The latest crime statistics paint a terrifying picture of life in South Africa for women, children and other vulnerable communities with alarmingly high and unacceptable levels of rape, murder and violent crimes once again being reported.
GOOD press statement by Shireen August,GOOD: City of Cape Town Councillor 18 Augustus 2022 Note: This statement was delivered by GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor, Shireen August, in today’s council meeting…
An item tabled today in the DA-led Cape Town Council yet again exposes the City’s apartheid spatial planning logic.
The GOOD Party calls for full investigation into the role of Stellenbosch Mayor, Gesie van Deventer in the appointment of Ms. Annelene de Beer as Director: Strategic and Corporate Services.
The recent death of an elderly woman at Huis Maudie Kriel senior citizen centre in Ceres is entirely unacceptable and has left the people of Witzenberg Municipality in shock.
The tragic events at Marikana 10 years ago, where 34 striking mineworkers were massacred by police, is a tragic monument to the ongoing social, economic, spatial and environmental injustices inherited from the past that it is our collective duty as a nation to fix.
Women remain left out in all sectors of society. Not enough women occupy boardrooms. Women are not able to start small businesses. The kitchen is still regarded as the only place for a female and that women must stand in service of men.
GOOD welcomes the Hawk’s announcement today of the arrest of 20 individuals alleged to have been involved in instigating or fuelling last July’s orgy of violence, looting and destruction of property.
Mayor Randall Williams is using shameless tactics to sweep homeless people off Tshwane’s streets. His behaviour isn’t just inhumane, it’s also illegal.
National Women’s Day is a day that is supposed to celebrate the women of South Africa. But, as we so often say, there is little to celebrate. In fact, we are sick and tired of talking about this, when so little really changes.