Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s announcement that the City of Cape Town has declared an intergovernmental dispute with the Acting Minister of Police Professor Firoz Cachalia over Metro Police investigative powers is pure electioneering hot air.
GOVERNANCE BY PRESS RELEASE AND PANTOMIME Read More »
Last week, Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers was at it again, making a fantabulous announcement about delivering around 12 000 new homes.
WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED PROMISING TO BUILD HOMES INTO AN ART FORM Read More »
Lieutenant General Sizakhele Dyantyi, the man named as the new Western Cape Police Commissioner, has inherited the impossible task of curbing gangsterism in communities on which municipal and provincial authorities have effectively turned their backs.
NEW WESTERN CAPE POLICE COMMISSIONER’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Read More »
Tony Leon’s lobbying of politicians on behalf of private sector clients cannot be termed “State Capture” unless it can be proven that his clients were inordinately successful in winning government tenders or dictating government policy.
HILL-LEWIS BEST PLACED TO REVEAL EXTENT OF TONY LEON’S LOBBYING SUCCESS Read More »
On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the Democratic Alliance (DA) placed a Western Cape Constitution Amendment Bill on the agenda of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for consideration today.
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of Provincial Parliament. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Provincial Parliament sitting on the proposed amendments to the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act (LUPA).
WC LAND USE MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT: PARTICIPATION IS NOT A LUXURY Read More »
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered in the Provincial Parliament on oversight visits
OVERSIGHT VISITS: I’M NOT ASKING PERMISSION TO DO MY JOB Read More »
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during an interpellation in the Provincial Parliament on school dropouts.
DROPOUTS DON’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM — THIS PROVINCE IS PUSHING CHILDREN OUT 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 »
The GOOD Party welcomes the appointment of Councillor Ricardo van der Merwe to the Saldanha Bay Municipality’s Mayoral Committee, where he will serve with responsibility for Infrastructure and Planning Services.
GOOD COUNCILLOR APPOINTEE TAKES UP INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING ROLE IN SALDANHA BAY Read More »