The dire state of Eskom, and its troubled finances, continue to come down on already struggling South Africans, this time with a 18.65% hike in electricity tariffs for the 2023/24 financial year and a 12.74% increase in the year thereafter.
The nine lives of Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams have run out. In light of the Municipality’s disastrous finances, it’s time for someone else to take the reins.
The DA-led City of Cape Town, which markets itself as pristine and well-managed in comparison with ANC-led cities, such as Durban, is battling to explain having to close a number of popular beaches over the holiday season due to unsafe levels of sewerage.
GOOD does not cover up evidence of wrongdoing against its public representatives, pay for their legal defence or redeploy them. It holds them to account.
The GOOD leadership is proud to welcome Peter de Villiers back as a GOOD councillor in the Drakenstein Municipality.
The new CEO of Eskom's first task should be to provide a credible and implementable roadmap to end the power cuts.
The Bergrivier Municipality needs to ensure a swift investigation into the reports on its unfair labour practices which are based on blatant language discrimination.
GOOD will move for a resolution that achieves this sensible balance. Two binary options are neither sensible, practical nor potentially lawful.
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament must use the opportunity today to elect a competent Speaker capable of leading the legislature in a fair and effective manner.
As South Africans across all sectors we need to tackle this scourge of GBVFfrom every side - and on every day of the year. GOOD remains committed to doing this.