Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has walked back his recent descriptions of a robust public participation process informing the province’s Safety Plan, confessing in a written reply to parliamentary questions that the consultations he’d referred to “were not publicly advertised”.
The ongoing sewer blockages across Wesbank and Philippi are no longer isolated service delivery failures; they represent a full-blown public health crisis that is being neglected by the Democratic Alliance-led City of Cape Town.
While proclaiming to do the opposite, the City of Cape Town 2026/27 budget contributes to a growing unaffordability crisis for working and lower middle-class communities through a fundamentally unfair system of tariffs.
The Draft 2026/27 Budget effectively formalises a "City-as-a-Service" model, where the privilege of being a resident is increasingly defined by mandatory, high-cost subscriptions rather than actual service usage.
Speech by Roxaan Vorster, GOOD George Municipality Councillor. Note to Editor: This item was delivered during the George Municipality Council Meeting
Speech by Siyabulela Mamkeli, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was given today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
Speech by Jonathan Cupido, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
Speech by Sandra Dickson, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was given today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
Speaker, in less than a year, the City has tabled an adjustment budget in August 2025, again in January 2026, and now in March 2026. Each time, the explanation shifts. Each time, the targets move. And each time, it's sold as being normal, but it's not.
Judge Sisi Khampepe is arguably the best-qualified person in the country to get to the bottom of alleged political interference to block the prosecution of apartheid-era perpetrators of gross human rights violations.