Nigeria’s New Election Law Leaves Gaps: 5 Reforms for Free, Fair and Credible Polls
Nigeria’s new electoral act doesn’t tackle some of the real problems of electoral governance.
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More Pain in Store for Hard-Pressed Johannesburg Residents
While Johannesburg residents are already plagued by poor service delivery, potholes, broken traffic lights, and frequent water and electricity outages, they will have to pay even more for the same poor service as from 1 July 2026. The proposed tariff increases of 12,5% for water, 11% for sanitation and sewerage, and 9,01% for electricity far […]
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Free State Municipalities Fail Residents
The oversight visits by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to the Free State municipalities of Masilonyana and Nketoana have uncovered a disturbing picture of how these municipalities are failing both financially and administratively. The two municipalities’ leadership simply disregard legislation and provincial authority. Masilonyana has […]
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Mogale City Sewerage Crisis
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today requested the Gauteng MEC for Environmental Affairs, Evan Botha, to immediately and decisively intervene in the ongoing sewerage crisis in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift). The situation has become progressively worse over time with serious and frequent untreated sewage spills occurring at the pump station […]
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How Reforms Under Patrice Talon Have Reshaped the Electoral Competition in Benin
While voter turnout may not decide who wins the election, it will reflect how credible the electoral process is perceived.
Water Wastage in Mangaung Amounts to Billions
The Mangaung Metro has lost more than R1,6 billion worth of water over the past five financial years. The Free State MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Saki Mokoena, released these figures in response to a question by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Free State Legislature. The losses are mainly […]
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The Fine Art of Making You Pay More Whilst Telling You You’re Paying Less
While proclaiming to do the opposite, the City of Cape Town 2026/27 budget contributes to a growing unaffordability crisis for working and lower middle-class communities through a fundamentally unfair system of tariffs.
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Zimbabwe’s Push to Extend the President’s Rule Could Deepen Elite Divisions and Weaken Democracy
Proposed constitutional changes could pave the way for further changes that help the ruling party realise its dream of permanent rule.
Nigel Families Waiting 30 Years for Promised RDP Homes
About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses
Dipaleseng Draft Budget Fails to Address Residents’ Needs
The Dipaleseng Local Municipality’s draft budget for the 2026/27 financial year makes no meaningful provision for infrastructure upgrades and does not address the urgent needs of residents at all. The draft budget provides for operating expenditure of approximately R439,4 million, but only R16,7 million for capital projects. This means there is practically no funding for […]
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Theewaterskloof Speaker and Family Receive Death Threat
Speaker of Theewaterskloof Municipality, Weldon Wells, and his family have been warned that if he does not step down from his position, they will be murdered.
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“We Can Go Weeks Without Water, and No One Seems to Care”
Elderly residents of Lehae in Johannesburg battle to fetch water
Johannesburg’s Patchwork Costs More Than Properly Repairing Potholes
The Johannesburg Metro has to stop patching potholes and start adhering to proper road repair standards to ensure that road maintenance is carried out effectively. According to a report by Johannesburg’s Department of Transport, repairing a single pothole costs the Metro between R700 and R1 500. The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is responsible for maintaining […]
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Human Rights on Paper Don’t Cut the Mustard
Thirty years ago, South Africans’ centuries-long struggle for equal rights and justice was technically concluded with the adoption of a progressive Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Congo-Brazzaville Election: Sassou Nguesso Set to Extend His Rule
The challenges of the election remain voter apathy, fractured opposition and a shrinking civic space.
Nkandla Villagers Block Roads Demanding Permanent Repairs
KZN transport department has a road maintenance backlog of R20-billion
Limpopo Villagers Say They’re Still Waiting for the Borehole They Were Promised Before the 2024 Elections
They say they haven’t seen a municipal water tanker since last October
IEC Commits to Make Voting Easier for People With Disabilities
Only 15 out of 18,000 voting officials in the Western Cape identified as having a disability in 2024 elections
We Are Not Convinced That Leasing 145 New Vehicles Will Improve Emfuleni’s Service Delivery
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is not convinced that the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s leasing a fleet of 145 new vehicles will resolve the service delivery crisis. The vehicles will certainly come in handy, but the concern is that this is just an election gimmick by the ANC-led administration, less than a year before the […]
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Willie Spies: Freedom Front Plus Mayoral Candidate for Tshwane Metro
The Freedom Front Plus (VF) today announced the well-known attorney Willie Spies as its mayoral candidate for the Tshwane Metro in the 2026 local government elections. Grandi Theunissen, an experienced councillor and local government expert, will lead the Freedom Front Plus’s campaign alongside him. Together, they make an experienced and knowledgeable team determined to restore […]
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Urgent Integrated Intervention Needed to Resolve Gauteng Water Crisis
Gauteng’s ongoing water crisis is not just the result of limited resources, but also of systemic maladministration, poor planning and inadequate maintenance of infrastructure. Rand Water is licensed to supply a specified maximum volume of water. Once that limit is reached, supply cannot simply be increased without regulatory and infrastructure adjustments. This burdens municipalities with […]
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Corruption-Accused Now Administrator of Another Struggling Municipality
The ANC clearly prefers appointing controversial individuals to key positions rather than actually addressing the service delivery crisis in the Free State. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes the appointment of Agnes Koloi as administrator of the Nketoana Local Municipality, which is currently under an article 139 intervention. Koloi is standing trial on corruption […]
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Smaller Parties Don’t Equate With Poor Mayors
The instability and under-delivery that have characterised the City of Johannesburg over the past five years are not due to the presence of a number of smaller parties on the council.
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Emfuleni Is Going Under, Whilst Mayor Shops for New Official Vehicle
During the latest council meeting of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) put a stop to the proposal by the Speaker, Sibongile Soxuza, to procure a new official vehicle for the struggling Municipality’s Mayor. The party insisted that the item be referred back and that […]
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