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Eskom Removes More Than One Million Customers From Load Reduction

Location: Business

Friday, 03 July 2026: Eskom continues to realise the benefits of its operational recovery initiatives, maintaining a stable and reliable power system despite rising winter electricity demand. Continued improvements in generation performance under the Generation Recovery Plan, including increased generation availability, reduced unplanned outages and enhanced operational reliability, are enabling the utility to consistently meet...

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Tshwane Residents Increasingly Targeted

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Tshwane Metro is increasingly receiving complaints from residents facing unfair fines and alleged intimidation. Numerous homeowners are hit with fines of up to R75 000 for allegedly tampering with prepaid electricity meters. In many cases, residents claim that these fines are unfounded and legally questionable. According to […]

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Mogale City’s New Tariffs Will Suffocate Residents

Location: News

The tariff hike that will take effect in Mogale City Municipality (Krugersdorp, Muldersdrift, Magaliesburg, Tarlton) today will make services unaffordable for many residents and needlessly increase pressure on families trying to keep their heads above water financially. These exorbitant tariff hikes are the result of years of poor planning, maladministration and reckless squandering of taxpayers’ […]

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Eskom Receives Its Report on Independent Investigation Into Diesel Procurement and Storage Contracts

Location: Business

Monday, 29 June 2026: Eskom has received the report on the independent investigation into diesel procurement and storage contracts under tender MWP2197GX. The report is going through review in line with Eskom’s internal governance process before implementation of the recommendations in the report. Eskom’s Group Investigations and Security (GIS) function initiated in March 2025 an...

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Eskom Sustains Strong System Performance as Winter Demand Rises

Location: Business

Friday, 26 June 2026: Eskom’s operational recovery continues to deliver tangible results, with the power system remaining stable and adequately supplied as winter demand intensifies. Improved generation availability and reduced unplanned outages are enabling Eskom to consistently meet electricity demand, while maintaining sufficient reserves and operational flexibility to manage changing system conditions across the country....

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Gauteng’s Municipal Crisis Requires Decisive Action

Location: News

During the budget debate of the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned that the state of local government in parts of Gauteng can no longer be viewed as an ordinary management challenge. It is a full-scale crisis that requires urgent intervention. Although the department acknowledges […]

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Govan Mbeki Mayor Paints Fictional Picture of Progress

Location: News

The Executive Mayor of the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (Bethal, Charl Cilliers, Embalenhle, Evander, Kinross, Leandra, Secunda, Trichardt), Nhlakanipho Zuma, attempted to paint an unrealistic picture of apparent progress and great achievements in this municipality during his State of the Municipality Address. This is a misrepresentation, as the harsh reality on the ground shows that […]

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Auditor-General Report Exposes Corruption and Looting in Municipalities

Location: News

The latest report on the state of South Africa’s municipalities (2024/25), released today by the Auditor-General, Ms Tsakani Maluleke, once again underscores the urgent need to remove the ANC from local government. The extent of the damage inflicted on the country’s towns and cities through ANC policies, maladministration, and corruption is staggering. Currently, 51% (123 […]

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Important Corrections and Requirements in Ekurhuleni’s Budget for Residents’ Benefit

Location: News

After the Ekurhuleni Metro’s 2026/27 budget had already been tabled four times, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today supported the revised budget in principle, following further important amendments, corrections and binding commitments from the ANC-led administration in the interest of residents. Previous versions of the budget were rejected due to unrealistic assumptions, documentation errors […]

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Cape Town’s Budget: Neither Reasonable nor Affordable

Location: News

The City of Cape Town’s revised budget for the 2026/27 financial year, which will be tabled during a council meeting next Monday, 29 June, will put severe financial strain on residents, further impoverishing ordinary salary drawers and loyal ratepayers. Although the City highlights higher thresholds for poverty relief and a modest 2% reduction in the […]

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Diesel Expenditure Falls 85% and EAF Improves 5.4% Year-on-year

Location: Business

Friday, 19 June 2026: Eskom sustains measurable improvements in system performance and operational efficiency as winter demand increases, underpinned by stronger generation performance and marked by a sharp decline in diesel usage. Continued gains in energy availability, together with a decline in unplanned outages and targeted network interventions, are reinforcing system stability and supporting consistent...

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Ekurhuleni’s Proposed Budget Rejected, Yet Again

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Ekurhuleni Metro’s proposed 2026/27 budget yet again today, as it was tabled to the Council virtually unchanged, with serious financial and regulatory questions still unanswered. After the budget was rejected during the council meeting on 11 June, the Executive Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, and the Mayoral Committee […]

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Undeveloped District Six Is a Monument to an Uncaring State – At All Levels

Location: News

Sixty years after District Six was declared a “whites only” area, followed by the catastrophic forced removal of 60,000 people, mostly to the Cape Flats, the process of restitution and redress is making painfully slow progress.

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Eskom’s Improved Plant Performance Drives a Significant Year-On-Year Decline in Diesel Use

Location: Business

Friday, 12 June 2026: Eskom continues to strengthen the resilience of South Africa’s power system, sustaining measurable improvements in generation performance and network stability as winter demand intensifies. Year-on-year gains in generation availability, reduced unplanned outages, and lower reliance on diesel, alongside targeted interventions through the Load Reduction Elimination Programme, are enabling more households to...

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Fitch Upgrades Eskom Credit Rating to B+

Location: Business

Friday, 12 June 2026: Eskom notes Fitch Ratings’ decision to upgrade its credit ratings, in line with the recent improvement in South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. Fitch Ratings has upgraded Eskom’s credit ratings as follows: The rating action follows the recent upgrade of the Republic of South Africa’s sovereign credit rating and reflects Eskom’s strong...

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Tshwane Metro’s Negligence Facilitates Cable Theft in Groenkloof

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) once again urges the Tshwane Metro to clear away dense vegetation in parts of Groenkloof, particularly along the boundary fences of the Unisa and UP campuses. Approximately 1 500 residents, several businesses and the Groenkloof Life Hospital have been stranded without electricity since 02:00 yesterday morning after power cables […]

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Emfuleni Plans to Penalise Solar Power Users

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will do everything in its power to oppose the application fee and monthly levy on solar panels proposed by the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging). During the latest council meeting, the Council approved, in principle, a proposal allowing an application fee of approximately R2 […]

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Ekurhuleni’s Budget Rejected Due to Unrealistic Projections and Exorbitant Tariffs

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the Ekurhuleni Metro’s revised budget for the 2026/27 financial year as the party’s main objections to the budget have still not been resolved. The assumptions on which the budget is based are simply unrealistic given the current economic climate, high unemployment rate and mounting financial pressure […]

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Msukaligwa’s Budget Is Financially Unsustainable

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the proposed budget of the Msukaligwa Local Municipality (MLM), which includes Ermelo, Breyten, Chrissiesmeer, Lothair and Davel, because it is financially unrealistic and unsustainable. The operating budget has a shortfall of more than R542 million, with expenditure totalling R1,91 billion in contrast to projected revenue of […]

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