Read more about the article BELA ACT: DA SIDE-HUSTLE WITH SOLIDARITY AND AFRIFORUM WILL TEST GNU
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BELA ACT: DA SIDE-HUSTLE WITH SOLIDARITY AND AFRIFORUM WILL TEST GNU

Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube’s breathless announcement of having reached agreement with the Solidarity Movement on implementing the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act should be taken with a pinch of salt. While Gwarube hailed her pact with Solidarity as demonstrating the power of cool heads, she appears to have overlooked the fact that it is the DA’s coalition partners in the Government of National Unity she must convince on proposed changes to the law – not Afrikaner nationalist organisations outside of government.

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JOBURG MPAC NEEDS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

GOOD opposes the approval of the proposed Terms of Reference for the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) regarding the investigation process for Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless, and Wasteful (UIFW) Expenditure in the City of Johannesburg. While we support the principle of accountability and the mandate of MPAC, the terms of reference fail to address critical issues of transparency, public involvement, and accountability that are fundamental to effective governance.

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Read more about the article WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL: EXTENSION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WON’T ADDRESS KEY ISSUES

WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL: EXTENSION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WON’T ADDRESS KEY ISSUES

The GOOD Party is concerned that the extension of the public participation process regarding the sale of the Woodstock Hospital will be pointless as the City of Cape Town is unable to address the key questions that have been on the table for months.What will happen to the current occupants of Woodstock hospital? And where will they be evicted to?

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