The regulations for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, published yesterday, undermine the essential intention behind the Act to place the interests of learners above the interests of adults opposed to the post-apartheid transformation of public schools.
Minister Siviwe Gwarube appears to be using regulations to undermine the intention of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act and the now amended South African Schools Act. What should have been a welcome milestone, the gazetting of the first two sets of BELA regulations, nearly eight months after the Act came into effect in December 2024, has instead revealed serious concerns.
The GOOD Party has formally submitted a Motion of No Confidence in Cape Town Speaker, Alderman Felicity Purchase, in terms of Rule 18 of the Rules of Order Regulating Council Meetings, Section 160(1)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, and Sections 36 to 40 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (Act 117 of 1998).
The TikTok video, circulating on social media, making offensive and racially charged remarks about South Africa’s Coloured community is not only egregious, it is deeply offensive and should be condemned in the strongest terms.
The GOOD Party is deeply concerned by the ongoing crisis of illegal mining in South Africa, and the state’s failure to address its root causes and criminal masterminds.
The GOOD Party in George expresses its concern over the misuse of disciplinary processes to target councillors for fulfilling their duties to the communities they were elected to serve.
The latest 4th Quarter Budget Monitoring Report reveals a deeply concerning picture of poor planning, weak implementation, and misplaced priorities under the DA-led coalition government in George. Over R200 million in development funds, including R176 million in unspent conditional grants and R34 million in the Housing Development Fund, remains idle, while residents continue to wait for housing, basic services, and vital infrastructure.
As the GOOD Party, we reject the culture of evasion that characterises formal written responses from the George Municipality. As elected officials, our duty is to the people of George, not to bureaucratic stonewalling or political self-protection. The answers provided by George Municipality to our formal questions expose the municipality’s lack of transparency and disregard for the opposition’s right to oversight.
The City of Cape Town’s scheme linking tariffs to property values is illegal, unfair, and cloaked in lies about redistributive justice. It is illegal because the Local Government Municipal Systems Act dictates that a municipality’s tariff policies must reflect the principle of usage. In other words, you pay for the services you receive.
After years of struggle and public pressure, there are encouraging signs that the Western Cape Government (WCG) is finally listening. At a follow-up public meeting held in Sea Point last night, consultants appointed by the WCG presented revised concept proposals for the redevelopment of the Tafelberg School site, now quietly renamed “353-on-Main.” These new plans reflect a shift in response to public calls for more social and affordable housing.