The Good Party has submitted a formal complaint to the Public Protector to investigate procedural irregularities by the City of Cape Town and its Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis relating to the City’s disposal of the Good Hope Centre.
GOOD HOPE CENTRE “AUCTION” PROCESS REFERRED TO PUBLIC PROTECTOR Read More »
The highest bidder on auction for the Good Hope City in February has directly contradicted Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ contention in a radio interview last week that it could not come up with the money.
The manner of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ nudge-nudge, wink-wink, I shouldn’t really be telling you this announcement that the City was now considering selling the Good Hope Centre to a Muslim institution, instead of a church, was very disappointing.
HILL-LEWIS APPROACHES GOOD HOPE CENTRE SALE LIKE A GAME OF MONOPOLY Read More »
The GOOD Party welcomes the City of Cape Town’s announcement that it is considering developing the Civic Centre parking lot in the inner city to include an unknown quantity of affordable homes.
If Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is serious about protecting lower-income households from higher tariffs, he must introduce a progressive tariff system that spares the struggling working and lower-middle classes and targets those who can really afford to pay
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the interpellation debate on Affordable Housing
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: BEYOND EMPTY PROMISES Read More »
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the interpellation debate on the release of land and the lack of progress thereof
THE CRISIS OF HOUSING DELIVERY: CITIZENS DESERVE MORE THAN ANNOUNCEMENTS Read More »
Over the past 20 years, the City of Cape Town’s housing delivery has steadily declined from an average of about 9,000 units to approximately 5,000 per year, while the housing backlog has surged to roughly 600,000 units.
CAPE TOWN HOUSING DELIVERY HAS PLUMMETED UNDER THE DA Read More »
Speech by Brett Herron, Unite for Change Leadership Council Member & GOOD member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Note to editors, this speech was delivered during the Infrastructure Department budget vote in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature
THE HOUSING MIRAGE: PROVINCIAL BUDGET LEAVES SOCIAL HOUSING PIPELINE STALLED Read More »
The City of Cape Town and Western Cape Provincial Government must be called out for repeatedly recycling announcements about proposed affordable housing developments in well-located areas of the city without actually delivering any homes.
WESTERN CAPE PLAYS LAND RELEASE CHARADES INSTEAD OF BUILDING HOUSES Read More »