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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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Frustration Boils Over Amid Water and Power Outages in Merafong

Location: News

Residents of the Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela) took to the streets this morning in protest against ongoing water and electricity supply problems. Traffic flow at the busy N12 highway and R500 intersection was disrupted after dozens of residents torched tyres and blocked the road with rocks. The root of their frustration is twofold: […]

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Dramatic Song, Disturbing Priorities – Municipality Must Explain Wasteful Spending

Location: News

The launch of the Drakenstein “anthem” may be intended to promote pride, but what it reveals instead is a deeply troubling set of municipal priorities and a worrying use of public funds in a time of growing hardship.

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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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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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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 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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Billing Crisis Highlights Johannesburg’s Financial Mismanagement

Location: News

The ongoing billing crisis in the Johannesburg Metro highlights the ANC and its coalition partners’ financial mismanagement of the city. The Johannesburg Metro has promised a functional and transparent billing system for years, yet taxpayers keep receiving excessively inflated bills or bills reflecting incorrect charges, if they receive any bills at all. This not only […]

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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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Thabazimbi Municipality Restores Business’s Power After Pressure

Location: News

Thanks to intervention by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), the Thabazimbi Local Municipality (Thabazimbi, Northam, Rooiberg, Leeuwpoort) reconnected a local business’s electricity today after it was unlawfully disconnected on 23 July 2025. The party, however, still demands accountability for the Municipality’s unlawful actions and the subsequent financial losses. Upon repeatedly visiting the municipal offices, […]

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