Brett Herron 🇿🇦
@brettherron.bsky.social
Lawyer. Member of Parliament. Secretary-General of GOOD. Urbanist. MSc (Cities) Alumnus: LSE & UKZN.
Social Justice.
Universal Basic Income.
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Social Justice.
Universal Basic Income.
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Fabulous packed #Unite4ChangeZA event in Soweto!
The movement is growing. The momentum is tangible. The conversation was inspiring.
The movement is growing. The momentum is tangible. The conversation was inspiring.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fabulous packed #Unite4ChangeZA event in Soweto!
The movement is growing. The momentum is tangible. The conversation was inspiring.
The movement is growing. The momentum is tangible. The conversation was inspiring.
FROM CRADOCK 4 TO MKHWANAZI ALLEGATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA PAYS THE PRICE FOR FAILURES TO BUILD ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT
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FROM CRADOCK 4 TO MKHWANAZI ALLEGATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA PAYS THE PRICE FOR FAILURES TO BUILD ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT
The reopened inquest into the murder of the so-called Cradock Four 40 ...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
FROM CRADOCK 4 TO MKHWANAZI ALLEGATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA PAYS THE PRICE FOR FAILURES TO BUILD ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT
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We have a duty to confront our failure to address the spatial legacy conditions that create socio-economic conditions conducive to crime and gangsterism.
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Six killed in Choba tavern shooting: Calls for action against illegal operations
Following a tragic shooting at a tavern in Choba, which left six dead, community leaders are raising alarms about safety and the implications of illegal tavern operations amidst rising gang violence.
iol.co.za
July 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We have a duty to confront our failure to address the spatial legacy conditions that create socio-economic conditions conducive to crime and gangsterism.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Did we throw the baby out with the bath water?
Did the DA & EFF inadvertently sponsor a fuel levy?
All the social support mechanisms attached to the original VAT proposal were discarded.
www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...
Did the DA & EFF inadvertently sponsor a fuel levy?
All the social support mechanisms attached to the original VAT proposal were discarded.
www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...
BRETT HERRON: Did the DA and EFF inadvertently sponsor a fuel levy?
All the social support mechanisms attached to the original VAT proposal, such as an expanded list of zero-rated goods and initial relief from bracket creep, were discarded
www.businesslive.co.za
May 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Did we throw the baby out with the bath water?
Did the DA & EFF inadvertently sponsor a fuel levy?
All the social support mechanisms attached to the original VAT proposal were discarded.
www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...
Did the DA & EFF inadvertently sponsor a fuel levy?
All the social support mechanisms attached to the original VAT proposal were discarded.
www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...
Workers' Day is a day to honour the sacrifices and achievements of workers and trade unions in the fight for fair labour practices
May 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Workers' Day is a day to honour the sacrifices and achievements of workers and trade unions in the fight for fair labour practices
“All protocol observed”!
The best Saturday afternoon is when Atticus’s Godmother #PatriciaDeLille comes to visit…and is well known for bringing lots of attention and bags of treats!
#dogs #bouvier #Saturdays #PoliticalLeaders #DogTreats
The best Saturday afternoon is when Atticus’s Godmother #PatriciaDeLille comes to visit…and is well known for bringing lots of attention and bags of treats!
#dogs #bouvier #Saturdays #PoliticalLeaders #DogTreats
April 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“All protocol observed”!
The best Saturday afternoon is when Atticus’s Godmother #PatriciaDeLille comes to visit…and is well known for bringing lots of attention and bags of treats!
#dogs #bouvier #Saturdays #PoliticalLeaders #DogTreats
The best Saturday afternoon is when Atticus’s Godmother #PatriciaDeLille comes to visit…and is well known for bringing lots of attention and bags of treats!
#dogs #bouvier #Saturdays #PoliticalLeaders #DogTreats
Today’s the #BudgetSpeech. It seems we’re all going to be in for some pain to keep essential services running & to invest in growth-driving projects.
After cutting 2000 teacher posts @Our_DA want to find funding to add more politicians!
We say no!
www.ewn.co.za/2025/03/12/g...
After cutting 2000 teacher posts @Our_DA want to find funding to add more politicians!
We say no!
www.ewn.co.za/2025/03/12/g...
GOOD Party against proposal to introduce more seats in WC Legislature
This followed an announcement by the Provincial Standing Committee on Premier and Constitutional Matters that it's considering such a move before the 2029 national and provincial elections.
www.ewn.co.za
March 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today’s the #BudgetSpeech. It seems we’re all going to be in for some pain to keep essential services running & to invest in growth-driving projects.
After cutting 2000 teacher posts @Our_DA want to find funding to add more politicians!
We say no!
www.ewn.co.za/2025/03/12/g...
After cutting 2000 teacher posts @Our_DA want to find funding to add more politicians!
