GOOD Statement by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate 20 July 2026 The highest bidder on auction for the Good Hope City in February has…
GOOD welcomes today's court order restoring a Constantia family to their property, after they were unlawfully removed from their home earlier this month in scenes reminiscent of the very dispossession this family has spent years seeking redress for.
Following recent public statements and political debate over the Mountain View housing project in Mossel Bay, GOOD believes it is time to refocus the conversation on the people who matter most: the qualifying families still waiting for their homes.
The manner of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I shouldn’t really be telling you this announcement that the City was now considering selling the Good Hope Centre to a Muslim institution, instead of a church, was very disappointing.
The City of Cape Town must apply the humiliating lessons it received from the Constitutional Court in the Tafelberg School matter last week to its proposed sale of the iconic Good Hope Centre.
In July 2017, in my capacity as City of Cape Town Mayco member for Transport and Urban Development, I announced the identification of 10 City-owned sites in the inner city, Salt River and Woodstock “to be used for affordable housing”.
The recent Tafelberg judgment reaffirmed that meaningful public participation is not a box-ticking exercise when decisions are made about public land. Residents must have a real opportunity to be heard before decisions are effectively finalised.
Speaker, where you live matters. It matters because where you live often determines whether investment comes to your community, whether development is encouraged or delayed, and whether opportunities are created or remain out of reach.
The City of Cape Town must stop hiding behind its alleged Good Hope Centre auction review process, swallow its pride, cancel the ridiculously inappropriate sale, pay whatever penalties are due, and publicly commit to using the precinct as a mixed-use development including affordable housing.
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is once again fooling the public when it comes to housing delivery. His latest stunt of yet another ceremonial handover, this time at Salt River Market, is another in a long line of the Democratic Alliance’s broken promises and meaningless photo opportunities.