August 2025

PAIA APPLICATION REVEALS SOLIDARITY’S GUIDING HAND IN MINISTER GWARUBE’S BELA REGULATIONS

/ GOOD Statement / By

The regulations for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, published yesterday, undermine the essential intention behind the Act to place the interests of learners above the interests of adults opposed to the post-apartheid transformation of public schools. The watered-down regulations are the product of a “settlement agreement” reached at a private meeting between Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and Dr Dirk Herman, representing Afrikaner trade union, Solidarity, last November.

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HOLD HATE TO ACCOUNT: POLITICIANS MUST STOP NORMALISING RACIAL INTOLERANCE

/ GOOD Statement / By

The TikTok video, circulating on social media, making offensive and racially charged remarks about South Africa’s Coloured community is not only egregious, it is deeply offensive and should be condemned in the strongest terms. But it also reveals a painful truth that, three decades into our democracy, South Africa remains a society divided along racial and ethnic lines.

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MINISTER UNDERMINING BELA ACT WITH RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS

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 Minister Siviwe Gwarube appears to be using regulations to undermine the intention of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act and the now amended South African Schools Act. What should have been a welcome milestone, the gazetting of the first two sets of BELA regulations, nearly eight months after the Act came into effect in December 2024, has instead revealed serious concerns.

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ILLEGAL MINING CRISIS REQUIRES TARGETED ACTION, NOT MASS ARRESTS

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The GOOD Party is deeply concerned by the ongoing crisis of illegal mining in South Africa, and the state’s failure to address its root causes and criminal masterminds. Last week, nearly 500 people were brought to the surface and arrested in Barberton, Mpumalanga as part of Operation Vala Umgodi. Most face charges related to immigration and trespassing, while a few are charged with possession of gold-bearing material. These arrests mirror the earlier humanitarian disaster in Stilfontein, where dozens of lives were lost and countless others put at risk underground.

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TAFELBERG SCHOOL SITE: STILL AT LEAST A DECADE OF WAITING FOR SOCIAL HOUSING

/ GOOD Statement / By

After years of struggle and public pressure, there are encouraging signs that the Western Cape Government (WCG) is finally listening. At a follow-up public meeting held in Sea Point last night, consultants appointed by the WCG presented revised concept proposals for the redevelopment of the Tafelberg School site, now quietly renamed “353-on-Main.” These new plans reflect a shift in response to public calls for more social and affordable housing.

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GOOD PARTY JOINS LITIGATION AGAINST UNAFFORDABLE CAPE TOWN TARIFFS

/ GOOD Statement / By

The City of Cape Town’s scheme linking tariffs to property values is illegal, unfair, and cloaked in lies about redistributive justice.  It is illegal because the Local Government Municipal Systems Act dictates that a municipality’s tariff policies must reflect the principle of usage. In other words, you pay for the services you receive. It is unfair because it targets groups of people who simply cannot afford to pay, including those who have inherited property or whose property values have escalated exponentially due to gentrification or development.

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NEW POLICE MINISTER MUST PRIORITISE GANG CRISIS OVER POLITICAL TURF WARS

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Today, South Africa will have a new Minister of Police. GOOD welcomes the appointment of Professor Firoz Cachalia to this critical portfolio at a time when public trust in the police is dangerously low, and the entire criminal justice system is under unprecedented scrutiny.
The appointment follows explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, implicating senior figures in our police service, intelligence structures, prosecuting authority, and political leadership. These allegations must be taken seriously, and due process must follow but they cannot be allowed to consume the entire focus of the new minister.

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