SCHEME TO EXPAND WESTERN CAPE LEGISLATURE IS DISGRACEFUL, Business Day, 19 March 2025
GOOD party says it will ‘oppose this lunacy’ even though it might be assigned an additional seat.
DISINFORMATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN SA’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, Cape Argus, 05 March 2025
Emboldened by the democratic government’s choices not to hold anyone accountable for apartheid crimes, or narrow inequality by redistributing wealth, a multi-headed right-wing movement has emerged intent on protecting South Africa’s old economic status quo.
UNEQUAL SPENDING SHOWS THAT THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN IS NOT PRO-POOR, Mail & Guardian, 24 February 2025
When the municipality allocates its budget, it spends proportionally far more on the rich than the poor areas…
PROMISES UNFULFILLED AMID URGENT NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CAPE TOWN’S INNER CITY, Daily Maverick, 04 March 2025
The struggle for inner-city affordable housing in Cape Town is not new. Since the end of apartheid, numerous initiatives have been launched, yet progress has been painfully slow.
TSHWANE AND JOHANNESBURG: LESSONS FROM COALITION GOVERNMENTS, Mail & Guardian, 22 January 2025
Opinion by Matthew Cook, GOOD National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor. “It’s not about which party politicians represent, it’s about their willingness to embrace servant leadership and work together for the good of all the people.”
Backward-looking folk regard forward-looking Bela Act as their proxy devil, Mail & Guardian, 5 December 2024
The GOOD Party Secretary-General, Brett Herron believes opposition to the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Act is contrived by politicians who have long profited from instilling fear in minority communities that they’re about to be swamped by the African majority.
LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS: NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY, News24
Attending the Global Equality Summit in Cape Town, the GOOD Party Secretary-General, Brett Herron writes about LGBTQIA+ rights in the Global South. Read Article