US WANTS TO RUN G20 LIKE ANIMAL FARM
The decision by the new G20 President for the year, the United States, to unilaterally cancel South Africa’s membership is procedurally flawed and disdainful of multilateralism.
SUCCESSFUL G20 CLEANS UP AFRIKANER VICTMISATION DIRT
Among the most significant by-products of the country’s successful hosting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit was that it put the disinformation being pedalled by supremacists about “horrible things” being done to White South Africans to bed.
G20: PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR SA TO ANNOUNCE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEALTH TAX
While US President Donald Trump clearly doesn’t, most dollar millionaires in most G20 nations, including in South Africa and the US, back the principle of a special tax on their wealth as a lever to address unsustainable inequality.
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ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS IMPROVING BUT MINIMAL GROWTH REMAINS MAJOR CONCERN
South Africa’s economy is no longer in free fall. The national debt is expected to stabilise at 77.9% after nearly 20 years of accumulation, with the reduction in the inflation target being good news for investors and struggling households.
ECONOMY SHOWS MODEST SIGNS OF LIFE; POVERTY AND HUNGER TO STAY
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is expected to highlight several reasons to feel encouraged that South Africa’s stunted economy is on the cusp of a growth phase when he delivers the 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement tomorrow.
GOOD’S MATTHEW COOK ELECTED TO LEAD FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT IN JOHANNESBURG
The GOOD Party congratulates our National Chairperson and City of Johannesburg Councillor, Matthew Cook, on his election as the City of Johannesburg’s Chairperson of Finance Section 79 Oversight Committee.
WOMEN’S MONTH: QUARTERLY LABOUR STATS ROOT WOMEN OF COLOUR TO THE BOTTOM RUNG
Theoretically and Constitutionally equal, but practically prejudiced and marginalised. That’s the picture of women, particularly women of colour, that emerges from South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey - as it has for the past 30 years.
BUDGET 3.0: A WARNING LIGHT, NOT A VICTORY LAP
GOOD Speech by Patricia de Lille,GOOD Leader & Minister of Tourism 11 June 2025 Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Leader Patricia de Lille, during today’s consideration…
GOOD WELCOMES RESERVE BANK INTEREST RATE CUT
GOOD statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament 19 September 2024 The GOOD party welcomes the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) interest rate cut of 0.25%…
0.4% ECONOMIC GROWTH WOEFULLY INADEQUATE TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & & Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament 3 September 2024 The 0.4% growth in our economy in the second quarter of 2024…