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Patriotic Alliance president, Gayton McKenzie during an election debate on 30 April 2014 in Cape Town. Picture: Cape Talk.

Good party

WC political parties call on Central Karoo Mayor McKenzie to work with coalition

By Graig-Lee Smith

McKenzie was elected executive mayor for the Central Karoo in April and recently gave a report back on his first 100 days in office.

  • Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan arrives at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria on 26 November 2018 to lay criminal complaints against EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    DA accuses Gordhan of ‘conveniently’ pinning load shedding on striking workers

    Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said the country was subjected to stage 6 load shedding, for the second time ever, due to unlawful strike action at its plants.

    44 days ago
  • Former Springbok coach Peter De Villiers on the campaign trail in Paarl on 13 September 2021. De Villiers is the Good Party's mayoral candidate for the Drakenstein Municipality. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News

    Peter de Villiers to remain a Good member after resigning as a councillor

    In a statement released on Wednesday, the party explained that De Villiers had resigned to focus on other endeavours and to spend more time with his family, since the passing of his wife earlier this year.

    71 days ago
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    Govt's move to lift national state of disaster welcomed

    Western Cape Premier Alan Winde had been the loudest in calling for the state of disaster to be scrapped and he said that lifting the measure was long overdue.

    129 days ago
  • FILE: Former Springbok coach Peter De Villiers on the campaign trail for Good in Paarl on 13 September 2021. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/Eyewitness News

    Good's De Lille wishes councillor De Villiers strength after his wife's passing

    Theresa de Villiers apparently drowned in a swimming pool while visiting relatives in Gqeberha on Monday.

    129 days ago
  • A screengrab of Nomvula Mokonyane giving testimony at the Zondo Commision on 20 July 2020. Picture: SABC

    DA, GOOD Party call for prosecution of those implicated in Zondo report

    The report details how Bosasa greased the ANC's elections machinery, bribing politicians and government officials.

    162 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter

    WC govt has to explain discrepancies around handling of sexual abuse claims

    This comes after the provincial parliament published a list of questions from the Good Party, asking Premier Alan Winde to account for his government’s management of a child rape case against a senior official in the Treasury Department in 2019.

    187 days ago
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    Questions around how WC government handles sexual abuse claims arise

    On Friday, the provincial parliament published a list of questions from the Good party, asking the premier to account for its management of a child rape case against a senior official in the treasury department.

    188 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. Picture: Albert Fritz/Twitter

    Good wants Fritz investigation to extend into his time as Social Development MEC

    Western Cape Community and Safety MEC Albert Fritz was placed on immediate suspension last week by the premier's office, who cited serious misconduct allegations.

    193 days ago
  • Good mayoral candidate Brett Herron (standing) lays out his vision for Cape Town on 23 September 2021. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    Good's Brett Herron defends call to investigate CT security investigations unit

    The Good party's Brett Herron says calling for a probe into Cape Town's Safety and Security Investigations Unit (SSIU) should not be outrageous if there's nothing to hide.

    215 days ago
  • FILE: Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu appears on a panel at Shared Interests 20th Anniversary Awards Gala at Gotham Hall on 27 February 2014 in New York City. Picture: AFP.

    SA leaders reflect on Tutu's passing, say it's a tremendous loss for country

    The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate passed away on Sunday.

    228 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of President Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: YouTube

    IEC: Naspers donated R1m to DA, ANC got R5.8m from Motsepe's mining company

    The details were released in line with the Political Party Funding Act which requires the disclosure of donations above R100,000.

    267 days ago
  • Good Party leaders in Cape Town press conference on Sunday 22 August 2021 where party leader, Patricia de Lille announced Brett Herron (centre) as the mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town in the 2021 local government elections. Picture: Twitter/@ForGoodZA

    No coalitions: Good Party opts to go into councils as opposition party

    Good party leaders said that they had considered their options and had looked at how potential coalitions with other parties would work and they had concluded that the best way that residents stood to benefit from the party was if it was the opposition and only that.

    277 days ago
  • The Democratic Alliance's Geordin Hill-Lewis on the telephone in the run-up to the 1 November elections. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    CT's mayor-elect Hill-Lewis keen to start working relationship with opposition

    While the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s outright majority in the metro leaves no question around coalitions, Geordin Hill-Lewis seems keen to work with his opposition party colleagues.

    277 days ago
  • Patricia de Lille and Brett Herron at the Good party manifesto launch. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    GOOD party proud of increased voter support during elections

    Party secretary general, Brett Herron, said while other parties analyse their losses this weekend, they'll be thanking the voters who've placed their confidence in them.

    279 days ago
  • ‘Coalitions of convenience’: Political parties welcome municipal election results

    Political parties give their reactions after the Independent Electoral Commission released election results on 4 November 2021, in Tshwane. Parties are already approaching each other for coalitions after the commission announced that 66 municipalities were hung. #LGE2021 #Elections2021 #IEC

    280 days ago
  • FILE: DA leader John Steenhuisen on the campaign trail. Picture: John Steenhuisen/Twitter

    DA could face problems in 2024 polls if WC support keeps eroding, warns analyst

    Voters in the Western Cape’s hinterland gave the DA a reality check in Monday's election, returning more hung councils across the province.

    281 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance (DA) Cape Town mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis (left) and his wife, Carla, cast their votes at the Edgemead Community Hall on 1 November 2021. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/Eyewitness News

    Cape Town mayor-elect Hill-Lewis praises voters for backing DA at polls

    In Cape Town, residents are waiting to hear the outcome of voting in the metro, where the Democratic Alliance is expected to retain its stronghold but with a reduced majority.

    281 days ago
  • Good's Cape Town mayor candidate, Brett Herron, on the campaign trail in Mitchells Plain. Picture: @ForGoodZA/Twitter

    Good encouraged by CT performance, Cape Coloured Congress ecstatic over support

    In the City of Cape Town, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is leading the pack with 62% of the vote, followed by the African National Congress (ANC) with 13%. In third place is the Good Party with 4% and the Cape Coloured Congress at 3%.

    282 days ago
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