The GOOD Party, a member of Unite for Change, is appalled by reports from tenants at the Goodwood Social Housing complex who are being threatened with illegal evictions and lease cancellations.
This morning’s raid on the residence belonging to Hangwani Maumela indicates that while the wheels of justice turn slowly, they are turning. Maumela is a figure who allegedly orchestrated the extraction of R820 million in contracts at Tembisa Hospital, through a web of fraudulent contracts.
The GOOD Party has applied to join the South African Property Owners Association’s litigation to have elements of Cape Town’s new tariff regime declared unconstitutional as an intervening party.
The Madlanga Commission has issued a Rule 3 notice, formally notifying controversial North West businessman Oupa Brown Mogotsi of being implicated in the alleged unlawful interference at the South African Police Service (SAPS). As the GOOD Party, we welcome this development.
Today marks the second anniversary of Hamas’ deadly incursion of Israel that claimed 1200 lives and saw 250 Israelis taken hostage – 20 of whom are still believed to be alive.
The GOOD Party is deeply concerned by the Executive Mayor’s dismissive response to serious allegations of financial misconduct arising from the City of Cape Town’s R2.1 billion loan agreement with Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
Twenty years after the TRC recommended that hundreds of apartheid era atrocities required further investigations and prosecutions, the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, has dismissed an application by the Government to delay the R167 million constitutional damages case brought by families of victims and survivors.
Civil society groups and commuter representatives have raised serious concerns about the City of Cape Town’s Travel Demand Strategy (TDS), revealing a disconnect between the City’s promises of inclusion and its exclusionary fare and service policies.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s statement to the house regarding the recent raids of COCT
The DA in Cape Town has once again demonstrated its disregard for transparency and democratic process. This morning’s Human Settlements Portfolio Committee meeting was delayed by 45 minutes after Chairperson Cllr Albert Ntsodo refused to allow members of the public to attend. This exclusion violates Section 20(1) of the Municipal Systems Act, which states that council and committee meetings must be open to the public unless there are compelling reasons to close them. No such reasons were provided.