GOOD Statement by Sarah Mabotsa,GOOD City of Tshwane Councillor and MMC for Economic Development and Spatial Planning 16 February 2025 The GOOD Party is appalled by the videos confirming the…
Severe underspending by Nelson Mandela Bay may cost the municipality R262.5 million in grant funding. Following the 2024/25 mid-year expenditure reports, tabled in December 2024, the National Treasury has written to the Municipal Manager, Mandla George to inform him that the treasury intends invoking section 18 Division of Revenue Act and section 38 of Municipal Finance Management Act, due to substantial underspending by the municipality.
Recent site visits to Cape Town Libraries highlight the blatant disparity of resources between the southern suburbs and the city’s informal settlements.
Of the 41,6 million people of working age in South Africa (15 – 64 years old). 8 million South Africans are unemployed, a further 3.5 million are discouraged work seekers and 13 million are not economically active. This leaves 24,5 million South Africans with no income to support their families.
South Africa’s economy is at a crossroads: There’s a shortage of revenue, little room to increase already steep income and company tax without pushing the middle class over the edge, and a crisis of poverty that if left unaddressed threatens the sustainability of the constitutional democracy.
GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 17 February 2025 The GOOD Party is appalled by the tragic mismanagement of higher education students in South Africa. The recent protests…
GOOD Press Statement by Suzette Little,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor & Caucus Chairperson 17 February 2025 Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis requesting more affordable housing funding is nothing more than a…
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 17 February 2025 In a sea of competing needs, with little wriggle room due to lethargic economic growth, the State can either continue spreading…
GOOD has noted the increased politicisation around the supply of safe water to the residents of Hammanskraal. The new project, run by Magalies Water at Klipdrift Water works, came online in January 2025 and supplies safe drinking water to several areas of Hammanskraal. It is the first of several phases to be rolled out to expand the network of safe water to Hammanskraal.
The Tokai Public Library, in ward 71, has spent R15,000 of city funds not on books but on gaming equipment.