LIGHTS OUT FOR LOCAL FILM: GOOD DEMANDS URGENT INTERVENTION AS INCENTIVE SCHEME COLLAPSES

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTIC) has made a crucial error in its mismanagement and failure to safeguard its Incentive Scheme for the film industry. With 100,000 households set to be economically impacted by its removal, the government must come to the negotiating table or risk the collapse of an industry pivotal not only to South Africa’s economy but also its identity.

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NELSON MANDELA BAY: LEADERSHIP MUST STOP DEFLECTING AND START GOVERNING AMIDST UTILITY CRISIS

Residents of the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Municipality are facing a deepening electricity and water crisis, driven by decades of infrastructure neglect and persistent governance failures. Across the metro, communities are being stripped of reliable access to basic services essential for daily life and economic survival.

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GOOD PARTY CALLS FOR URGENT INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING TRAGIC DEATH OF GRADE 3 LEARNER AT KLAPMUTS PRIMARY SCHOOL

This afternoon the GOOD Party Councillor Marius van Stade visited Klapmuts Primary School following the tragic death of a Grade 3 learner under circumstances that remain unclear and are under investigation.

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GOOD SUPPORTS THE REVITALISATION OF THE FAIRMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL TARTAN TRACK DEVELOPMENT

The GOOD Party welcomes and fully supports the principled stance taken by the Parkwood Sports Complex Municipal Facility Management Committee (MFMC) at today’s City of Cape Town Sub-council 18 meeting to insist on the revitalisation and completion of the long-abandoned tartan athletics track at Fairmount High School.

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TRUMP’S NEW WORLD ORDER: SA FOREIGN POLICY DESERVES MORE PRAISE THAN IT GETS

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.

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JUDGE KHAMPEPE MUST NOT BLINK IN TRC STANDOFF WITH FORMER PRESIDENTS

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.

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Robin Hendrikse

GOOD COMMENDS FIREFIGHTERS FOR TIRELESS SERVICE DURING FIRE SEASON

The GOOD Party hereby wish to extend our sincere gratitude and admiration to the firefighters of Stellenbosch Municipality and the Cape Winelands District Municipality, as well as partners such as Cape Nature, for their unwavering dedication, courage, and professionalism throughout this demanding fire season.

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