Today the Office of the Public Protector South Africa hosted a much-needed Public Participation Hearing on Maintenance and the Systemic issues attached thereto, in SUB COUNCIL 17 at the Lenteguer Civic Centre in Mitchells Plain. Attended by officials from various sectors dealing with maintenance issues, such as the Department of Justice, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Public Protector.
The GOOD Party condemns the alleged overcrowding in a classroom in Delft. The Cape Argus reports that 96 Grade 3 learners have been crammed into the Sunray Primary School’s media centre.
The GOOD Party has noted Moneyweb’s publication of the alleged 2023/24 Auditor General (AG) report for the City of Tshwane for the 2023/24 financial year (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/another-qualified-audit-opinion-for-city-of-tshwane/). We welcome the probe into the leak of the report. The final AG report is only due to serve before the Tshwane Council on the 30th of January 2025.
The GOOD Party notes the announcement by Solidarity and AfriForum that they will be instituting legal proceedings against the promulgation of the BELA Act, with legal letters being sent to both the President and the Minister of Basic Education.
After approving a balanced budget 10 months ago, promising to employ more teachers this year, the Western Cape Education Department changed its mind and determined that 2400 teacher posts would be scrapped – blaming the situation on a shortage of resources from an incompetent national government.
The GOOD party supports the call for a Commission of Inquiry into government’s delayed response to the humanitarian crisis in Stilfontein, costing potentially dozens of lives.
The announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is an important start on the road to peace in the Holy Land. It will enable the flow of aid to Gaza, that will begin to avert the immediate and severe humanitarian crisis.
GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile ,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 16 January 2025 In 2024, the Health department made headlines for leaving hundreds of trained doctors unemployed despite the country facing…
The GOOD Party calls on the Western Cape Education Department to realign its budget and priorities for the 2025/26 year. With schools opening today, the Western Cape schools are at capacity and according to the department’s spokesperson Bronagh Hammond 2,677 Grade 1 and 8 pupils are yet to be placed (News24).
Half-empty school busses don’t stop for Ceres primary school pupils, who must trek five kilometres to school each day – and back – because their homes are 200m short of qualifying for free transport laid on by the Western Cape Education Department.