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No Sign of Excellence in Tshwane Service Delivery

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously concerned, with good reason, about the Tshwane Metro’s constant failure to adhere to the principles of sound financial management, effective project execution and constitutional service delivery. According to the Metro’s capital budget performance report for the 2024/25 financial year, R2,2 billion, or 95% of the adjusted capital […]

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Tshwane Seeks Investments but Is Unable to Provide Infrastructure and Services

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports all forms of development and investment aimed at attracting capital and job opportunities to the nation’s capital, and will not stand idly by as the Tshwane Metro’s budget constraints hinder such developments. According to a report by the Oversight Committee on Economic Development and Spatial Planning, the Metro […]

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Ekurhuleni Celebrates “Clean Air” While Pollution Has Residents Struggling for Breath

Location: News

It is ironic that the Ekurhuleni Metro celebrates World Environment Health Day on 25 and 26 September with the theme “Clean Air, Healthy People” while residents are struggling to breathe due to the high levels of air pollution in the Metro. Instead of clean air and accessible healthcare, residents’ daily lives are severely impacted by […]

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For You? Not if You’re Disabled

Location: News

Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament. Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament Brett Herron during today’s interpellation debate on Dial-a-Ride.

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Tshwane Residents Are Not Tax Cash Cows

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly objected to the Tshwane Metro’s intention to approach the Court of Appeal in a bid to retain the right to bill residents for the controversial cleansing levy of R194,37 per month (excluding VAT). On 31 July 2025, in a case brought by AfriForum, the Pretoria High Court ruled […]

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Ekurhuleni Residents’ Anger About Basic Electricity Charge

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) shares in Ekurhuleni Metro residents’ anger about the Metro’s implementation of a fixed electricity charge, which will be phased in over the next five years. The party already voted against it in July this year, during the 2025/26 budget process, and warned the Metro not to add to residents’ […]

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Western Cape Will Take 1274 Years to Eliminate Informal Settlements

Location: News

If the Western Cape Government continues upgrading informal settlements at its current rate of one per year, it will take 1274 years to provide dignified living circumstances for all who live in the province.

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Cachalia Is Right

Location: News

The Acting Minister of Police is right to be concerned. There is ‘No proper plan in Cape Town to deal with gang violence’.

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Ekurhuleni’s Power Crisis Warnings Fall on Deaf Ears

Location: News

For months, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been warning against the Ekurhuleni Metro’s flawed power tariff system, which is characterised by inconsistencies, poor planning and inadequate public consultation. Many of the questions repeatedly put to the Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, and the Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, remain unanswered. The most pressing […]

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