The only reason Western Cape Premier Alan Winde had for withholding the report that he requested from the Western Cape Police Ombudsman was that it exposed how absolutely toothless the whole exercise was.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s debate on child killings.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO ADDRESS CHILD KILLINGS Read More »
It doesn’t really matter to millions of Cape Flats residents who live in daily fear of their lives and their children’s lives whether they’re being let down by the police, City of Cape Town, or Western Cape Government. The fact is that they’re being let down by all three.
POLICE, CITY, AND PROVINCE MUST JOINTLY ACCOUNT FOR INACTION ON CAPE GUN VIOLENCE Read More »
South Africa’s judicial commission investigating decades-long delays in the prosecution of cases recommended for prosecution by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission kicked off its work today with a further delay.
COMMISSION INVESTIGATING NON-PROSECUTION OF TRC CASES KICKS OFF WITH A WHIMPER Read More »
The number of people killed in shooting incidents in Cape Town has spiralled since the launch of the Safer Festive Season operations last month, with 40 deaths, mostly gang-related, reported over the past two weekends.
RISING BODY COUNT UNDERSCORES CAPE TOWN POLICING CRISIS Read More »
Another eighteen people died in a reported 37 shooting incidents on the Cape Flats this past weekend. Twenty-two deaths were reported the previous weekend.
Families on the Cape Flats deserve the same security, dignity, and protection afforded to tourists and those in the City’s wealthier neighbourhoods. Until government invests in the people who live here every day of the year, not only those who visit briefly, Cape Town cannot claim to be a world-class city. The GOOD Party wants every tourist to enjoy a safe holiday in Cape Town. Tourism is vital to our economy; it creates jobs and supports local businesses. But a truly safe tourism season requires more than another branded enforcement unit and photo-op. It demands investment in the physical and socio-economic living conditions of the people who call this city home, especially those pushed to its margins by geography and inequality.
CAPE TOWN’S UNEQUAL SAFETY CRISIS: RED CARPET FOR VISITORS, BODY BAGS FOR COMMUNITIES Read More »
The GOOD Party is here to lay criminal charges against Western Cape MECs and senior officials who committed fraud by knowingly tabling falsely balanced provincial budgets in order to present a rosy picture of the province’s finances ahead of last year’s general election.
GOOD PARTY LAYS BUDGET FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST WESTERN CAPE MECS AND OFFICIALS Read More »
GOOD Secretary-General and Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Brett Herron, has lodged a criminal complaint against former Finance MEC Mireille Wenger (now Health MEC) and Education MEC David Maynier, alleging they knowingly tabled a false provincial budget ahead of the 2024 elections.
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The GOOD Party extends heartfelt condolences to the families who lost loved ones and to the communities living under constant siege of violence. Reports of yet another mass shooting in Philippi on Friday night, claiming seven lives, confirm that many communities on the Cape Flats are living in what can only be described as a war zone. Violent crime and gang warfare continue to claim lives indiscriminately, leaving families traumatised and neighbourhoods terrorised.