The GOOD Party calls on the DA-led City of Cape Town to recognise the desperate pleas of its residents and act with compassion.

The intention of the Minister of Social Development to request cabinet to support a two-year extension of the R350 per month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant will bring some comfort to those whose survival is assisted by this grant.

The National Electricity Regulator, NERSA, says it approved a 15.1% tariff increase for the City of Cape Town for the 2023/23 financial year, and that “no licensee is empowered to charge a tariff that has not been approved by NERSA”.

The GOOD Party is challenging the result of the George by-elections held on 18 and 19 July 2023 in wards 16, 20 and 27. The objection has been filed in terms of Section 65 of the Local Government Act: Municipal Electoral Act 27 of 2000.

One look at the Department of Human Settlement’s 4th quarter presentation on 31 May 2023 and we find confirmation that the more things change the more they stay the same. Whilst close to 600,000 people still await housing opportunities in the Western Cape, only 5,815 units were delivered.

The GOOD party welcomes today’s announcement by the South African Reserve Bank that the Repo rate remain unchanged at 8.25%, with the prime lending rate remaining steady at 11.75%

The GOOD party calls on City of Joburg officials to prioritise the safety of residents and find the cause of yesterday’s explosion in the CBD.

The systems developed to protect the integrity of South Africa’s democratic electoral processes failed the people of George yesterday where three by-elections went ahead under a cloud of prima facie evidence of voter registration fraud perpetrated by the DA.

DA Provincial Leader, Tertuis Simmers has accused myself (Brett Herron) and GOOD regional coordinator Donovan Saptoe of using “aggressive attempts to coerce a voter into signing a false affidavit”.

The Electoral Court’s dismissal of GOOD’s application to postpone by-elections taking place in George today is such an instance.