We say no!
www.ewn.co.za/2025/03/12/g...
The ANC’s failures to meaningfully transform the country’s economy and land holdings while in government for 30 years fuelled the belief that White South Africans had to all intents and purposes “got away” with apartheid.
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The ANC’s failures to meaningfully transform the country’s economy and land holdings while in government for 30 years fuelled the belief that White South Africans had to all intents and purposes “got away” with apartheid.
#Ukraine
#Zelenskyy had a strategic meeting with #Trump. It was a disaster. But I don’t think it was a disaster for Zelenskyy. He exposed Trump & his administration as being unreliable, irrational, Putin-captured toddlers. The whole world knows & can recalibrate.
The United States is weaker now.
#Zelenskyy had a strategic meeting with #Trump. It was a disaster. But I don’t think it was a disaster for Zelenskyy. He exposed Trump & his administration as being unreliable, irrational, Putin-captured toddlers. The whole world knows & can recalibrate.
The United States is weaker now.
March 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#Ukraine
#Zelenskyy had a strategic meeting with #Trump. It was a disaster. But I don’t think it was a disaster for Zelenskyy. He exposed Trump & his administration as being unreliable, irrational, Putin-captured toddlers. The whole world knows & can recalibrate.
The United States is weaker now.
#Zelenskyy had a strategic meeting with #Trump. It was a disaster. But I don’t think it was a disaster for Zelenskyy. He exposed Trump & his administration as being unreliable, irrational, Putin-captured toddlers. The whole world knows & can recalibrate.
The United States is weaker now.
Treasury must resist the temptation to throw out progressive provisions in the budget-that-wasn’t with the 2% VAT increase bathwater.
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BUDGET 2025: THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY MUST FUND REVENUE SHORTFALL
Treasury must resist the temptation to throw out progressive provisions in the budget-that-wasn’t with the 2% VAT increase bathwater.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Treasury must resist the temptation to throw out progressive provisions in the budget-that-wasn’t with the 2% VAT increase bathwater.
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Anyone predicting 30 years ago that the new democratic government would fail to reform land ownership, would not prosecute apartheid criminals & would block millions of poorest citizens from obtaining social grants would have been branded counter-revolutionary.
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Three developments in January place unequal democracy back on the road to justice – The Mail & Guardian
The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t be
mg.co.za
February 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Anyone predicting 30 years ago that the new democratic government would fail to reform land ownership, would not prosecute apartheid criminals & would block millions of poorest citizens from obtaining social grants would have been branded counter-revolutionary.
mg.co.za/article/2025...
mg.co.za/article/2025...
Whistleblowers from within the ANC provided information on several KwaZulu-Natal-focused WhatsApp groups; Ethekwini Shutdown, Ink Shutdown in July 2021, and Free Zuma Information as well as a Gauteng-based group, Joburg Activists Home.
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
‘We reject the narrative of a political score’: GOOD Party welcomes charges against Zuma-Sambudla
The GOOD Party welcomes Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s indictment for inciting the July 2021 riots, rejecting claims of political targeting and urging justice for all instigators of the devastating unrest.
www.iol.co.za
February 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Whistleblowers from within the ANC provided information on several KwaZulu-Natal-focused WhatsApp groups; Ethekwini Shutdown, Ink Shutdown in July 2021, and Free Zuma Information as well as a Gauteng-based group, Joburg Activists Home.
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
www.iol.co.za/news/politic...
THE DA-led Western Cape government’s new proposal for the redevelopment of the Tafelberg site for “a range of social services” is a tactic intended to frustrate the opportunity to use the site for affordable housing.
www.iol.co.za/capetimes/ne...
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WC’s Tafelberg site plans “political tactic”
The DA-led Western Cape government's proposal for the Tafelberg site has again ignited controversy, with critics arguing it undermines opportunities for affordable housing.
www.iol.co.za
February 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
THE DA-led Western Cape government’s new proposal for the redevelopment of the Tafelberg site for “a range of social services” is a tactic intended to frustrate the opportunity to use the site for affordable housing.
www.iol.co.za/capetimes/ne...
www.iol.co.za/capetimes/ne...
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Given the audit outcomes and findings of the AG, the GOOD Party is reassured of our 2024 decision to support a leadership change in the City of Tshwane.
Read more➡️https://forgood.org.za/city-of-tshwane-ag-report-confirms-administration-failures-by-da-and-cilliers-brink/
#goodparty #Tshwane
Read more➡️https://forgood.org.za/city-of-tshwane-ag-report-confirms-administration-failures-by-da-and-cilliers-brink/
#goodparty #Tshwane
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Given the audit outcomes and findings of the AG, the GOOD Party is reassured of our 2024 decision to support a leadership change in the City of Tshwane.
