Read more about the article SEA OF SEWAGE: CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUST STOP TALKING TO THEMSELVES

SEA OF SEWAGE: CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUST STOP TALKING TO THEMSELVES

Today members of GOOD attended the Quarterly Permit Advisory Forum Meeting on the Marine Outfalls Discharge Permits. The forum is meant to provide a platform for public dialogue with the City on the treatment and management of effluent discharged into the ocean. Currently, the City’s permit has no effluent quantity discharge limit after the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Dion George suspended the limit. Raw sewage, that has passed through nothing more than a sieve, is pumped into our oceans.

Continue ReadingSEA OF SEWAGE: CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUST STOP TALKING TO THEMSELVES
Read more about the article THE WESTERN CAPE SAFETY PLAN: A MULTI-BILLION RAND FAILURE IN THE FACE OF RISING MURDER RATES

THE WESTERN CAPE SAFETY PLAN: A MULTI-BILLION RAND FAILURE IN THE FACE OF RISING MURDER RATES

The Western Cape Safety Plan was introduced with the ambitious goal of reducing the murder rate by 50% over the course of ten years. However, halfway through the plan, the province finds itself moving further away from that goal, with the murder rate actually rising by 14.32% over the past five years.

Continue ReadingTHE WESTERN CAPE SAFETY PLAN: A MULTI-BILLION RAND FAILURE IN THE FACE OF RISING MURDER RATES
Read more about the article BUDGET 2025/26: POSTPONEMENT HIGHLIGHTS CONSENSUS IN GNU NOT DISAGREEMENTS
exc-5dbabace8c8be376eb48413f

BUDGET 2025/26: POSTPONEMENT HIGHLIGHTS CONSENSUS IN GNU NOT DISAGREEMENTS

Today’s Budget postponement is a direct result of the Government of National Unity parties not being adequately consulted before the National Treasury presented the proposed budget to the Political Parties Leaders’ Forum. Coalition governing is about seeking consensus.

Continue ReadingBUDGET 2025/26: POSTPONEMENT HIGHLIGHTS CONSENSUS IN GNU NOT DISAGREEMENTS