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Waltloo Garden Refuse Transfer Station Closed Following Complaints

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The closure of the Waltloo Garden Refuse Transfer Station in Eersterust, Pretoria, is seriously detrimental and encourages illegal dumping. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) visited the site following numerous complaints from residents and owners of garden services. The visit revealed workers in orange uniforms sitting and chatting under a tree, while the gate was […]

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Much Like Zuma’s 2014 SONA, President Ramaphosa Tries to Tell a “Good Story”, While Country Collapses

Location: News

President Cyril Ramaphosa borrowed a page from former President Jacob Zuma’s 2014 State of the Nation Address (SONA) tonight by boasting about the country’s “good story”. President Ramaphosa delivered his speech in his capacity as President of South Africa, but he remains President of the ANC. And wherever his party governs – in councils, provinces […]

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A Deeply Concerning Picture of Administrative Decline and a Complete Failure to Serve

Location: News

Mpumalanga’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs’ latest quarterly report for 2025/26 paints a deeply concerning picture of administrative decline and a complete failure to serve the people of the province. With irregular expenditure already amounting to approximately R42 million, it is clear that legal prescripts and procurement processes are routinely violated. […]

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Minister of Agriculture Unexpectedly Removes Expert From Ministerial Task Team

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with shock that the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, has terminated the membership of the prominent veterinarian, Dr Danie Odendaal, on the ministerial task team for state-controlled diseases. In a letter to Odendaal, Steenhuisen states that he regrets to note that Odendaal has not yet signed the […]

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The Cost of Racial Targets Becomes Clear When a Mere 13 000 Vaccines for 15 Million Cattle Gets Government Jumping for Joy

Location: News

(Dr Wynand Boshoff, Freedom Front Plus MP and chief spokesperson on agriculture, provides an overview of factors that contributed to the development of the current foot-and-mouth disease crisis) If anything underscores the inadequacy of government’s response to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, it is last week’s proud announcement that the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was able […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: While Minister Bickers About State Control, Rural Economies Grind to a Halt

Location: News

While the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, is defending government’s exclusive right to procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in court, the economic crisis affecting rural communities keeps expanding. Most rural towns are primarily sustained by agriculture. Rural economies consist mainly of input suppliers, businesses that receive and process agricultural products, financial and personal […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: Immediate Action Needed in the Free State

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) provincial leader, Jan van Niekerk, and the Harrismith district farmers’ association met with the Free State MEC for Agriculture, Ms Elzabé Rockman, as well as key role players in the agricultural sector, including Dr Jurgens Barnard, Acting Director of State Veterinary Services, on Wednesday. The constructive discussion centred on […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: State of Disaster Request Begins

Location: News

After the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) on Monday called for a state of disaster to be declared in response to the widespread outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, today announced that he will table this request with the next Cabinet meeting. It would unlock additional resources to combat the […]

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By-Laws Needed to Manage Outbreak Are Not in Place

Location: News

Seeing as there have been a number of confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality (Nylstroom, Naboomspruit, Alma, Vaalwater, Roedtan), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) finds it seriously alarming that the by-laws needed to manage the outbreak are not in place. A major cause for concern is that, since the merger […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: Government’s Years of Dereliction of Duty

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) insists that a state of disaster be declared to contain the crisis of foot-and-mouth disease in the beef industry. This drastic step is warranted, because ministerial task teams’ recommendations have not been implemented since 2016. Foot-and-mouth disease is like any other contagious disease: if it is detected early and […]

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Urgent Intervention Needed to Curb Foot-And-Mouth Disease

Location: News

The sharp increase in cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Gauteng, and surrounding provinces, has reach a critical point and the executive authority has to take immediate and decisive action to curb it. There has been a particularly marked rise in West Gauteng around Tarlton. Government is responsible for controlling foot-and-mouth disease, but it is clear […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease Out of Control

Location: News

While the economy is slowing down and South Africans look forward to spending the festive season with family, livestock farmers face a bleak festive season as foot-and-mouth disease causes massive financial losses. The Department of Agriculture is dragging its feet with enforcing legislation while more and more farmers are struggling to keep their heads above […]

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Gauteng’s Future Hangs in the Balance

Location: News

(Debate in the Gauteng Legislature on the Department of Agriculture’s annual report) Gauteng’s future could be bleak if the province does not take urgent and decisive action to address the growing agricultural and environmental crisis. The latest annual reports of the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture and Rural Development confirm the scale of the […]

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Tshwane Metro Fails to Supply Enough Water to Rooiwal Farmers

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is receiving more and more complaints from farmers in the Rooiwal area who have repeatedly had to approach the courts to compel the City of Tshwane to supply them with enough potable water. A 2023 court order stipulated that sufficient water must be provided to residents and livestock daily, […]

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Ekurhuleni’s R0 Expropriation Implodes

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro’s attempt to expropriate private property for R0 has not merely failed – it backfired spectacularly. This fiasco exposes the hidden ideological agenda driving expropriation without compensation (EWC) and serves as a national warning against reckless political experiments that undermine property rights and the Constitution. For years the ruling party and certain opposition […]

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