Where the facts about GOOD come from

GOOD is on the IEC list in 25 councils. Most of them are in the Western Cape. They include the Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay metros.

Price water by household size and need, and make cheaper Lifeline power easier to get. Make new developments in well-located areas include a share of affordable homes. Set fixed deadlines for fixing potholes, streetlights and basic maintenance. Target crime hotspots near schools, clinics and parks.

Water: GOOD promises to price water in tiers based on household size and need, not only on how much is used. Tiers are steps with different prices. Its Cape Town plan says a family of six should not face the same limit as a single pensioner. In its own words: “Price water and electricity in tiers that reward conservation and scale with household size and need, not usage alone”

Electricity and power cuts: GOOD promises to remove the conditions on Lifeline electricity tariffs. It also promises to raise the thresholds. These set which homes can get them. In its own words: “We will remove the conditional aspect of Lifeline tariffs, and increase the thresholds.”

Toilets and sewage: GOOD promises water, sanitation and power in informal settlements. Sanitation means toilets and sewers. It would bring these to the places where people live now. In its own words: “Informal settlements get security of tenure, water, sanitation and electricity where people already live”

Roads: GOOD promises fixed deadlines for fixing potholes, streetlight outages and basic maintenance. Its Cape Town plan says repair times would be measured and reported the same way everywhere. It also says one City-wide service standard would be published in its first six months. In its own words: “Binding turnaround times for potholes, streetlight outages, and basic maintenance”

Building houses: GOOD promises to make new developments in well-located areas include a set share of affordable homes. Its Cape Town plan says developers would provide these homes in return for extra building rights. It says the share would be enforceable, which means the City could make developers keep to it. In its own words: “require new developments in well-located areas to include a genuine, enforceable share of affordable units”

Informal settlements: GOOD promises secure tenure for informal settlements where people now live. This means a secure right to stay. It also promises them basic services. In its own words: “Informal settlements get security of tenure, water, sanitation and electricity where people already live”

Crime: GOOD promises to target crime hotspots near schools, clinics and parks. Its Cape Town plan says it would add lighting, traffic calming (measures that slow cars down) and supervised crossings. A hotspot is a place where a lot of crime happens. In its own words: “Target crime hotspots near schools, clinics, parks”

Local jobs: GOOD promises that City staff will again do work that outside firms do now. This includes cleaning, security and upkeep. In its own words: “Bring outsourced City functions - cleaning, security, maintenance - back in-house”

Business and growth: GOOD promises to invest in public workspace. It also promises support for street traders and for small businesses that people run just to survive. In its own words: “Invest in public workspace and real partnership for survivalist businesses and street traders”

Corruption: GOOD promises to open the meetings of two City committees to the public. One is the public accounts committee. It checks spending. The other is the bid adjudication committee. It chooses who wins City tenders. In its own words: “Open Municipal Public Accounts Committee and Bid Adjudication Committee proceedings to the public”

Wasteful spending: GOOD promises to cut contractor mark-ups and use part of the savings for minimum wages on City work. A mark-up is the extra amount a contractor adds to its price. It says the City would start doing its own cleaning and security work within 18 months. In its own words: “with savings from cutting out contractor mark-ups redirected in part toward fair wage floors”

Budgets: GOOD promises to let residents decide how part of their ward's budget is spent. Its plan says this is more than a comment period on a decision already made. A ward is one small area of a city, with its own councillor. In its own words: “Give residents a direct say over how a portion of their ward's budget is spent”

City of Cape Town: In opposition. In 2021 the DA won 135 seats and a majority. GOOD won nine seats. After the election, GOOD said it would not join coalitions (groups of parties that run a council together). It said it would act as opposition instead. Brett Herron is the joint GOOD and Rise Mzansi mayoral candidate for 2026.

City of Tshwane: Our sources do not make this clear. From October 2024, GOOD's councillor Sarah Mabotsa was the mayoral committee member for Economic Development and Spatial Planning (planning how land is used). That is a councillor on the mayor's team who runs one area of work. She sat on Mayor Nasiphi Moya's mayoral committee, which has members from several parties. In July 2026 RISE Mzansi named her its Tshwane mayoral candidate, according to the Sunday Independent. RISE Mzansi runs joint candidates with GOOD. On 28 September 2026 GOOD said it had ended her membership. It also asked that she be removed as councillor and mayoral committee member. We found no major news outlet that says who now holds the seat or the post.

