GOOD Statement by Grechard Petersen,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 06 February 2025 The GOOD Party has formally submitted a letter of inquiry to the Office of the Municipal Manager of Stellenbosch…
The GOOD Party in George calls on the Democratic Alliance not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
President Cyril Ramaphosa walked a coalition tightrope in his State of the Nation Address tonight, balancing the urgent need to address abnormal rates of poverty and inequality with the needs of the business sector for a stable environment conducive to economic growth.
An investigation into alleged procurement irregularities at Swellendam Municipality lifts the lid on systemic corruption and recommends consideration be given to criminal charges against senior officials including the Municipal Manager and Supply Chain Manager.
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 05 February 2025 The GOOD Party welcomes the 4.4% increase in minimum wage as a necessary step toward ensuring dignity, fairness, and economic justice…
The GOOD Party is concerned that the country’s housing programme is being manipulated by some, whilst others remain desperate and homeless on the housing waiting list. In Drakenstein, residents who have been lucky enough to be recipients of title deeds have chosen to rather rent out their properties instead of making it their forever homes. This practice is unfair to the hundreds of thousands of people desperately waiting for their housing opportunity.
The GOOD Party is shocked by comments made by Johannesburg Transport MMC Kenny Kunene. During a site visit to Lilian Ngoyi Street, Kunene is quoted as saying “We're making sure the street lives up to the icon it was named after - moenie huil nie ". The explosion claimed 1 life and seriously injured 41 people. Residents and commuters have been severely inconvenienced for 18 months, with road repairs only estimated to be completed in August. The MMC’s comments are insensitive and lack political maturity.
During a Special Council meeting, a report on the mid-year budget assessment of the City of Tshwane as well as a report on the achievements of the City’s mid-year performance targets were presented to Council. As GOOD we would like to congratulate the City at large for the improvements we are seeing in the financial status of the city.
If GOOD were to highlight a particular crisis that South Africa needs to hear from the president about, it is how his government intends to address poverty. We cannot have a government that ignores its own National Treasury's concession that there are 18 million South Africans who live below the food poverty line.
The City of Cape Town tells us, over and over, that it is “pro-poor” and fiscally responsible. But when we strip away the spin, what remains is a city run for the benefit of insiders, political elites, and their families, while the poor are left with broken promises, stale bread, and blue t-shirts from the last election. According to the 2023/24 Integrated Annual Report, trust in the City’s leadership has dropped significantly under Major Geordin Hill-Lewis. The people of Cape Town no longer believe in his administration. And the report gives a glimpse into why. It paints a damning picture of a City that rewards the connected and abandons the vulnerable.