The GOOD Party shares the frustration expressed by Members of Parliament this week regarding the lack of progress in holding those responsible for the George building collapse accountable.
Only the corrupt would disagree with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plea to ANC councillors to stop stealing, but to set DA-run municipalities in Cape Town and Stellenbosch as the benchmark for good governance spits in the faces of millions of poorer people whose quality of life is desperately low.
If the Western Cape Government continues upgrading informal settlements at its current rate of one per year, it will take 1274 years to provide dignified living circumstances for all who live in the province.
The GOOD Party has tabled an urgent motion in the George Municipality calling for immediate relief for backyard dwellers who are being threatened with fines, evictions, and homelessness due to unaffordable building plan compliance demands.
The GOOD Party is appalled, but not surprised, by Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk’s decision to leave South Africa on the eve of his criminal trial. This brazen act of evasion is just the latest chapter in a long and sordid story of impunity, enabled by a complicit and lethargic coalition.
The GOOD Party calls on the government to immediately remove all pre-qualification barriers to accessing the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. In a society plagued by staggering unemployment, stagnant wages, and deepening inequality, social assistance must be designed to reach people quickly, not to exclude them through bureaucratic red tape.
The Acting Minister of Police is right to be concerned. There is ‘No proper plan in Cape Town to deal with gang violence’.
The “Rent-a-Cop” initiative by Stellenbosch Municipality doesn’t just reflect inequality, it reinforces it, formalising a system where safety is no longer a right, but a privilege reserved for those who can afford to pay.
The GOOD Party warmly welcomes today’s rational and just decision by the Western Cape High Court ordering the City of Cape Town to halt its planned cuts to the Dial-a-Ride service and immediately restore it to pre-announcement levels.
The nepotism claims reported in Paarl Post (04 Sept 2025), made by a Drakenstein municipal employee, are concerning but not surprising. GOOD raised similar concerns in June this year, when a whistleblower revealed irregularities in the hiring process for general worker posts in the Social Development Department.