Land Affairs expert Advocate Ngcukaitobi has come out in support of the Expropriation Bill and against the need for amending Section 25 of the Constitution. Ngcukaitobi is reported to have said that the process to consider amending Section 25 of the Constitution “is a monumental waste of time. If the ANC wants serious progress on land, what it should do right now is to pass the Expropriation Bill.”

The GOOD party notes reports of a fatal car accident involving Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Nqaba Bhanga, and two bystanders who sadly lost their lives. A third bystander is currently in hospital recovering from their injuries. We extend our deepest condolences to the affected families and believe that a full investigation into the circumstances leading up to this accident must be forthcoming. Innocent people lost their lives and the people of Nelson Mandela Bay need to satisfy themselves that their Mayor is not responsible for this tragedy. Specifically, this inquest must look into: - Whether this accident occurred past curfew and if so, what official business the Mayor was conducting at those hours. - Whether or not Cllr Bhanga was in possession of procurement documents which would be unlawful. As a public official, we are sure Cllr Bhanga is aware of the illegality pertaining to the possesion of procurement documents. In addition to being a sitting Mayor, Cllr Bhanga was announced just this week as the DA Mayoral Candidate for Nelson Mandela Bay and the voters deserve to know the truth about who they are being asked to vote for. We wish Cllr Bhanga a successful surgery and speedy recovery so he may satisfy the people of Nelson Mandela Bay that he was not acting unlawfully at the time of this accident. A full investigation would unearth answers to the burning questions that the people of Nelson Mandela Bay have.

by all good South Africans. But unless the people who ordered the hit are brought to book Deokaran’s courage in speaking out to stop the rot of corruption will have been in vain.

The Department of Social Development is mandated to ensure the provision of a comprehensive social development service that enables and empowers the poor, the vulnerable and those with special needs. These services are important protect, and repairs, our social fabric and especially ensure that those residents who are vulnerable, excluded and most in need of social assistance are in fact assisted.

While the State’s promise to act quickly against 12 identified instigators appears to have vanished into thin air, the GOOD Party is doing what it can to keep the investigation into the storm of violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July on track. After contacting the police in early August to hand over information contained on three Whatsapp groups evidently formed to instigate the anarchy in KwaZulu-Natal, GOOD Party Secretary-General Brett Herron has deposed a second affidavit relating to alleged instigators in Gauteng.

On Monday the CFO of the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health – who is apparently a witness in the investigations of PPE corruption in the Provincial Government – was gunned down outside her home after dropping off a child. GOOD extends its heartfelt condolences to Deokaran's family. We also express concern about the speculation that her murder was an assassination linked to investigations of corruption in which she was a witness.

Because South Africa is a sports-mad nation, the antics of our national teams play a major role in galvanising and/or dividing the nation. By “antics” we refer to the full spectrum of team composition, their performance and the politics that surround them. A year ago, a floundering Cricket South Africa appointed esteemed Senior Council Advocate, and former commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Dumisa Ntesbeza, as the sport’s transformation ombudsman.

One of South Africa’s youngest political parties submitted 961 ward councillor candidates and 761 proportional representation councillor candidates to the IEC, meeting today’s deadline for the submission of candidates for the local government elections. GOOD has continued to work towards the local government elections as if they will go ahead on 27 October 2021. We are ready for these elections and if they are postponed by a month or three we will be even more ready.

Cape Town’s increased frequency of land occupations, new informal settlements and rising homelessness are the clear consequences of the decisions taken by the DA to collapse the delivery of housing. The City’s annual revisions to its Integrated Development Plan (IDP) have consistently revised the targets downwards – and under-delivered even on their reduced annual delivery targets.

Statement by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary General, member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and GOOD Mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town 22 August 2021 BUILDING COMMON PURPOSE…