GOOD PARTY ELECTS MARIUS VAN STADE AS MAYORAL CANDIDATE FOR STELLENBOSCH
The GOOD Party has elected Cllr Marius van Stade as its Mayoral Candidate for Stellenbosch Municipality in the 2026 Local Government Elections on 6 September 2026.
The GOOD Party has elected Cllr Marius van Stade as its Mayoral Candidate for Stellenbosch Municipality in the 2026 Local Government Elections on 6 September 2026.
According to the government, adult South Africans need R868 a month (or about R29 a day) to buy enough food to meet an adult’s required daily energy intake. But the government grant for unemployed adults is just R370 a month (about R12 a day).
Let me be clear from the outset: The GOOD Party has no issue with the upgrading of Plattner Boulevard. On the contrary, the upgrading and maintenance of municipal infrastructure is one of the GOOD Party's core priorities. Good roads mean good economics.
I rise on the item dealing with Hansmoeskraal 1, 2 and 3 in George.Speaker, we must be clear on one principle: In South African law, Municipal Property is Public Property. What is municipal property? It is any immovable asset owned by the municipality - land, buildings, servitudes, commonages. In this case, Hansmoeskraal 1, 2 and 3.
GOOD Stellenbosch wishes to make its position clear following the Stellenbosch Municipal Council meeting of 25 August 2026, where GOOD abstained from voting on the proposed three-month extension of the Municipal Manager’s contract.
Conradie Park was meant to be the proof of concept. The Minister has just given us the brochure. I would like to give this House the tenancy agreement.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament during the Interpellation Debate on Tuberculosis (TB)
For 70 years, the rhythm of life in Tulbagh has been the rhythm of the fruit season. That factory was never just a workplace, it was the town's economy, its history, its inheritance passed from parent to child.
Violent and organised crime in South Africa have skyrocketed since Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings nearly 30 years ago revealed the existence of shadowy relationships between apartheid-era security forces and criminal gangs, and the manufacture of large quantities of street drugs by the then-State’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme.
A study on free basic service provision commissioned by the Western Cape Department of Local Government glibly claims that the province is broadly compliant with national guidelines, with Cape Town the most indigent-friendly municipality of the lot.