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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 collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources
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.
“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”
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.
The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019
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.
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.
But a more recent whistleblower report alleges a corrupt cabal within the PRASA board
Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected
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.
Magistrates are demanding salary increases and better working conditions
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.
The case settles a longstanding question: how does a civil marriage affect a couple’s earlier customary marriage?
Long-standing arts festivals that provide thousands of jobs have received no funds this year from the arts and culture department
The GOOD Party in the George Municipality has expressed serious concern that the municipality is allowing informal settlements to grow unchecked as a way of avoiding its constitutional responsibility to provide proper housing for residents.
The post GEORGE MUNICIPALITY: OUR PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER, GOOD CALLS FOR DECENT HOUSING appeared first on For Good.
It is disingenuous and pure political point-scoring for the Democratic Alliance to jump on the crime-warden bandwagon in Gauteng. The DA’s own Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) in the Western Cape has cost taxpayers more than R4 billion and failed to show tangible results in reducing crime.
The post DA HYPOCRISY ON POLICING EXPOSED: LEAP HAS COST BILLIONS AND FAILED TO DELIVER appeared first on For Good.
Cancelling a sitting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament to accommodate an investment summit, one that clearly interests only the executive, is an insult to democracy in this province and places the independence of the legislature at stake.
The post CANCELLING WESTERN CAPE PARLIAMENT FOR THE PREMIER’S INVESTMENT SUMMIT IS AN INSULT TO DEMOCRACY appeared first on For Good.
Trekkloof farm owner Anton Kok started building without plans or environmental authorisation
The DA is seeking to woo the EFF in the Theewaterskloof Municipality to support the unlawful summary dismissal of a senior manager without implementing regulated disciplinary processes.
The post THEEWATERSKLOOF: THE DA GOES DOWN ON BENDED KNEE TO THE EFF appeared first on For Good.
Rival taxi associations still disagree over route from Khayelitsha to Somerset West