City of Johannesburg: Our sources do not make this clear. GOOD has one councillor, Matthew Cook. GOOD's own statements say it voted against removing Mayor Dada Morero in June 2025. They also say Cook chairs a council committee that keeps watch over finances. No major news outlet names GOOD as a coalition member or as opposition. Lukhona Mnguni is the joint GOOD and Rise Mzansi mayoral candidate for 2026.

Nelson Mandela Bay: In opposition. GOOD's one councillor, Lawrence Troon, sits in the opposition to Mayor Babalwa Lobishe's ANC-led coalition. In July 2026 he filed notice of a motion of no confidence in her. Such a motion asks the council to vote her out. After the 2021 election, GOOD joined the ANC-led coalition that elected Eugené Johnson as mayor.

City of Ekurhuleni: Has no seats there. Won no seats in 2021.

eThekwini: Has no seats there. Won no seats in 2021.

Buffalo City: Has no seats there. Won no seats in 2021.

Mangaung: Has no seats there. Won no seats in 2021.

In Theewaterskloof, GOOD is in a coalition with the DA and SRWP. The DA's Lincoln de Bruyn was mayor until a motion from the ANC, PA and EFF removed him in late September 2026, IOL reported. In October 2026 the DA said the council had voted to undo his removal, the Daily Voice reported. No source outside the DA confirms who is mayor now. GOOD's Cynthia Clayton is executive deputy mayor, and GOOD's Welldon Wells is speaker (the person who chairs council meetings). Both have held these posts since November 2024. This comes from the council website, updated August 2026, and the audited 2024/25 financial statements. From 2021 to 2024 GOOD backed an ANC-led coalition with a PA mayor. In September 2024 GOOD expelled three of its councillors who voted to remove the DA mayor. GroundUp reported that the council was "bankrupted within three financial years" while the ANC, PA and GOOD held the political reins. Its 2023/24 audit was qualified, which means the Auditor-General found some numbers it could not trust. Irregular spending, meaning spending that broke the rules, rose to R262 million. In November 2024 the province put the council under financial administration, which means the province steps in to fix the council's money. The Auditor-General's 2024-25 report lists Theewaterskloof among councils whose audit outcome got worse over the council term. It also lists the council among three Western Cape councils with going concern uncertainty, a warning that money problems may stop it running services.

In Matzikama, GOOD joined the ANC, PA and EFF coalition that took over on 29 May 2025. GOOD councillor Christoffel van der Westhuizen became the mayoral committee member for community services, a post on the mayor's team. Both facts come from Daily Maverick. In August 2025 the DA won a by-election (a vote to fill one empty seat). Daily Maverick then reported that the DA now had enough votes to take back the mayor's post. We could not confirm whether that coalition is still in office.

In Sol Plaatje (Kimberley), Daily Maverick reported in July 2025 that GOOD had two mayoral committee posts, which are seats on the mayor's team. It reported that the ANC had just won back an outright majority (more than half the seats). It also reported that the ANC formed a coalition with GOOD to keep control. We found no later source on GOOD's posts.

GOOD told the IEC about no donations above the disclosure limit, from July 2025 to June 2026. Checked 20 October 2026.

Before this, it last declared R600 000 in April to June 2024 (2 donations).

Gifts over R100 000 from one donor, named in the reports: R600 000. Smaller gifts, R100 000 or less from one donor (names not published): R431 600. Membership fees and levies: R755 150. From the Political Representatives Fund: R5 809 334. From Parliament and provincial legislatures: R3 385 383.

Brett Herron, GOOD's Secretary-General, said this in a party statement. South Africa has a case against Israel at the UN's top court, the International Court of Justice. GOOD praises the government for this, though it says the case costs South Africa Donald Trump's favour. It says being left off Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza is no loss. GOOD wants South Africa to keep the case and not drop it to please the US. In its own words: “for its courage to act on its principles by charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice”

Brett Herron, GOOD's Secretary-General, said this in a party statement. A plane had brought 153 Palestinians from Gaza to South Africa without warning. GOOD says they left because Gaza was destroyed, so in effect they were forced out. It says an Israeli government office seems to back such flights, and calls forcing people out a war crime. GOOD wants South Africa to give extra sworn evidence about this in its case against Israel at the UN's top court. In its own words: “The GOOD Party calls on the South African government to continue its principled advocacy for justice in Palestine by submitting a supplementary affidavit to the International Court of Justice”

Brett Herron, GOOD's Secretary-General, said this in a party statement. GOOD says South Africa wants to keep working with the United States. But it believes Donald Trump will only be friendly if South Africa leaves BRICS and drops its case against Israel. GOOD says South Africa should refuse, even if relations must be put on hold for a while. If the US adds taxes on South African goods, it wants South Africa to find new buyers elsewhere. In its own words: “The US is the most powerful economy in the world. It is not a relationship that South Africa seeks to break.”

