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GOOD Statement by Anton Louw,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 *Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during today’s City of Cape Town Council meeting, Budget Vote Madam Speaker While the DA vocally opposes tariff hikes in Johannesburg and Tshwane, the 2 metros we like to compare ourselves with and both governed […]
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GOOD Statement by Axolile Notywala,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 *Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during today’s City of Cape Town Council meeting, Budget Vote Speaker, I RISE today, on behalf of the GOOD Party, to dispel the DA’s pro-poor myth, to call out the DA lies and to highlight […]
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GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 25 June 2025 The George Council is expected to support a recommendation for disciplinary action against DA Councillor Raybin Figland. While GOOD has long called for accountability, the DA’s sudden willingness to act should not be mistaken for integrity; it is political self-preservation, not principle. The disciplinary recommendation […]
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GOOD Statement by Suzette Little ,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 25 June 2025 Athlone Stadium is more than concrete and turf, it is the beating heart of Cape Flats sport, culture, and community. It deserves a future rooted in thoughtful planning, not short-sighted land disposals. The GOOD Party has lodged […]
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GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 24 June 2025 While many residents in George live without shelter and face daily service delivery failures, the Municipality has chosen to invest tens of millions in refurbishing a single building for administrative use, without clear public justification or proper consultation. The R31 million renovation of the historic […]
The post GEORGE MUNICIPALITY: GOOD QUESTIONS R31 MILLION EXPENDITURE ON YORK HOSTEL RENOVATION appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Anton Louw,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 24 June 2025 Cape Town residents, already buckling under rising living costs and unaffordable municipal tariffs, could soon see a once-off debt remission as the City considers writing off R2.2 billion in what it calls “irrecoverable” debt. While this may seem like relief on the […]
The post CITY OF CAPE TOWN’S R2.2 BILLION DEBT WRITE-OFF: AN ELECTION PLOY MASKING FAILED FINANCIAL PLANNING appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook ,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 24 June 2025 Johannesburg is a city in crisis It is in desperate need of stable, ethical, and effective leadership. This week, the Johannesburg Council will consider three motions of no confidence, including one targeting the Executive Mayor. These motions have the […]
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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 24 June 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) are now probing the serious allegations contained in the preliminary Vermaak Report into procurement irregularities in the Swellendam Municipality. This development is a significant moment for accountability and justice in a municipality […]
The post SWELLENDAM MUNICIPALITY: GOOD WELCOMES NEWS OF HAWKS INVESTIGATION INTO TENDER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS appeared first on For Good.
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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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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GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 20 June 2025 The GOOD Party is calling for an urgent, independent investigation into the escalating violence at Walter Sisulu University (WSU), following the tragic murder of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Sinethemba Mpambane, who was reportedly gunned down at the institution’s entrance in Mthatha. This is the second fatal […]
The post WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY: VIOLENCE DEMANDS URGENT INTERVENTION, NOT ROUTINE RESPONSES appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 20 June 2025 The latest incident of alleged racism at Bryandale Primary School in Bryanston is yet another painful reminder that South African schools still have a long way to go before genuine transformation and inclusion are achieved. It is alleged that an […]
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GOOD Statement by Grechard Petersen,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 20 June 2025 The GOOD Party has formally raised concerns about recent river maintenance works conducted by the Stellenbosch Municipality in the Dwarsriver, Pniel. The works, which involved an excavator extracting stones and sand from the riverbed to construct a buffer wall, were reportedly aimed at stabilising […]
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OVER DWARSRIVER REHABILITATION WORKS appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Matthew Cook,GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor 20 June 2025 While the City of Johannesburg investigates a significant corruption scandal involving a R263 million water tanker tender, one of the key figures in the alleged scam has quietly reappeared, not before a court, but at an international investment conference in […]
The post PASSPORT TO PRIVILEGE: MASHATILE’S MYSTERY GUESTS UNDERMINE JOBURG’S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS appeared first on For Good.
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 […]
The post 104 DARLING STREET: TWO DECADES AFTER GROOTBOOM, THE PROMISE OF HOUSING REMAINS EMPTY appeared first on For Good.
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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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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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 18 June 2025 This morning, the 07:35 PRASA train from Nonqubela to Cape Town collided with a car at the Philippi rail crossing. It is not clear from the footage received by GOOD if there were any injuries. Passengers were forced to […]
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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 […]
The post WESTERN CAPE HOUSING QUEUE: WAITING FOR A GRAVE, NOT A HOME appeared first on For Good.
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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GOOD Statement by Ashwill Oktober,GOOD Garden Route District Municipality councillor 17 June 2025 A former Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (PBI) Garden Route District Municipality councillor, now serving as an EFF Member of Parliament, owes the municipality R92,006 following an overpayment during their time in office. Virgill Gericke was erroneously paid R164,213, a result of a portfolio […]
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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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GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 15 June 2025 On this Youth Day, we remember the fearless students of 1976 who took to the streets of Soweto to demand dignity in education. Their protest was not simply about textbooks or classrooms, it was a protest for voice, identity, and the right to learn in a […]
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GOOD Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 14 June 2025 The crisis of maintenance in Cape Town’s rundown rental stock and hostels is not a result of budgetary constraints, it’s the product of deliberate political neglect. This is not about a lack of funds. It’s about a lack […]
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