A Decade and Millions of Rands Later, Eastern Cape Community Centre Still Incomplete
Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build
agriculture
Tshwane Mayoral Committee Member Should Be Held Personally Liable for Legal Costs
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) demands that the Tshwane Metro’s Mayoral Committee Member for Environment and Agriculture, Obakeng Ramabodu, be held personally liable for the legal costs incurred by the Metro with its appeal application against AfriForum’s successful court case regarding the Metro’s controversial cleaning charge. As political head of the Department, Ramabodu was […]
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Municipalities Ruining Hartbeespoort Dam
Pollution and sewage is harming the aquatic environment
250,000 Ethiopians Migrate Every Year: What Drives Them and What Needs to Change
Legal ways to make a decent life inside and outside Ethiopia should be increased.
Fresh Produce From Namibia: Level the Uneven Playing Field Harming SA Farmers
Farmers on the southern bank of the Orange River in the Vioolsdrif area risk their fresh produce spoiling in storage if the issue of uncompetitive imports from Namibia is not addressed soon. Namibia’s prescribed minimum wage for farm workers is lower than South Africa’s. In addition, the state is leasing land to large agricultural enterprises […]
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Hype and Western Values Are Shaping AI Reporting in Africa: What Needs to Change
AI coverage in African media has shown that local voices and experts are missing.
Green Scorpions in Kimberley Lack Sting
The Green Scorpions lack sting – especially in Kimberley. An oversight visit by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) yesterday to the Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Land Reform, prompted by issues such as the smuggling of rare plants, revealed numerous problems. The most significant issue is a critical shortage of manpower. […]
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Mbombela’s Environmental Transgressions Rewarded With Green Municipality Award
In a move that starkly contradicts the Mbombela Local Municipality’s ongoing environmental transgressions, the Municipality was awarded the Green Municipality award. This award, presented under the Temvelo programme by Mpumalanga’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs, which recognises “excellence and dedication to the environment”, is entirely at odds with what is actually […]
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Child Malnutrition Is a Sign of Conflict to Come: Nigerian Study Links Climate Change, Food and Violence
Where governance is weak and food supplies are unreliable, climate change causes child wasting and can be a warning sign of conflict to come.
Climate Projects in South Sudan Can Turn Deadly
Climate adaptation projects in high conflict areas like South Sudan work best if they’re designed to help communities manage many problems at once.
Not Enough Prisoners Have Access to Work and Training Opportunities
People earn less than R250 a month working in prison workshops or farms
Mogale City’s Failure to Protect and Maintain Infrastructure Leads to Total Collapse
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) chairperson of the Gauteng Legislature’s Committee on Environmental Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development confronted the Mayor of the Mogale City Local Municipality, (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift), Lucky Sele, about the total collapse of this once-prosperous area in the Cradle of Humankind. Mayor Sele appeared before the Committee on Tuesday to […]
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Underperformance and Neglect of Rural Communities Remain a Problem
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejected Mpumalanga’s agriculture budget due to the department’s ongoing underperformance and growing frustration among the province’s rural communities. Although R1,644 billion has been allocated to the department for the current financial year, farmers and residents continue to face a landscape marred by project delays, the squandering of funds and […]
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Pressure Mounts in Gauteng’s Rural Safety Landscape
Pressure is mounting in Gauteng’s rural safety landscape due to an ever-increasing number of informal settlements, often lacking adequate planning, essential services and job opportunities. This phenomenon unintentionally transforms rural areas into dumping grounds, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and creating new challenges for rural safety. Gauteng’s agricultural sector is under strain despite the allocation of R671 […]
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Lessons for Modern Times From Africans That Survived 10,000 Years of Climate Changes by Adapting Food Systems
Blending livelihood strategies based on what works at different times in specific environments has been key to human survival for thousands of years.
Report on Parliamentary Petition to Investigate Farm Murders Manipulated to Point the Finger at Farmers
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not vote in favour of a joint report by the parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Police and Agriculture on the situation surrounding farm attacks today. The report was intended to address a petition calling for Parliament to investigate farm murders and attacks on the farming community. The few positive […]
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University Graduates in Ghana Must Serve Society for a Year – Study Suggests It’s Good for National Unity
Mandatory national service in Ghana has helped national cohesion.
US Geopolitics Drives Harsh Trade Tariffs
The United States’ announced 30% trade tariffs, likely driven by underlying geopolitical motives, are, by implication, a direct attack on the economic benefits South Africa derives from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). These tariffs are also a response to South Africa’s growing diplomatic and economic ties with countries such as those in BRICS, […]
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We Need to Make Sewage Sexy
GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 08 July 2025 Waste management rarely makes headlines, and let’s be honest, dealing with human excrement isn’t exactly glamorous. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: every single one of us produces waste, and in a civilised society, that waste must be treated and disposed of properly. Failure to […]
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Illegal Enlargement of West Coast Farm Dam Condoned
The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago
Tshwane Metro Should Repair Fences Around Nature Reserves
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has sent an urgent letter to the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, requesting the immediate repair of fences around local nature reserves. This pertains particularly to the Rietvlei and Wonderboom Nature Reserves. The request was prompted by a female cheetah, Njozi, escaping from the Rietvlei Nature […]
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ANC Destroys Job Opportunities, Infrastructure and Jeopardises Water Supply in North West
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) yesterday emphasised in the North West Legislature during debates on the high unemployment rate and water crisis affecting residents that these issues are a direct consequence of poor ANC governance and trite policies. At present, North West has by far the highest unemployment rate in South Africa – it […]
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US Cuts Food Aid to 36,000 Children in Lesotho
About one in five people in rural Lesotho face food insecurity
Government Should Do More to Protect This ‘Essential for Human Survival’ Species
This morning at the South African Bee Industry Organisation, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in Gauteng emphasised that comprehensive steps should be taken to protect bees. The party was one of the guest speakers at BEECON’s 2025 Conference in Centurion, Pretoria. Conference attendees were reminded that the cultivation of approximately one-third of all food […]
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