WESTERN CAPE

WESTERN CAPE MATRIC RESULTS REVEAL THE GHOST OF HF VERWOERD

In 1953, Minister of Native Affairs HF Verwoerd introduced the Bantu Education Act that established a separate and inferior education system for Black children. “What is the point of teaching the Bantu child Mathematics,” he asked, when “there is no place for the Bantu… above the level of certain forms of labour”.

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WESTERN CAPE SLASHES EDUCATION FUNDING, AGAIN

GOOD Statement by Brett Herron GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 4 December 2025 MEC for Finance, Minister Deidre Baartman, has delivered the Western Cape Government’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and Adjustment Budget. The theme for the Budget Speech, “Scaling for Growth,” couldn’t camouflage a whopping R736.6 million slice taken out of the Education

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HERRON: “LAND & BUILDING OCCUPATIONS: TWO-TRACK SYSTEM PROTECTS HISTORIC INEQUALITY”

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 interpellation mini-debate the plan to upgrade informal settlements – which are also initially “unlawfully occupied” but refuse to plan for occupied buildings or even provide services to the occupants

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PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN REQUIRES MORE THAN PROMISES, IT REQUIRES ACTION

Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. ​Note to editor: This is a speech delivered in the discussion tabled by the ACDP on Procedures and interventions of the Western Cape Education Department to ensure the safety of teachers, learners, and school environments in cases involving learners affected by substance use.

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INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS RESIDENTS DON’T GET A “FOR YOU” THEY GET AN “F” “YOU”

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 interpellation mini-debate on housing plans for Wingfield informal settlement

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POLICE, CITY, AND PROVINCE MUST JOINTLY ACCOUNT FOR INACTION ON CAPE GUN VIOLENCE

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.

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