Preserving South Africa’s water supply is not only a matter of justice today, it is a generational responsibility. Without decisive action, the next generation will inherit the consequences of today’s corruption and mismanagement.
The launch of the Drakenstein “anthem” may be intended to promote pride, but what it reveals instead is a deeply troubling set of municipal priorities and a worrying use of public funds in a time of growing hardship.
Two weeks ago, social media was outraged by images of a woman bleeding in the street outside a clinic in Tshwane.
The “Rent-a-Cop” initiative by Stellenbosch Municipality doesn’t just reflect inequality, it reinforces it, formalising a system where safety is no longer a right, but a privilege reserved for those who can afford to pay.
The GOOD Party warmly welcomes today’s rational and just decision by the Western Cape High Court ordering the City of Cape Town to halt its planned cuts to the Dial-a-Ride service and immediately restore it to pre-announcement levels.
The GOOD Party Caucus in Stellenbosch has submitted an urgent appeal to the Municipality to address the appalling sanitation and unhygienic conditions in the Devon Valley Emergency Camp, an informal settlement under municipal jurisdiction.
The GOOD Party condemns the City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate for refusing to place the Dial-a-Ride crisis on the agenda of tomorrow’s Portfolio Committee on Urban Mobility. Instead of urgently addressing the service cuts already affecting hundreds of residents with severe mobility impairments, the committee has scheduled the matter for discussion only in October, a full month after the City’s own 8 September suspension and restriction of the service takes effect.
Speech by Roscoe Palm, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: Today, the GOOD Party stood in solidarity with disabled Capetonians protesting the Democratic Alliance’s decision to cut Dial-A-Ride services, effective from 8 September 2025. The following speech was delivered by Roscoe Palm.
The GOOD Party rejects the spin and half-truths in the latest statement by Urban Mobility Mayco Member Roberto Quintas regarding the Dial-a-Ride (DaR) service. Once again, the City seeks to shift blame to national government rather than addressing its own inefficiencies.
The GOOD Party is calling for urgent municipal intervention following an oversight visit to the intersection of Kylemore and Helshoogte Road R310 provincial road, conducted by Councillors Marius van Stade and Grechard Petersen.