GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,
GOOD Secretary-General
13 September 2026
On Friday, the GOOD Party received a curt letter from the Western Cape Provincial Legislature’s Appeals Committee setting aside the findings of its Conduct Committee against Brett Herron MPL relating to a statement concerning the behaviour of DA MP Ian Cameron.
In August 2025, a car carrying three DA MPs conducting a political party oversight visit in Philippi came under attack, only for Cameron to save the situation by drawing and using his gun.
Herron, the GOOD Party Secretary-General and Mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, issued a statement on behalf of the party saying: “If Cameron doesn’t feel safe doing his job in Black neighbourhoods, he should have the emotional intelligence to ask the Speaker of Parliament to facilitate protection rather than behave like a latter-day Rambo or Piet Retief.”
The statement continued: “That Cameron has been hailed as a folk hero in conservative circles for shooting a Black youth reinforces old divisions. His actions are symbolic of the apartheid propaganda films depicting “civilised Whites” with guns overpowering “Black savagery”.
Finally, the statement made the point that while the DA constantly blames Cape Town’s crime rate on national government, the Cameron incident underscored the fact that decades-long DA control of Cape Town had delivered no improvements to the quality of poorer Capetonians’ lives.
Other critical context is, (1.) Before becoming a DA MP, Cameron worked for Afriforum; (2.) Videos of him, in black-face, attending anti-transformation demonstrations, have been widely circulated; and (3.) Cameron self-identifies as gun-loving. He recently told parliament’s ad-hoc committee probing police corruption that he “likes shooting”.
The DA took grave offence. An anonymous complaint about the GOOD statement led to a conduct committee process that bore all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned lynching.
There was no “hearing”, no identification of a complainant, and no opportunity to lead evidence or cross examine witnesses. Just a heavily redacted charge sheet, followed by a finding that Herron’s Constitutionally protected political statement amounted to misconduct – and a sentence.
In its “wisdom” the Conduct Committee managed to collapse the distinction between political activity and official legislative functions and bring protected political expression within its disciplinary purview. This position was legally unsustainable and crumbled on review.
On Friday, Speaker Mitchell’s letter to Herron noted that his appeal had been upheld, and that the legislature now considered the matter closed.
The matter may be closed from the DA’s point of view, but the bigger questions about the appropriateness of DA MP’s carrying guns when visiting areas where people of colour live remain.
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