I stand here today and recognise a reality that should give us all pause: I am one of 28 men in this provincial parliament, while only 14 of our colleagues are women. That means women make up just one third of the voices in this chamber. It is a stark reminder that even here, in the heart of our democracy, gender equality is far from achieved.
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Without pragmatic discussion followed by decisive action to address colour-coded inequality, South Africa risks being led by a Robert Mugabe. If we don’t prioritise narrowing inequality and accelerate fixing social and economic exclusions and injustices inherited from our divided history, economic growth and social stability will remain pipe dreams. What is required is an introspective conversation about the nation’s soul, that does not lend itself to the populist and/or divisive rhetoric of election campaigns. It is in this spirit that the GOOD Party agreed to participate in the National Dialogue.
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The GOOD Party notes the High Court’s instruction that the Executive Mayor of Tshwane be sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment, suspended for one year. This order stems from the City’s failure to comply with an October 2022 judgment directing specific work to be completed during the 2022/2023 financial year.
The Court’s 11 August finding confirms that the City is in contempt of court. During the period in question, Tshwane was governed by DA mayors Randall Williams and Cilliers Brink.
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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 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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The set of values under-pinning South Africa’s commitments to achieving post-apartheid socio-economic redress, its membership of the BRICS power block, and its opposition to Israeli barbarism in Palestine will outlast US President Donald Trump. The United States Congress’ greenlighting of the US-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025 today has some way to go before landing on President Trump’s desk.
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The GOOD Party welcomes the landmark outcomes of the Emergency Ministerial Conference of The Hague Group, jointly convened by South Africa and Colombia in Bogotá. This coordinated multilateral action marks the most significant and principled stand yet taken to halt the genocide in Gaza and to restore the credibility of international law.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa owes the nation an update on progress. if any, with the nation’s diplomatic relationship with the US.
If the President has retained Mcebisi Jonas as his Special Envoy to North America despite knowing for months that the US government had denied him a diplomatic visa, as alleged by the DA, it does not augur well for South Africa’s hopes to dissuade Washington from imposing a minimum 30% trade tariff from next month.
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The President has now announced a judicial commission of inquiry, to be led by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, with terms stretching over three to six months for initial and interim reports.
This is not good enough.
The appointment of a commission, while well-intentioned, is too slow, too cumbersome, and too costly. We have walked this road before, most notably with the Zondo Commission and we have seen that a commission of inquiry cannot replace a criminal investigation.
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The State must send an unequivocal message to the xenophobes blocking access by foreign nationals to health care facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal that people engaging in vigilantism will be arrested and prosecuted.
South Africans have every right to demand that the State uses the country’s immigration laws to control the inflow of foreign nationals, and every right to demand a government that radically improves the delivery of services and dignity to desperately struggling citizens. But they have no right to take the law into their own hands.
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