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The nepotism claims reported in Paarl Post (04 Sept 2025), made by a Drakenstein municipal employee, are concerning but not surprising. GOOD raised similar concerns in June this year, when a whistleblower revealed irregularities in the hiring process for general worker posts in the Social Development Department.
The post DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY: NEPOTISM ALLEGATIONS, DA MUST COME CLEAN ON HIRING PRACTICES appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party Caucus in Stellenbosch has submitted an urgent appeal to the Municipality to address the appalling sanitation and unhygienic conditions in the Devon Valley Emergency Camp, an informal settlement under municipal jurisdiction.
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: TYGERBERG HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS LINKED TO DEVON VALLEY SANITATION CRISIS appeared first on For Good.
The leaked video of a senior Human Resources Manager at the Stellenbosch Municipality, in which he implies that the Municipality should stop appointing white males and should “get rid” of those already employed by any means necessary, is deeply disturbing.
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL PURGING DEMAND URGENT ACTION appeared first on For Good.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) must take immediate and resolute action against a senior official of the Stellenbosch Municipality who, in a leaked video, is alleged to have made deplorable and racially charged remarks targeting white employees, particularly white men. According to media reports, the individual in question is Mr. Alexander Kannemeyer, the Human Resources Manager […]
The post Freedom Front Plus demands immediate action from DA-controlled Stellenbosch Municipality regarding an official’s alleged racist remarks appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
The GOOD Party is calling for urgent municipal intervention following an oversight visit to the intersection of Kylemore and Helshoogte Road R310 provincial road, conducted by Councillors Marius van Stade and Grechard Petersen.
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: ROAD SAFETY INTERVENTION NEEDED AT KYLEMORE–HELSHOOGTE INTERSECTION (R310) appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party in Stellenbosch is calling on the Stellenbosch Municipality to urgently prioritise long-overdue infrastructure upgrades in Rustenberg Street, Idas Valley, after a serious sewage spill endangered the health and safety of a local family.
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: GOOD PARTY SLAMS DELAY IN IDAS VALLEY INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Marius van Stade,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 23 July 2025 The GOOD Party Stellenbosch is calling on the Stellenbosch Municipality to urgently address a growing stormwater infrastructure crisis affecting residents of Lindida, Idas Valley. The problem stems from uncontrolled stormwater runoff from the Idas Valley Nature Area, which flows into a narrow water […]
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: GOOD PARTY CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION ON STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS IN IDAS VALLEY appeared first on For Good.
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 […]
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: INCLUSIONARY HOUSING POLICY, WE NEED MORE THAN APPROVAL – WE NEED DELIVERY appeared first on For Good.
But Fidelity says it is “confident that no existing laws prohibit or restrict” its private service
GOOD Statement by Robin Hendrikse,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillors 30 June 2025 The picturesque town of Stellenbosch has become the backdrop to a deeply disturbing political saga marked by violence, fear, and loss. Today, the trial of those accused of orchestrating the 2019 murder of former DA Deputy Mayor Cameron Mcako is set to continue in […]
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: A POLITICAL PLOT WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES appeared first on For Good.
The book was written by two professors from the United States
Other universities in South Africa have passed resolutions criticising the war
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 Robin Hendrikse,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillors 10 June 2025 The GOOD Party is shocked and deeply saddened by the fatal shooting of Mr. Nyaniso Jindela in Kayamandi on the evening of 9 June 2025. Mr. Jindela, a former Stellenbosch Councillor and Deputy Mayor, was a prominent figure in local governance who played a […]
The post STELLENBOSCH MUNICIPALITY: GOOD CONDEMNS THE MURDER OF FORMER COUNCILLOR NYANISO JINDELA AND ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN KAYAMANDI AND CLOETESVILLE appeared first on For Good.
GOOD Statement by Keagen Gertse,GOOD Drakenstein Councillor & Caucus Whip 27 May 2025 The GOOD Party in Drakenstein has officially submitted a complaint to the municipal Local Labour Forum (LLF) in support of municipal employees who have raised serious concerns regarding the transparency and fairness of their task level assessments and related job descriptions. These […]
The post DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY: GOOD SUPPORTS MUNICIPAL WORKERS IN QUEST FOR TRANSPARENCY appeared first on For Good.