Read more➡️https://forgood.org.za/city-of-tshwane-ag-report-confirms-administration-failures-by-da-and-cilliers-brink/
#goodparty #Tshwane
Read more➡️https://forgood.org.za/city-of-tshwane-ag-report-confirms-administration-failures-by-da-and-cilliers-brink/
#goodparty #Tshwane
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🚨 Accountability Over Avoidance 🚨
The GOOD Party rejects the Speaker’s reason for changing the first City Council meeting of 2025 to a virtual platform. We believe this is the DA-led City’s attempt to protect JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg from public scrutiny.
#goodparty #accountability
The GOOD Party rejects the Speaker’s reason for changing the first City Council meeting of 2025 to a virtual platform. We believe this is the DA-led City’s attempt to protect JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg from public scrutiny.
#goodparty #accountability
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 Accountability Over Avoidance 🚨
The GOOD Party rejects the Speaker’s reason for changing the first City Council meeting of 2025 to a virtual platform. We believe this is the DA-led City’s attempt to protect JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg from public scrutiny.
#goodparty #accountability
The GOOD Party rejects the Speaker’s reason for changing the first City Council meeting of 2025 to a virtual platform. We believe this is the DA-led City’s attempt to protect JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg from public scrutiny.
#goodparty #accountability
Sustainable peace requires the equal dignity and human rights of Israelis and Palestinians to be upheld, Gaza to be re-built, and a viable independent Palestinian state to be created.
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Gaza must now be re-built – Brett Herron - POLITICS | Politicsweb
GOOD SG applauds ceasfire but says not addressing the injustices of Israel will not provide sustainable security for people
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January 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sustainable peace requires the equal dignity and human rights of Israelis and Palestinians to be upheld, Gaza to be re-built, and a viable independent Palestinian state to be created.
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Irrespective of accounting blemishes, political shenanigans & blame games, creating 477 new teacher posts is good.
But not being able to account for “facts” presented in its budget last March, & scrapping 2400 posts, is undoubtedly bad for the Western Cape’s children.
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But not being able to account for “facts” presented in its budget last March, & scrapping 2400 posts, is undoubtedly bad for the Western Cape’s children.
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WCED gets “F” for accountancy – Brett Herron - POLITICS | Politicsweb
GOOD SG says scrapping 2400 posts, is undoubtedly bad for the Western Cape’s children
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January 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Irrespective of accounting blemishes, political shenanigans & blame games, creating 477 new teacher posts is good.
But not being able to account for “facts” presented in its budget last March, & scrapping 2400 posts, is undoubtedly bad for the Western Cape’s children.
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But not being able to account for “facts” presented in its budget last March, & scrapping 2400 posts, is undoubtedly bad for the Western Cape’s children.
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Cautiously optimistic and tentatively relieved that a #ceasefire agreement has been reached.
I hope that the ceasefire agreement will bring lasting peace & will include a roadmap to Palestinian sovereignty.
#FreePalestine
I hope that the ceasefire agreement will bring lasting peace & will include a roadmap to Palestinian sovereignty.
#FreePalestine
January 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cautiously optimistic and tentatively relieved that a #ceasefire agreement has been reached.
I hope that the ceasefire agreement will bring lasting peace & will include a roadmap to Palestinian sovereignty.
#FreePalestine
I hope that the ceasefire agreement will bring lasting peace & will include a roadmap to Palestinian sovereignty.
#FreePalestine
“They suggested walking buses. We ask how can a walking bus be possible on a national road plus in temperatures of 38 to 39 degrees, in winter we have very heavy rainfall. The closest school is overcrowded and parents cannot afford private transport.”
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Hundreds of WC learners left stranded by transport policy
Some parents received letters in August from the department informing them that their children no longer qualified for scholar transport
www.iol.co.za
January 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“They suggested walking buses. We ask how can a walking bus be possible on a national road plus in temperatures of 38 to 39 degrees, in winter we have very heavy rainfall. The closest school is overcrowded and parents cannot afford private transport.”
www.iol.co.za/capetimes/ne...
www.iol.co.za/capetimes/ne...
Best way to start a day & perfect way to catch up and discuss the year ahead. A beach walk with the dogs!
January 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Best way to start a day & perfect way to catch up and discuss the year ahead. A beach walk with the dogs!
Stilfontein illegal mining: Good Party adds to calls urging Mantashe to intervene
www.ewn.co.za/2025/01/09/s...
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Stilfontein illegal mining: Good Party adds to calls urging Mantashe to intervene
Civil organisations and some commentators have again raised their concerns about Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe’s absence and refusal to come to the table.
www.ewn.co.za
January 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Stilfontein illegal mining: Good Party adds to calls urging Mantashe to intervene
www.ewn.co.za/2025/01/09/s...
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