GOOD Statement by Roscoe Palm,
GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor
21 November 2025
The GOOD Party strongly condemns the intentional hit-and-run in Observatory, Cape Town, today.
Graphic footage shows that a driver intentionally drove through a crowd, injuring two people.
Activists had been standing in solidarity with residents of Singabalapha settlement at the National Shutdown in opposition to GBV. One woman was seriously injured. Both victims are being tended to at the hospital.
Law enforcement must track down the perpetrator and arrest him. True accountability is non-negotiable. Our legal system must send a clear message that violence, especially violence carried out on a day meant to confront GBV, will not be tolerated.
There is no excuse for using a vehicle as a weapon against unarmed civilians exercising their right to protest. It reveals a mindset that treats human life as disposable and trivialises the trauma women face daily.
When people feel entitled to harm others without consequence, women and vulnerable groups pay the highest price. Standing against GBV means confronting every form of violence that chips away at our humanity.
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