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.
“I have been told I’m registered at 28 Pulser Street, Borcherds. I have never lived there and don’t even know where that is.”
New information has come to light pointing to serious corruption in the registration of voters in DA-led George ahead of by-elections scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
As long as they are carrying out their work illegally, they have the effective status of vigilante groups and run the risk of jeopardising criminal trials.