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Brett Herron

Brett Herron is the Good party's Secretary-General and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He holds an MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics.

Latest Work

OPINIONISTA

3 March 2025

Promises unfulfilled amid urgent need for affordable housing in Cape Town's inner city

By Brett Herron

3 min

OPINIONISTA

30 July 2023

The state can afford a R999 universal basic income grant with just a small trim and haircut

By Brett Herron

4 min

OPINIONISTA

11 June 2023

Something rotten when there are more drug dens than schools in Western Cape

By Brett Herron

4 min

OPINIONISTA

21 May 2023

The City of Cape Town must take real responsibility for the crisis of homelessness

By Brett Herron

5 min

OPINIONISTA

16 April 2023

Most political parties in SA would have little to say if forced to abandon identity politics

By Brett Herron

3 min

OPINIONISTA

27 February 2023

If the transport minister’s job was advertised, here’s what the ad would look like

By Brett Herron

4 min

OPINIONISTA

5 February 2023

Stephen Grootes should visit Khayelitsha to see the reality of Cape Town firsthand

By Brett Herron

3 min

OPINIONISTA

8 November 2022

What’s happened to the R2bn in the reparations fund? The state has abandoned our nation-building project

By Brett Herron

3 min

OPINIONISTA

4 July 2022

If accountability for apartheid crimes could be ‘non-prioritised’ will State Capture cases suffer same fate?

By Brett Herron

3 min

OPINIONISTA

30 August 2021

South Africa’s shocking jobless figures make a Basic Income Grant a social, moral and historical imperative

By Brett Herron

6 min

OPINIONISTA

1 July 2021

So much for the notion of a global village: We need a vaccine against inequality

By Brett Herron

4 min

OPINIONISTA

22 June 2021

Don’t let down your guard: Covid-19 is a sneaky, nasty beast and everyone is vulnerable

By Brett Herron

4 min

DM is much better if you are signed in...

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Latest Work

Promises unfulfilled amid urgent need for affordable housing in Cape Town's inner city

The state can afford a R999 universal basic income grant with just a small trim and haircut

Something rotten when there are more drug dens than schools in Western Cape

The City of Cape Town must take real responsibility for the crisis of homelessness

Most political parties in SA would have little to say if forced to abandon identity politics

If the transport minister’s job was advertised, here’s what the ad would look like

Stephen Grootes should visit Khayelitsha to see the reality of Cape Town firsthand

What’s happened to the R2bn in the reparations fund? The state has abandoned our nation-building project

If accountability for apartheid crimes could be ‘non-prioritised’ will State Capture cases suffer same fate?

South Africa’s shocking jobless figures make a Basic Income Grant a social, moral and historical imperative

So much for the notion of a global village: We need a vaccine against inequality

Don’t let down your guard: Covid-19 is a sneaky, nasty beast and everyone is vulnerable