GOOD Advisory & Statement by Brett Herron ,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 10 February 2025 GOOD Secretary-General Brett Herron will join Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the…
The GOOD Party is concerned that the country’s housing programme is being manipulated by some, whilst others remain desperate and homeless on the housing waiting list. In Drakenstein, residents who have been lucky enough to be recipients of title deeds have chosen to rather rent out their properties instead of making it their forever homes. This practice is unfair to the hundreds of thousands of people desperately waiting for their housing opportunity.
The City of Cape Town tells us, over and over, that it is “pro-poor” and fiscally responsible. But when we strip away the spin, what remains is a city run for the benefit of insiders, political elites, and their families, while the poor are left with broken promises, stale bread, and blue t-shirts from the last election. According to the 2023/24 Integrated Annual Report, trust in the City’s leadership has dropped significantly under Major Geordin Hill-Lewis. The people of Cape Town no longer believe in his administration. And the report gives a glimpse into why. It paints a damning picture of a City that rewards the connected and abandons the vulnerable.
The GOOD Party has made submissions regarding the proposed sale and development of the Woodstock Hospital site. The Public Participation Process closes today, 31 January. The site, renamed Cissie Gool House, has become a crucial refuge for those displaced by housing inequalities in Cape Town. It is currently home to approximately 900 residents, many of whom are vulnerable individuals and families.
The announcement by the Western Cape Provincial Government that the Tafelberg School is no longer “surplus to needs” and that the school building would be used for social services either for the disabled or for the elderly is nothing more than a political tactic.
The GOOD Party in George has submitted comments on the municipality’s Emergency Housing Policy. It remains a travesty of justice that homeless people continue to be marginalised and not assisted effectively.
Where people live matters! GOOD welcomes the Constitutional Court’s judgment on the City of Cape Town’s failure to implement a coherent housing plan and plan for the inevitable displacement caused by gentrification. GOOD Secretary-General Brett Herron Politics speaks to eNCAs Kevin Brandt.
We welcome the Constitutional Court’s judgment on the City of Cape Town’s failure to implement a coherent housing plan and plan for the inevitable displacement caused by gentrification. “Where people live matters”. Today the Constitutional Court confirmed not only that it matters but that there is a constitutional duty on our governments to make it matter.
The GOOD Party is concerned for the safety of Elsies River residents living in public housing.
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?