to […]

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No Show Mayor

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GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Councillor 16 July 2025 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis was a no-show at the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court today, where he faces allegations of harassment and abuse of power. The court heard representations from the Mayor’s legal team, but the magistrate made it […]

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Inclusionary Housing Policy, We Need More Than Approval – We Need Delivery

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GOOD Statement by Marius van Stade,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 16 July 2025 The GOOD Party joins the Stellenbosch Municipality in celebrating the approval of more than 900 inclusionary housing units under its pioneering zoning by-law. It is a notable milestone but we remain cautious. Policy approval is one thing. Delivering homes that are truly affordable […]

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Mr Ramaphosa: Update SA on Washington Strategy

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 15 July 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa owes the nation an update on progress. if any, with the nation’s diplomatic relationship with the US. If the President has retained Mcebisi Jonas as his Special Envoy to North America despite knowing for months that the US government had denied him a […]

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Mayor of Cape Town to Appear in Court Over Alleged Abuse of Power

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GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Councillor 15 July 2025 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is due to appear at the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, in response to a court application brought by a Cape Town resident accusing him of harassment and abuse of […]

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Public Land Must Serve the Public, Not Just the Privileged

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GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 15 July 2025 The City of Joburg’s plans to dispose of key portions of public land have made headlines but much of the outrage being stirred up by certain political parties is rooted in a “Not In My Backyard” mentality that protects privilege […]

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Coal Isn’t Being Demonised

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GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 14 July 2025 GOOD notes the recent remarks by MK Party MP Adil Nchabeleng, who called for the protection of coal-fired power and urged South Africans to stop “demonising” coal as an energy source. We remind the Honourable MP that coal is not being demonised, it is […]

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There Is No Time for Another Costly Commission, Mr President

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 13 July 2025 It has been exactly one week since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, made explosive and deeply troubling allegations against senior figures in our police service, intelligence community, prosecuting authority, and political leadership. In response, the President has now announced a judicial commission of inquiry, to […]

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Four Dead in Bishop Lavis

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The Cape Flats was rocked by yet another mass murder on Friday night. Four adults were gunned down inside a home in Bishop Lavis. By Saturday morning, life had moved on. No heightened police presence. No wall-to-wall media coverage. No outrage. In the Cape Flats, violence has become so normalised that mass murder is met with a collective shrug from government and society alike.

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Sentencing of Apartheid Killer Cop Welcomed

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 10 July 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes the Gauteng High Court’s sentencing of apartheid-era policeman Johan Marais to 15 years imprisonment for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. Marais pleaded guilty to the murder but declined to turn State Witness against three former colleagues who have pleaded […]

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State Must Stop Pussyfooting Around Health Care Vigilantes

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 09 July 2025 The State must send an unequivocal message to the xenophobes blocking access by foreign nationals to health care facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal that people engaging in vigilantism will be arrested and prosecuted. South Africans have every right to demand that the State uses the country’s […]

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Lady Justice Back on the Rack: Who Can Investigate Mkhwanazi’s Grave Claims?

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 08 July 2025 GOOD calls on the President to authorise a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into the explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. There are no other State agencies with the credibility and integrity to probe allegations of political interference in the criminal justice […]

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Delays Punish the Poor for System Failures

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 08 July 2025 The GOOD Party condemns the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) decision to delay the July grant payments for thousands of beneficiaries flagged for “review.” This is yet another bureaucratic blow to the poorest of the poor, who rely on grants not as a luxury, but […]

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We Need to Make Sewage Sexy

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GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 08 July 2025 Waste management rarely makes headlines, and let’s be honest, dealing with human excrement isn’t exactly glamorous. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: every single one of us produces waste, and in a civilised society, that waste must be treated and disposed of properly. Failure to […]

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R562 Million Later – No Permanent WCED Head Office, No Inner-City Housing, and No Accountability

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The Western Cape Government has spent over half a billion rand on office space for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED),yet it still has no permanent headquarters. This alarming misuse of public funds was revealed in written responses to GOOD by current Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers and former MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, following parliamentary questions submitted in November 2020, and again in April and June 2025.

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A Ticking Time Bomb Waiting to Explode

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The GOOD Party is calling for an immediate investigation into the management of social housing facilities across Cape Town, following mounting complaints from tenants, growing public outcry, and ongoing government inaction.
Over the past month, we have received repeated complaints from tenants living in DCI Social Housing in Goodwood, and other facilities like Conradie Park in Thornton. These complaints have included exorbitant utility charges, inhumane visitation rules, and broken promises by the housing provider.

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We Don’t Have Time for Another Commission

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We do not have the luxury of time for another drawn-out commission of inquiry. People are dying while justice is being delayed and possibly denied. The explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal’s Provincial Police Commissioner demand immediate and independent investigation by senior officials within the SAPS and NPA. The Commissioner must be protected as a whistleblower.

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Minister Macpherson Must Release the George Building Collapse CBE Report Without Further Delay

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GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 06 July 2025 Two months ago today, at the memorial service for the victims of the George building collapse, Public Works & Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson stood before grieving families and pledged to return to personally brief them on the findings of the Council for the Built Environment […]

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R9 Million Spent to Fight Tafelberg Spatial Justice

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 05 July 2025 Over the past decade, the Western Cape Government has spent more than R9 million in public funds on the Tafelberg site, now rebranded as “353-on-Main.” Of this, R7.5 million was spent fighting litigation brought by civil society organisations demanding […]

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Flooding in Divided City of Cape Town

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GOOD Statement by Siyabulela Mamkeli,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 05 July 2025 The recent flooding across Cape Town has once again exposed systemic issues in the City’s infrastructure maintenance, particularly the stormwater drainage network. While heavy rainfall affects all areas, its consequences are disproportionately severe in townships, informal settlements, and the Cape Flats, where […]

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Public Transparency in Action

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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 04 July 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes and applauds the leadership of Theewaterskloof Municipality for its proactive commitment to transparency and community inclusion through its Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). The Speaker of Council, GOOD Councillor Weldon Wells, has reaffirmed that MPAC meetings will be open to the public, […]

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