CONRADIE PARK IS A “WELL-PHOTOGRAPHED WAITING ROOM OF DISAPPOINTMENT”
Conradie Park was meant to be the proof of concept. The Minister has just given us the brochure. I would like to give this House the tenancy agreement.
BUILT TO BREAK: TB AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF NEGLECT
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament during the Interpellation Debate on Tuberculosis (TB)
GROWTH FOR JOBS, JUST NOT IN TULBAGH
For 70 years, the rhythm of life in Tulbagh has been the rhythm of the fruit season. That factory was never just a workplace, it was the town's economy, its history, its inheritance passed from parent to child.
WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED?
Violent and organised crime in South Africa have skyrocketed since Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings nearly 30 years ago revealed the existence of shadowy relationships between apartheid-era security forces and criminal gangs, and the manufacture of large quantities of street drugs by the then-State’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme.
DA’S FREE ELECTRICITY POLICY EXCLUDES MOST PEOPLE IT IS MEANT TO SUPPORT
A study on free basic service provision commissioned by the Western Cape Department of Local Government glibly claims that the province is broadly compliant with national guidelines, with Cape Town the most indigent-friendly municipality of the lot.
EVERY RAND MUST SERVE THE GARDEN ROUTE
GOOD Speech by Rosa Louw, GOOD Garden Route District Municipality Councillor 25 August 2026 Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during the Adjustment Budget 2026/2027 council meeting at the…
PRICING LOCALS OUT OF HOUSING MARKET REFLECTS BAD POLITICAL CHOICES, NOT CAPE TOWN’S SUCCESS
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis say the province’s 680 000 housing backlog, and increasing unaffordability, are products of inward migration due to their superb management.
PROFIT OVER PEOPLE: CAPE TOWN BETRAYS DUNOON FOR R71M PIECES OF SILVER
A prime chunk of Milnerton real estate acquired nine years ago by the City of Cape Town specifically to alleviate overcrowding in Dunoon is now being sold to a private developer for a fat profit without the City having built a single home.
WHAT DO MARCH & MARCH’S RELATIONSHIPS WITH AFRIFORUM AND MK MEAN?
On the face of it, AfriForum and the MK Party had nothing in common besides a taste for litigation to vent their disdain for the policies of South Africa’s government – before anti-immigrant organisation March & March raised its profile and befriended both.
CAPE TOWN’S RISING WATER COSTS WILL PUNISH THE POOR
Cape Town’s water crisis is no longer a distant possibility. It is an escalating future risk that will fall hardest on poor and indigent communities unless urgent planning, affordability protections and supply interventions are put in place now.