The decision made by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) and the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) to allow Total Energies to explore offshore drilling along the West Coast is a ticking time bomb for not only our already fragile environment but also the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen.
According to an emailed “request” from the (DA) Mayor of Theewaterskloof to the Municipal Manager, copied to the (GOOD Party) Deputy Mayor, the council no longer wants to attend to water or sewerage leaks outside of office hours.
The GOOD Caucus in George calls on the Democratic Alliance (DA) to support the motion to remove the name of PW Botha Boulevard, in light of deeply troubling, renewed claims by Eugene de Kock.
This budget rightly recognises that economic growth depends on how efficiently we move people and goods. We see this in the allocations before us: for example, over R270 million for the George Integrated Public Transport Network.
Speech by Brett Herron, Unite for Change Leadership Council Member & GOOD member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Note to editors, this speech was delivered during the Infrastructure Department budget vote in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature
As the Council prepares to debate the PW Botha Boulevard motion and the Electricity Tariff increases, the GOOD Caucus in George Municipality warns that democracy is being silenced as the Speaker continue to hold meetings virtually, blocking residents from witnessing their elected representatives in action.
Notorious apartheid-era security police mass murderer Eugene de Kock has information that neither old nor new order political leaders want South Africans to know.
On this Human Rights Day, we pause to reflect on the hard-won freedoms that define our democracy and the responsibility we all share to protect and advance them.
Thirty years ago, South Africans’ centuries-long struggle for equal rights and justice was technically concluded with the adoption of a progressive Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Speech by Matthew Cook, GOOD National Chairperson and PR Councillor in the City of Johannesburg. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the 47th Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting of the City of Johannesburg