Good is a South African political party that was formed in December 2018.Patricia de Lille names her party 'Good'
Retrieved on 2018-12-03. It is led by its founder

Patricia de Lille Patricia de Lille (née Lindt; born 17 February 1951) is a South African politician who is the current Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure and leader of the political party Good. She was previously Mayor of Cape Town from 2011 to 2018, ...

, current Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure and former

mayor of Cape Town The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an ...

. The party's policies are predominantly

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and its platform is premised on

social democracy Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

environmentalism Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seek ...

anti-racism Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate a ...

and

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a policy of the South African government which aims to facilitate broader participation in the economy by black people. A form of affirmative action, it is intended especially to redress the inequalities creat ...

. The party's stronghold is the

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and mainly draws support from the

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community.De Lille’s GOOD party makes its mark in the Western Cape
Retrieved on 10 August 2019. The party holds two seats in the

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, while it also has one seat in the

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.De Lille set to have a GOOD time in Parliament
Retrieved on 10 August 2019. In May 2019, De Lille was the only opposition member appointed to serve in the

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. She had stated that Good would remain an opposition party.GOOD welcomes Minister De Lille
''Mail & Guardian'', 29 May 2019. Retrieved on 10 August 2019.

Formation

Patricia de Lille DA Election-Launch 2011

Patricia de Lille is a South African politician. She was elected to the

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as a

Pan Africanist Congress The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (known as the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)) is a South African national liberation Pan-Africanist movement that is now a political party. It was founded by an Africanist group, led by Robert Sobukwe, that ...

(PAC) member in 1994. She held many leadership positions in the party. During the 2003 floor-crossing period, she broke away from PAC and formed the

Independent Democrats The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation. The party's platform was premised on opposition to corruption, with ...

(ID). The party was the first political party in South Africa to be led by a woman that contested elections and won seats. In 2010, after meetings between the Democratic Alliance Federal Executive and the Independent Democrats Executive, it was announced that the ID would merge with the Democratic Alliance (DA). Members of the Independent Democrats held dual party membership. The ID was officially dissolved after the 2014 general elections. In March 2011, De Lille was selected by the Democratic Alliance to be the party's mayoral candidate in Cape Town. She was subsequently elected Mayor of Cape Town in May 2011. She served until October 2018. During the last months of her mayoral career, the Democratic Alliance accused Lille of covering up corruption in the municipality. She strongly denied these allegations. When De Lille resigned as mayor, she also resigned as a member of the Democratic Alliance, citing that the party had been abusive towards her. DA Chief Whip Shaun August and many other councillors, including Mayoral Committee Member for Transport Brett Herron, resigned their positions in protest to the removal of De Lille. They were all members of the previous Independent Democrats. It was speculated that De Lille would revive the

and that it would be the "kingmaker" in the 2019 provincial election. On 18 November 2018, Patricia de Lille launched the "For Good" political movement and website. On 2 December 2018, De Lille announced the formation of the "Good" political party in

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, a suburb of

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Leadership

Patricia de Lille has said that the party's official leadership will be elected after the 2019 elections. The party is currently managed by interim leaders. The National Leadership Committee consists of 36 members. The interim leadership was announced in January 2019 and is as follows:

Election campaign

At the launch of the political party, De Lille said that the manifesto of the party and premier candidates would be announced in early 2019. The party is registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and contested the 2019 national and provincial elections in all of the South African provinces. On 5 February 2019, the party launched its manifesto. The party's manifesto focused on key issues, such as the reduction of the size of the national cabinet, the prosecution of corrupt individuals and the scrapping of the controversial e-tolls in

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

. The party's local government manifesto for the 2021 municipal elections was launched on 13 September 2021 headed by spatial, economic, social, and

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with a "balanced", evidence-based approach to issues such as poverty and crime.

Election results

The party gained two seats in the

and one seat in the

. The two parliamentary seats were filled by De Lille and Shaun August, while the provincial parliament seat was filled by Brett Herron. De Lille has subsequently accepted the position of Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure in the

but has stated that Good will remain an opposition party. On 17 July 2019, Good contested its first municipal by-election in the

George Local Municipality George Municipality ( af, George Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Joji) is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. the population is 193,672. Its municipality code is WC044. Geography The municipality covers an ar ...

.DA deny GOOD by eight votes in George
Retrieved on 8 August 2019. The party's candidate was Mercia Draghoender. Draghoender defected from the DA to Good. She had previously served as a ward councillor and the mayor of the municipality. The media speculated that this election would be an upset since Draghoender had good name recognition. The African National Congress also had a good chance of winning this election due to

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. The DA ended up retaining the ward but with a majority of only eight votes. Good was in second place with the ANC in third out of several parties that contested the by-election. The party won its first local government ward in a by-election in November 2020, in Ward 27 (Pacaltzdorp) taking a ward in

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from the Democratic Alliance. Richard "Yster" Hector winning the Ward for GOOD, ending up by being GOOD's first ever elected Ward Councillor.

Local elections

In the 2021 municipal elections, GOOD ran in five provinces, six metros, and a thousand wards. The party fielded nine mayoral candidates: general secretary Brett Herron in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, former

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coach

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in his home of

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, as well as Lloyd Phillips in

, Sarah Mabotsa in

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, Lawrence Troon in

Nelson Mandela Bay Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality ( af, Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Nelson Mandela Bay or ''uMasipala waseBhayi'') is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in So ...

, Elizabeth Johnson in Kimberley, Donovan Saptoe in

, Ryan Don in

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, and Sharifa Essop in

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National Assembly

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National Council of Provinces

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Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

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References

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