Brett Herron, GOOD's Secretary-General, said this in a party statement. The G20 is a group of 20 big economies whose leaders meet each year. The US leads the G20 this year. GOOD says the US decided on its own to remove South Africa. GOOD says the US had no right to do this, because South Africa helped start the G20. It wants South Africa to keep talking to the US and correct false claims, but not give in. In its own words: “The decision by the new G20 President for the year, the United States, to unilaterally cancel South Africa’s membership is procedurally flawed and disdainful of multilateralism.”

Brett Herron, GOOD's Secretary-General, said this in a party statement. BRICS is a group of countries, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, that work together. GOOD praises the government for keeping old friends in the West while making new ones in BRICS. It wants South Africa to stay in BRICS and keep its court case on Israel, even if the US stays unfriendly. It notes that Donald Trump has three more years in office. In its own words: “the only way back into Trump’s good books would be for South Africa to renounce its membership of BRICS and its case against Israel at the ICJ. If that is the price of short-term friendship, it is too high”

Parliament voted on asking the government to close Israel's embassy and cut ties until a ceasefire. The motion passed, 248 votes to 91. GOOD had MPs in Parliament then, but the count lists no GOOD MP on either side. The record does not say why. In its own words: “AYES – 248: (ANC – 200; EFF – 43; ATM – 2; NFP – 1; PAC – 1; Al’Jama-ah – 1). NOES – 91: (DA – 67; IFP – 11; FF Plus – 9; ACDP – 4).”

GOOD said this three days after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. It condemned the attack on Israeli civilians, and also Israel's retaliation. It said Israel's occupation of land for decades must be dealt with for peace to come. In its own words: “We condemn the brutality perpetrated by Hamas against innocent citizens of Israel and we condemn the devastating retaliation by Israel.”

GOOD welcomed South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ, the UN's top court. It said Palestinian civilians were being punished as a group for Hamas's attack. In its own words: “South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, under the Genocide Convention, is a welcome attempt to deliver justice to Palestinian civilians who are being unjustly collectively punished for Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.”

On the UN's day for the Palestinian people, GOOD asked Parliament to put sanctions on Israel. It also asked Parliament to bring in a law named in the quote. It said South Africa should lead calls for boycotts of Israel. In its own words: “We further demand that South Africa’s Parliament implement the Apartheid Bill and impose sanctions on Israel.”

Daily Maverick reported that GOOD MP Brett Herron first made public a trip to Israel by DA and PA MPs. GOOD questioned what the trip was for. In its own words: “The trip was brought to light by Good MP Brett Herron”

Brett Herron, a GOOD MP, asked the President a question in Parliament about the war in Ukraine. He said GOOD could back much of the President's approach. That meant calling for peace, not accepting the violence, and supporting efforts made by many countries together. In its own words: “we can get behind much of what the President said today that the war could have been avoided, we advocate for peace, we don’t condone the violence and we are ready to support the multilateral efforts.”

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Traditional Kapulana Fabric | Value: R500 | Source: Mozambican Minister of Tourism and Culture

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Traditional Mozambican Fabric | Value: R500 | Source: Minister of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Mozambique

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Picture in Frame | Value: R1500 | Source: Angolan Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Book of Botswana | Value: R500 | Source: Botswana Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: G20 Tourism Minister Commemorative Coin | Value: R1000 | Source: Brazilian Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Ghana Traditional Cloth and Chocolates | Value: R500 | Source: Ghana Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Ornamental Box with Indian Sweets | Value: R800 | Source: Indian Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Traditional Scarf | Value: R500 | Source: Indonesian Minister of Tourism

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De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Bowl and Mexican Doll | Value: R1200 | Source: Mexican Deputy Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Ornamental Date Box | Value: R1000 | Source: Saudi Arabian Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Scarf | Value: R500 | Source: Singaporean Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: UN Tourism Executive Council Commemorative Glass and Bottle | Value: R500 | Source: Spanish Minister of Tourism

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Small Elephant Statue | Value: R1000 | Source: CEO of Advent Hotels International - bilateral meeting in UAE

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: G20 Welcome Bag and Amazonian Kachaca Spirits | Value: R800 | Source: G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting Backpack and Water Bottle | Value: R500 | Source: G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting

De Lille, Ms. Patricia. Description: Model Airplane | Value: R500 | Source: Air India

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