The DA’s mayoral candidate for Tshwane’s decision to lead an armed raid with private security forces to bust allegedly illegal immigrants, and then brag about it on social media, places the party in the same populist Whatsapp group as Afriforum, March and March and the MK Party.
In compliance with the Constitutional Court's order in the Tafelberg matter, the Premier of the Western Cape and the Mayor of Cape Town have filed reports under oath detailing progress (or lack thereof) in the delivery of affordable housing in well-located areas.
If Cape Town’s “plan" to develop the Foreshore is real, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis must tell residents what it’s going to cost, who is going to pay, how long it is going to take, whether Transnet has agreed to release port land, and how many affordable houses will be delivered.
The arrest of a Former Mayor, Acting Municipal Manager and Chief Financial Officer on corruption charges has sent shockwaves and is a serious development for local government in the Western Cape.
If you didn’t know, for instance, that more than 400 000 Western Cape households are located in diabolical conditions in informal settlements, the vast majority in Cape Town, and that approximately 100 000 new residents migrate to Cape Town per year, you may be tempted to believe that the City’s announcement this week that it has delivered 815 taps and 6 505 toilets in 2025/26 is worth celebrating.
Two of the five South Africans who addressed the White Cross Project Conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC last Friday are members of the University of Cape Town’s Council.
GOOD’s leadership has informed the Executive Mayor and City Manager of the City of Tshwane that Sarah Mabotsa’s membership of the party has been terminated, and that she should be removed as a Councillor and therefore as the MMC for Economic Development.
We extend our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in this weekend’s horrific events. We also acknowledge the injustice of all the loss, and injury, families and communities have been left to endure.
The GOOD Party today filed its answering affidavit opposing the DA’s application in the Electoral Court to declare its candidate list unlawful.
The intended meaning of Heritage Day, to acknowledge and celebrate South Africa’s cultural diversity, has been hijacked and diminished by the cultural and commercial interests of the middle-class braai brigade.