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Ekurhuleni’s Neglect of Road Infrastructure Endangers Motorists

Location: News

The first rains of the season have once again revealed just how little the ANC/EFF coalition government in the Ekurhuleni Metro cares about maintaining essential infrastructure such as roads. Even though the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been urging the Metro for years to repair and clean stormwater drains in Kempton Park before the […]

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Leasing Unused Assets Could Boost Ekurhuleni’s Finances

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports the principle of leasing unused council assets, such as land and buildings, to improve the Ekurhuleni Metro’s cash flow, provided it is done on a market-related and transparent basis. In this regard, the Freedom Front Plus supports the proposed leasing of a large piece of land in Rynfield, […]

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Bedfordview’s Water Problems Could Have Been Avoided

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) takes note of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s latest action plan to address the severe water shortages in Bedfordview, which includes repairing reservoirs and installing a new Rand Water pipeline. While these interventions are necessary and welcome, it is clear that the Metro has failed to properly maintain its water infrastructure […]

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Revitalisation of Gillooly’s Farm

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports the Ekurhuleni Metro’s initiative to lease the dilapidated Gillooly’s Farm in Bedfordview so it can be transformed into a botanical garden. Such revitalisation efforts will certainly benefit the community in several ways, provided that the process is transparent and fair. For decades, Gillooly’s Farm, a 44-hectare park, used […]

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Ekurhuleni Prioritises Short-Term Financial Gain Over Residents’ Well-Being

Location: News

During today’s council meeting, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly objected to the Ekurhuleni Metro’s decision to allow festivals and events to be held in public spaces between 24 and 27 December in order to boost the Metro’s revenue. While the Metro paints it as an economic opportunity, the reality is that such gatherings […]

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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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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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Join Hands to Prevent Expropriation Without Compensation Becoming the Norm

Location: News

It is crucial for all stakeholders to join hands in preventing the Ekurhuleni Metro’s bid to expropriate land worth approximately R30 million without compensation from setting a legal precedent. The 34-hectare plot of land in question at Driefontein in Boksburg belongs to Business Venture Investments 900 (BVI 900). The company is not contesting the expropriation, […]

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Brakpan Cable Thief Brought to Book

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the nine-year sentence handed down by the Brakpan Regional Court to a foreign national for cable theft in March this year. Khothatso Adora was found guilty of damaging essential infrastructure, theft of infrastructure and illegal immigration. This Lesotho citizen was caught red-handed on 23 March while he was […]

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Ekurhuleni’s Electricity Tariffs Public Participation Still Excludes Majority of Residents

Location: News

This week, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) again strongly objected to the Ekurhuleni Metro’s so-called public participation process regarding proposed electricity tariffs. Although the Metro claims the process is lawful, the majority of residents are effectively excluded seeing as meetings are strategically grouped and scheduled to take place at locations that are hard to […]

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Public Participation Process Regarding Power Tariffs Just for Show

Location: News

The so-called public participation process conducted by the ANC/EFF-controlled Ekurhuleni Metro regarding the proposed electricity tariffs for the 2025/26 financial year is just for show and misleading residents. The notice of public meetings issued on 11 September 2025 provides for only three meetings at the Boksburg Civic Centre, the Rabasotho Hall in Thembisa and the […]

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Ekurhuleni Buried Under Rubbish

Location: News

August’s strong winds uncovered the thinly veiled truth of Ekurhuleni’s growing rubbish problem. Ekurhuleni’s streets, sidewalks and storm water drains are littered with rubbish due to the complete collapse of basic waste management. Open, uncontrolled landfill sites and the incompetence of the ANC/EFF coalition, with their indifferent attitude toward cleanliness, mean residents are exposed to […]

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Ekurhuleni Should Urgently Repair Main Reef Road and Put a Stop to Illegal Mining Activities

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) urgently calls on the Ekurhuleni Metro to immediately take action by establishing a multidisciplinary task team to repair the dilapidated Main Reef Road and put a stop to illegal mining activities in the area. A section of Main Reef Road, which runs past the informal settlement Plastic City in […]

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Ekurhuleni Has to Ensure Transparency With Tariff-Related Participation Process

Location: News

Following pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), the Ekurhuleni Metro’s Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, acknowledged that a notice for a planned public participation meeting about municipal tariffs on 13 September in Brakpan was mistakenly sent out and that the Metro had not officially approved it. This acknowledgment means that the […]

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Oversight Visit to Germiston Just a Political Stunt

Location: News

In the view of the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), the oversight visit to Germiston by the Ekurhuleni Metro Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, is no more than a transparent political stunt ahead of the upcoming local government elections. After years of disregard, the Mayor is suddenly willing to listen to service delivery complaints – a gesture […]

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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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Germiston Residents Left in the Dark

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro’s failure to do proper long-term planning is the root cause of the recent power outage that paralysed households and businesses in Germiston North. The outage, triggered by the theft of the Croydon 132 kV cable supplying power to the primary substation in Germiston North, left more than 20 suburbs without electricity last […]

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Billions Squandered While Residents Suffer

Location: News

A thorough analysis of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s unaudited annual report and financial statements for 2024/25 reveals serious shortcomings in governance, service delivery and financial accountability. The report indicates that the Metro reached only 79% of its targets, with 21% completely unmet. This figure may seem acceptable at first glance, but closer scrutiny reveals that the […]

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We Do Not Support Ekurhuleni’s District Development Model

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) simply cannot support the new District Development Model (DDM) or the so-called “One Plan Model” for the Ekurhuleni Metro. Although municipalities are legally required to comply with it, one cannot ignore the fact that it is an expensive bureaucratic duplication of the existing planning framework for municipalities. It is […]

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Outreach Programme Just for Show

Location: News

It is clearly evident from the fourth-quarter report (April to June) that the outreach programme of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, is just for show and an expensive exercise funded by taxpayers’ money. Although the programme is marketed as an effort to bring government closer to the people, it is actually no more than […]

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Ekurhuleni Mayoral Committee Member Unable to Answers Power Outages Questions

Location: News

During Thursday’s council meeting, the Ekurhuleni Metro’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Mzayifani Ngwenya, was unable to provide reasons for why the Wadeville industrial area in Germiston is experiencing frequent power outages. Businesses regularly contact the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) to report power outages. One business has indicated that if the outages persist, it […]

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