The killing of seven people in a pair of mass shootings on the Cape Flats on Wednesday night once again gruesomely underlines the tale of two mutually exclusive Cape Towns: One that wins global awards as among the finest places on earth, and the other where living conditions and public safety are on a par with the worst and most dangerous ghettoes in the world.
CAPE TOWN MASS KILLINGS UNDERLINE TALE OF TWO CITIES – AGAIN Read More »
Millions of South Africans are justifiably angry about the poor quality of their lives, the slow progress of post-apartheid redress, and the injustice of deepening inequality.
BLAME, BORDERS AND BREAKING POINTS: XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE TURNS DEADLY IN THE WESTERN CAPE Read More »
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General 26 May 2026 Blaming African immigrants and refugees for South Africa’s poverty, unemployment and tardy implementation of post-apartheid redress is untrue, morally bankrupt, and a dog-whistle for public violence. Nobody will benefit from another bout of xenophobic-driven looting and savagery such as that of 2008, which claimed 62 lives. Since
IMMIGRANTS NOT TO BLAME FOR SOUTH AFRICANS’ SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUFFERING Read More »
Written on 7 May 2026, stopping xenophobic incitement and mobilisation from destabilising communities and local government elections.
OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER OF POLICE FIROZ CACHALIA Read More »
Several institutions have investigated aspects of the pile of Phala Phala cash, its alleged theft, and subsequent events, and have cleared the President of wrongdoing, including the Public Protector, the South African Reserve Bank, and the NPA.
PHALA PHALA: TIME TO CLEAR UP THE MYSTERY Read More »
Premier Alan Winde’s answers to parliamentary questions reveal the extent of the Western Cape’s political dilly-dallying over police resources for the past seven years.
The Minister of Education should be applauded for her quick response in asking the National Treasury to probe her Department’s whopping R1.6 billion textbook publishing tender for irregularities, but this does not go far enough.
TEXTBOOK TENDER SCANDAL: HEADS MUST FLY Read More »
The case of suspended Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has prompted some people to argue that, because he is not alleged to have personally profited from corruption, he is somehow less guilty than those who did.
General Fannie Masemola has presided over a rat’s nest of factionalism and corruption in the senior ranks of the South African Police for just over four years.
MASEMOLA SHOULD RESIGN OVER RAT’S NEST OF SAPS FACTIONALISM AND CORRUPTION Read More »
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Sitting of the House today in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
CONFRONTING GOVERNANCE IN THE CAPE FLATS Read More »