Mali’s Military Leader Is Consolidating Power. Why This Is Dangerous
Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.
Budget
Constitutional Court Rejects NHI Cornerstone
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes today’s Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Certificate of Need (CoN), as contained in the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act, unconstitutional. This was one of the cornerstones of the NHI. In the matter brought by Solidarity, the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) and the Alliance of South African […]
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The Hospital Visit That Begins With a Boat
Patients in remote Lesotho villages have to cross the Senqu River to get to Tebellong Hospital
Report Into R66-Million Netball Lottery Grant Recommends Litigation to Recover Funds
The Special Investigating Unit is probing the grant
State Must Find Means to Mitigate Unemployment Crisis
The increasing number of active South Africans jobseekers to more than 8.1 million adults, together with sustained slow economic growth that is not projected to speed up soon, is a national crisis that is being hopelessly inadequately addressed by the R370 SRD grant.
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Schools Left in Darkness as Municipal Bills Mount
Gauteng education department says schools must pay for electricity themselves
Is the MyCiTi Bus System, and the Expansion of It, at Risk if Treasury Pulls the Plug?
The City of Cape Town BRT (Bus Rapid Transit - MyCiTi) public transport system is regarded as one of the best-performing Bus systems in South Africa.
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Ekurhuleni’s Debt Crisis Deepens While Residents Struggle to Make Ends Meet
The third-quarter financial report (January to March 2026), tabled during the latest Ekurhuleni Metro Council meeting, confirms that the Metro’s debt crisis is deepening. At the same time, residents are increasingly struggling to make ends meet, with higher municipal tariffs becoming unaffordable for many. The Metro’s collection rate has remained stuck at 85,28%, well below […]
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Joburg’s Financial Woes Laid Bare in Scathing Letter From Finance Minister Godongwana
Mayor Dada Morero insists there is “no cause for concern”
Tshwane Operating Under a Fully Funded Budget
Speech by Sarah Mabotsa, GOOD City of Tshwane Councillor and Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Economic Development and Spatial Planning. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
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Revealing the Depth of Tshwane Metro’s Crisis
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) expressed serious concerns about the Tshwane Metro’s request to write off a further R1,5 billion in debtors as unauthorised expenditure. The mere fact that this massive amount is labelled “unauthorised” serves as an admission that it was never budgeted for. This exposes the so-called “funded budget”, which the Mayor […]
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We Have Warned of Johannesburg’s Looming Bankruptcy for a Long Time
For years, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned Johannesburg’s ANC administration that exorbitant salary negotiations and a culture of non-payment would steer the City straight into bankruptcy. These warnings fell on deaf ears, though, and the consequences are now evident. The controversial R10,3 billion salary increase offered to workers last year to avert labour […]
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Santaco Calls for Action on Thohoyandou Taxi Rank
Since 2011 at least R324-million has been spent but the rank is still not open
Cape Town Must Drop Unlawful Tariffs Whether It Appeals or Not
Launching an appeal against last week’s full-bench Western Cape High Court judgment that declared its fixed cleaning, water and sanitation tariffs unlawful will not suspend the binding effect of the judgement.
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Treasury Threatens to Stop Tshwane Metro’s Grants
The Tshwane Metro’s poor governance and substandard administration have led to some serious consequences seeing as the National Treasury (NT) has threatened to stop allocating grants to the Metro. At the latest meeting of the Tshwane Metro Council, a report was tabled proposing a policy on the prevention of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. […]
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Abaqulusi Municipality Plan’s to Spend R1,3 Million on IDP Planning
In its most recent cost framework, the AbaQulusi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal (Louwsburg, Vryheid) earmarked R1,3 million for the planning process of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP). The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly opposes this exorbitant expenditure. The estimated costs for the planning process, as indicated in the 2026/27 budget, include R50 000 for […]
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Full Bench of High Court Trips Cape Town up in Tariff Lies
The GOOD Party calls on the City to stop pretending that it gives a damn about redistributive and social justice, and actually do something real to narrow inequality.
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Court Ruling Confirms Our Stance on Cape Town’s Fixed Tariffs
The ruling by the Western Cape High Court declaring the City of Cape Town’s fixed tariffs for city-wide cleansing, water and sanitation in the 2025/26 budget unlawful and invalid confirms what the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been saying all along. The Court ordered that these tariffs be set aside with effect from 30 […]
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CIVOC Allowance Increase Rejected Over Non-compliance and Oversight Failures
Speaker, the situation is so serious that in our latest amendment to the System of Delegations, this Council had to step in and assign responsibility to the Chairperson of the Safety and Security Portfolio Committee to ensure that CIVOC simply complies with its own requirements. That tells you everything.
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Absa 10KM Race Deal Opposed Amid Claims of Misleading Financials
GOOD Speech by Jonathan Cupido, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 30 April 2026 Note to Editor: This speech was delivered today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting Speaker, we are not debating a race today. We are debating whether this Council still respects the law, the budget process, and the people of […]
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The High Cost of Negligence in the Public Health System
Billions of rands are paid out every year in legal claims
Eastern Cape Premier Apologises to Angry Taxi Operators
Province failed to pay for scholar transport
Collapsing Asbestos Classrooms Force Cradock School Closure
Parents doubt government promise to rebuild their school
Lesotho’s Prisons in Bad Shape Despite Years of Recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons