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When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address this week, he cannot afford to bask in the green shoots of the economy that emerged last year.
The post GOOD PARTY OUTLINES ‘BIG 4’ PRIORITIES FOR 2026 SONA appeared first on For Good.
South Africans must pay close attention to the lawfare being conducted by two former Presidents relating to the Khampepe Commission.
The post NEW STALINGRAD LOADING: JUDGE KHAMPEPE DISMISSES ZUMA/MBEKI RECUSAL APPLICATION appeared first on For Good.
The country’s top police generals have made extraordinary allegations of impropriety against each other over the past six months since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi called a press conference where he accused suspended-Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of an inappropriate relationship with a member of a crime cartel.
The post SUSPENDED INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE MUST TELL HIS STORY TO MADLANGA COMMISSION: STARTLING ALLEGATION THAT 75% OF FUNDS MEANT FOR WESTERN CAPE CRIME INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING EQUIPMENT WAS “REALLOCATED” appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is calling for urgent accountability as the gap between government “frameworks” and the bloody reality on the streets of Cape Town continues to widen.
The post 84 MURDERS, 2 ARRESTS: GOOD SLAMS FAILURE OF POLICING COOPERATION AGREEMENT appeared first on For Good.
The South African government deserves more praise than it gets for a foreign policy that has sought to maintain old relationships with countries in the global north, even as it develops new relations with BRICS partners – and for its courage to act on its principles by charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice.
The post TRUMP’S NEW WORLD ORDER: SA FOREIGN POLICY DESERVES MORE PRAISE THAN IT GETS appeared first on For Good.
The judicial commission probing delayed TRC investigations and prosecutions has announced a delay in the commencement of its public hearings due to the application by former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma for the recusal of its chairperson, Judge Sisi Khampepe. The hearings were due to start next week.
The post JUDGE KHAMPEPE MUST NOT BLINK IN TRC STANDOFF WITH FORMER PRESIDENTS appeared first on For Good.
Residents of Knysna can breathe a massive sigh of relief at the news that Gift of the Givers has stepped in to help alleviate the town’s water crisis, and that they won’t be entirely dependent on the short-term interventions of politicians and officials.
The post KNYSNA WATER CRISIS: GIFT OF THE GIVERS RIDES TO THE STATE’S RESCUE, AGAIN appeared first on For Good.
Congratulations to the Matric class of 2025. You have completed a long journey, often in difficult circumstances at home, in your community or at school, putting in the hard work and demonstrating the resilience to reach an important milestone.
The post MOST MATRICULANTS DESERVE MEDALS FOR DEFYING ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM appeared first on For Good.
Advocate Andy Mothibi possesses the credentials and track record to make an excellent National Director of Public Prosecutions.
He is an experienced prosecutor who has led the Special Investigations Unit with admirable success.
The post GOOD PARTY WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF ADV. MOTHIBI AS NEW PROSECUTIONS CHIEF appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party supports the proposed 1.5% above-inflation rate increase to the minimum wage, which will rise from R28.79 per hour to more than R30 per hour in March 2026.
The post NEW MINIMUM WAGE A SMALL STEP TOWARDS FAIRNESS- BUT ECONOMIC GROWTH MUST BE THE STATE’S PRIMARY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party is deeply concerned about the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses, in the wake of the news that Marius van der Merwe was gunned down in Brakpan. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and colleagues.
The post WITNESS PROTECTION MORE CRUCIAL NOW THAN EVER appeared first on For Good.
The decision by the new G20 President for the year, the United States, to unilaterally cancel South Africa’s membership is procedurally flawed and disdainful of multilateralism.
The post US WANTS TO RUN G20 LIKE ANIMAL FARM appeared first on For Good.
Former President Jacob Zuma’s eleventh-hour demand that Justice Sisi Khampepe be withdrawn as chairperson of the Commission investigating alleged political interference in the prosecution of apartheid era crimes compounds the very injustice the Commission was set up to probe.
The post TRC COMMISSION: DOES ZUMA’S APPLICATION FOR CHAIR’S RECUSAL IMPLY HE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE? appeared first on For Good.
Parliament’s approval of a new structure to oversee the Presidency and hold it accountable is an important handbrake on unfettered power.
The post PRESIDENCY OVERSIGHT A WIN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY appeared first on For Good.
The GOOD Party applauds the conviction of Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander for the murder of anti-apartheid activist Caiphus Nyoka in 1987.
The post JUSTICE FOR CAIPHUS NYOKA, FINALLY appeared first on For Good.
Today, the Tshwane Department of Economic Development and Spatial Planning, under the political leadership of GOOD’s Councillor Sarah Mabotsa, has brought two important reports to Council for approval.
The post GOOD WELCOMES BOOST FOR ECD AND INFORMAL TRADE appeared first on For Good.
The attempt by Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to postpone his testimony to the Ad Hoc Committee probing alleged police corruption should be rejected with contempt.
The post MATLALA LAST DITCH ATTEMPT AT POSTPONEMENT A SLAP IN THE FACE appeared first on For Good.
Among the most significant by-products of the country’s successful hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit was that it put the disinformation being pedalled by supremacists about “horrible things” being done to White South Africans to bed.
The post SUCCESSFUL G20 CLEANS UP AFRIKANER VICTMISATION DIRT 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.