GOOD Statement

LADY JUSTICE BACK ON THE RACK: WHO CAN INVESTIGATE MKHWANAZI’S GRAVE CLAIMS?

GOOD calls on the President to authorise a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into the explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. There are no other State agencies with the credibility and integrity to probe allegations of political interference in the criminal justice system raised by Mkhwanazi.

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R562 MILLION LATER – STILL NO PERMANENT WCED HEAD OFFICE, NO INNER-CITY HOUSING, AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY

The Western Cape Government has spent over half a billion rand on office space for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED),yet it still has no permanent headquarters. This alarming misuse of public funds was revealed in written responses to GOOD by current Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers and former MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, following parliamentary questions submitted in November 2020, and again in April and June 2025.

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INTERFERENCE ALLEGATIONS: WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER COMMISSION

We do not have the luxury of time for another drawn-out commission of inquiry. People are dying while justice is being delayed and possibly denied. The explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal’s Provincial Police Commissioner demand immediate and independent investigation by senior officials within the SAPS and NPA. The Commissioner must be protected as a whistleblower.
According to the allegations, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu unilaterally disbanded the Political Killings Task Team and redirected 121 active investigation dockets to the office of National Deputy Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sibiya, where they have allegedly been neutralised. If true, this amounts to political interference of the highest order and a deliberate sabotage of our criminal justice system at its most crucial stage – investigation.

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THEEWATERSKLOOF MPAC: PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY IN ACTION

The GOOD Party welcomes and applauds the leadership of Theewaterskloof Municipality for its proactive commitment to transparency and community inclusion through its Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). The Speaker of Council, GOOD Councillor Weldon Wells, has reaffirmed that MPAC meetings will be open to the public, and that notices of these important oversight sessions will be actively communicated to all residents.  This is a commendable step in strengthening accountability and building trust between the municipality and the people it serves. In a political climate where far too many municipalities shield executive actions from public scrutiny, Theewaterskloof is setting the right example.

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MITCHELLS PLAIN MASSACRE: ANOTHER TRAGIC SYMPTOM OF A VIOLENT, UNJUST CITY

The GOOD Party is devastated by the spate of gang-related shootings in Mitchell’s Plain, which left five people dead and seven more injured across multiple locations. Our hearts go out to the families mourning loved ones, and to the communities once again living in fear. This is not the first tragedy of its kind, and heartbreakingly, it will not be the last, unless our government at all levels finds the courage to face the truth that this is not just a policing crisis, this is a planning, poverty, and inequality crisis.

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CRADOCK FOUR: DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENCE AND JUSTICE COMPOUND INJUSTICE

If President Cyril Ramaphosa is serious about prosecuting apartheid era operatives accused of heinous crimes, instead of waiting for a judicial commission to investigate the reasons for decades-long delays, he must demand urgent accountability from his Ministers of Justice and Defence for their dithering departments.

Because, while it is usually accused persons who adopt so-called Stalingrad strategies to delay the administration of justice, for nearly 25 years the State has used every power and trick at its disposal to delay and/or avoid acting against murderers who were denied amnesty (or chose not to apply) through the TRC process established for the purpose.

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GUN VIOLENCE AND SPATIAL INJUSTICE: CAPE TOWN’S DEEPENING CRISIS

Gun violence continues to plague the Western Cape, and the City of Cape Town remains disturbingly unprepared, and seemingly unwilling, to confront the root causes of the crisis. In June, seven people were gunned down in a mass shooting at a home in the Kanana Informal Settlement, Gugulethu. In a separate incident in White City, Nyanga, two men were murdered in cold blood. Just days earlier, the bodies of three men were discovered in Samora Machel. These are not isolated incidents, they are symptoms of a deepening urban crisis rooted in inequality, spatial injustice, and the persistent failure of leadership.

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STATE CAPTURE: TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

The GOOD Party welcomes the long-overdue arrests of former Transnet executives Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, who handed themselves over to police and are expected to appear in court later today.

According to media reports, the arrests relate to a dubious R93-million double payment linked to the procurement of 1,064 locomotives during Molefe’s tenure as Group CEO of Transnet between 2011 and 2015. This case is yet another example of the industrial-scale looting that took place under the cover of State Capture, a project that robbed South Africans of infrastructure, integrity, and justice.

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SWELLENDAM MUNICIPALITY: GOOD WELCOMES NEWS OF HAWKS INVESTIGATION INTO TENDER FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

The GOOD Party welcomes reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) are now probing the serious allegations contained in the preliminary Vermaak Report into procurement irregularities in the Swellendam Municipality. This development is a significant moment for accountability and justice in a municipality that has long been mired in allegations of fraud, misconduct, and political interference.

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