The Weltevrede Sportsfield in Van Wyksvlei, Ward 7 of Drakenstein Municipality, has the potential to bring together a vulnerable community plagued by gangsterism, drug abuse, and social decay.
Another eighteen people died in a reported 37 shooting incidents on the Cape Flats this past weekend. Twenty-two deaths were reported the previous weekend.
The unfolding crisis in the SST section of Town Two, Khayelitsha, is both devastating and unacceptable. Families are being forced to abandon their homes as the very ground beneath them collapses, a direct result of failing sewer infrastructure.
Gary Player, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, was a wonderful golfer. He was also an unapologetic supporter of apartheid ideology.
The GOOD Party is deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic drive-by shooting in Reiger Park, Boksburg, in which six people were reportedly killed and three others wounded.
The GOOD Party is calling out the shameless hypocrisy of two former DA councillors, now campaigning under the Patriotic Alliance banner, who are suddenly pretending to care about the very issues they rejected, mocked, or stayed silent on when they had the chance to do something real in Council.
*Note to editors: This speech was delivered during today’s ordinary council sitting.
The GOOD Party in Drakenstein Municipality is appalled that the DA caucus voted against awarding a Community Hall lease to a reputable Non-Profit Organisation that is delivering essential community services in Ward 11 and surrounding areas.
Families on the Cape Flats deserve the same security, dignity, and protection afforded to tourists and those in the City’s wealthier neighbourhoods.
The GOOD Party is here to lay criminal charges against Western Cape MECs and senior officials who committed fraud by knowingly tabling falsely balanced provincial budgets in order to present a rosy picture of the province’s finances ahead of last year’s general election.