One of the most high-profile cases, which was meant to serve as evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of racism at Stellenbosch University (SU), has ended in the accused being found not guilty. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is pleased that this attempt to make a scapegoat of him is now over. The case […]
The post Theuns du Toit found not guilty of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
Botmaskop Fynbos Estate says a court interdict stopping construction will be “catastrophic”
About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday
Memorial held at Open Mosque in Wynberg at the weekend
President pays tribute to Athol Fugard
President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to world-renowned actor, novelist and playwright Athol Fugard who passed away on Sunday in Stellenbosch.
Fugard was widely known as one of South Africa’s greatest playwrights – writing plays which dealt with the Apartheid government’s injustices and working with artists across the racial divide during South Africa’s darkest parts of history.
“Beyond the impressive body of work that he has left behind, Athol Fugard will be remembered for being an outlier amongst the millions of white South Africans who blithely turned a blind eye to the injustices being perpetrated in their name,” President Ramaphosa said.
Fugard’s most well-known work include the plays No Good Friday, The Blood Knot, Master Harold and the Boys, and Sizwe Bansi is Dead.
His book, Tsotsi, was also the inspiration behind the 2005 Oscar winning movie of the same title.
In 1985, Time magazine honoured Fugard as the “greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world”.
“As a country we are grateful that we were able to honour the legendary Athol Fugard during his lifetime with the National Order of Ikhamanga in Silver.
“The Fugard Theatre in District Six in Cape Town stands as a fitting tribute to a man whose life and works have left an indelible footprint, and that will continue to inspire generations of creative professionals for time to come,” President Ramaphosa added. – SAnews.gov.za
NeoB
Mon, 03/10/2025 - 08:01
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Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time
Beware of fake COVID-19 SRD application sites
The Department of Social Development and it's entity the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), have warned the public of fake sites and links for applications for the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (cSRD) grants.
The correct and authentic application platform for all applications for the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress is https://SRD.sassa.gov.za .
The following links: https://srd-sassa.org.za and https://srdsassagov.co.za are fake and are used to collect data from unsuspecting applicants, stealing personal information from applicants of the grant of R370.
This was revealed in Parliament on Wednesday when the Portfolio Committee on Social Development received an update into the investigation on alleged weaknesses and fraud in the application and payment system of social grants.
The Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe instituted an investigation into vulnerabilities of the applications and systems used by SASSA for the payment of social grants.
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development had made recommendations to conduct an investigation on alleged vulnerabilities after claims of fraud in the application system of the cSRD were made by two students from the University of Stellenbosch.
“Phase 1 of the investigation consisted of a comprehensive audit into the SRD application system administered by SASSA to determine the extent to which the system was exposed to Fraud.
“The findings of this audit will serve as input as a basis for Phase 2, which will be an investigation into alleged fraud and weaknesses in the broader social grant system that results in ineligible beneficiaries receiving social grants,” said the Department of Social Development in a statement.
The Final Report on the Vulnerability Assessment (VA) and Penetration Testing (PT) on the SRD online system administered by SASSA made the following findings, among others:
- That there are unidentified, malicious websites with .org and .co.za domain names that purport to be the authentic SRD application websites that are used to harvest applicants information for fraud purposes
- That the SRD web application has weaknesses, such as unencrypted communications, that present threats to the security of the platform and the safety of users. These weaknesses are classified as medium risk by the Final Audit Report.
The Final Audit recommends a communication campaign warning beneficiaries and applicants about the unofficial and fake sites that are used to harvest their information for fraudulent purposes.
The department said SASSA has developed an action plan to respond to the recommendations of the Final Audit Report. It has the following activities:
- It has replaced the HTTPS: method with a POST method to protect communications between the applicant and the server that processes their information.
-To implement a Rate Limit to limit the abnormal number of requests made to the SRD application system
- Update outdated software, and
- Implement regular patch updates and introduce biometric
In the long term, and within 18 months, SASSA will take down the fake websites and other content that violates its brand, copyright or right to information and privacy.
Minister Tolashe has assured the committee of her commitment in addressing the vulnerabilities and weaknesses identified in the system. – SAnews.gov.za
Janine
Wed, 02/26/2025 - 15:38
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Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes
Bill hailed as “progressive” by COSATU, but other organisations say it doesn’t go far enough