WESTERN CAPE HOUSING FUNDS LOST WHILE 680,000 FAMILIES WAIT
Speaker, I thank the Minister for his reply, but I did not hear an answer. I heard a description of process. What this House needed was an explanation of failure.
GOOD STANDS WITH JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY AGAINST DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES ON HISTORIC FARMLANDS
GOOD Stellenbosch is deeply concerned that decisions taken by the Stellenbosch Municipal Council have placed Jamestown’s historic farmlands, small-scale farmers, and water security under growing development pressure.
TREASURY’S ANTI-SRD GRANT APPEAL DENIES STATE’S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY
National Treasury’s decision to appeal a Pretoria High Court ruling ordering government to increase and expand access to the Social Relief of Distress Grant is a disgraceful denial of the State’s constitutional obligations to provide income support to destitute people.
WOMEN’S DAY SPEECH: “STOP THANKING HER AND START PAYING HER”
I want to talk about a lie we tell ourselves in this country and in this province. We say South Africa is being rebuilt. We say communities are being held together. We say families are surviving, adapting, enduring.
BLUE LIES CAPE TOWN TOLD TO JUSTIFY DISPOSAL OF VELODROME REVEALED
When the City of Cape Town announced it was disposing of the Bellville Velodrome, Africa’s only Olympic-standard indoor cycling track, it sought to placate cyclists by announcing the redevelopment of the cycling track at Vygieskraal Stadium.
CELEBRATING WORTH, DIGNITY, AND STRENGTH: GOOD STELLENBOSCH VISITS SAFE HOUSE
Today, as we celebrate Women’s Month, GOOD Stellenbosch had the privilege of visiting and blessing the incredible women at Safe House.
GOOD STELLENBOSCH DEMANDS CLEAR TIMELINE FOR NEW IDAS VALLEY RUGBY CLUBHOUSE
GOOD Party Councillor Marius van Stade has today submitted a formal Notice of Question to the Municipal Manager, in terms of Rule 35.1 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Stellenbosch Municipal Council
DA SEEKS TO SCORE OFF AIRBNB’S “SUCCESS” IN CAPE TOWN. DRAFT SHORT-TERM RENTAL BY-LAW WILL SUSTAIN HOUSING CRISIS
Instead of drafting a short-term letting by-law designed to contribute to alleviating the crisis of unaffordability in the Cape Town housing market, the only beneficiary of the proposed by-law is the City itself, which will increase its income by charging slightly higher rates.
GOOD OUDTSHOORN REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY AMID COALITION ADJUSTMENTS
GOOD Oudtshoorn remains committed to stability, good governance, and the delivery of quality services to the people of Oudtshoorn, particularly the poor and vulnerable communities who rely on an effective and accountable local government.
GOOD CALLS OUT CITY ENERGY LEADERSHIP FOR HIDING MASSIVE 174 MW DATA CENTRE GRID ALLOCATION FROM PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
The leadership of Cape Town’s Energy Portfolio Committee is actively dodging transparency by hiding a massive 174 MW bulk electricity allocation for private data centres completely off the committee’s agenda.
GOVERNANCE BY PRESS RELEASE AND PANTOMIME
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s announcement that the City of Cape Town has declared an intergovernmental dispute with the Acting Minister of Police Professor Firoz Cachalia over Metro Police investigative powers is pure electioneering hot air.
WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED PROMISING TO BUILD HOMES INTO AN ART FORM
Last week, Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers was at it again, making a fantabulous announcement about delivering around 12 000 new homes.
GOOD STELLENBOSCH CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO RESTORE COMMUNITY SAFETY IN HILLSIDE VILLAGE AND IDAS VALLEY
GOOD Stellenbosch is deeply concerned by the alarming increase in burglaries, robberies and violent crime affecting residents of Hillside Village and the greater Idas Valley community.
NEW WESTERN CAPE POLICE COMMISSIONER’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Lieutenant General Sizakhele Dyantyi, the man named as the new Western Cape Police Commissioner, has inherited the impossible task of curbing gangsterism in communities on which municipal and provincial authorities have effectively turned their backs.
OPPOSING THE UNDERVALUED DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC LAND IN RETREAT
Speech by Wesley Neumann, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was given in the City of Cape Town Councillor Meeting