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We Demand Intervention by Police Commissioner After Attack on Bothaville Woman

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested urgent intervention by the Free State Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, following a horrific attack on a 60-year-old woman in Bothaville. According to media reports, she was brutally attacked with a hammer and axe, and was possibly sexually assaulted. She was taken off the ventilator on Wednesday […]

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COGTA Oversight Finds ANC Is Running Free State Municipalities Into the Ground

Location: News

As long as the ANC is running Free State municipalities, there will be no improvement or change in local government in the province. Free State municipalities have never before been in such a dire financial situation. This became evident during the joint oversight visit conducted by the national and provincial Portfolio Committees on Cooperative Governance […]

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Treasury Plans to Withhold Funds From Free State Municipalities

Location: News

The people of the Free State should no longer be the victims of municipalities’ financial crises. Last week, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, indicated in a letter (attached) to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, that his department is considering withholding the equitable share funds of eleven Free State […]

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Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre Finally Opens

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the long-overdue opening of the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Eastern Free State. In Basotho culture, “kgodumodumo” refers to a mythical beast that devours everything around it. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on Economic Development, which oversees […]

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Crisis Management to Address Water and Sanitation Issues in Free State Towns

Location: News

While the Free State Premier has identified nine municipalities as water and sanitation hotspots, it is clear that local government is busy with crisis management. In response to a question from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Free State Legislature, the Premier, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, indicated that the Local Municipalities of Maluti-a-Phofung (Harrismith and […]

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R45 Billion Needed to Repair Free State Roads

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The Free State Department of Roads acknowledged in its briefing of the Infrastructure Portfolio Committee that R30 billion and R15 billion are needed to repair tarred and gravel roads in the province, respectively. This staggering amount is equivalent to the total budget of the Free State government for the new financial year. In April 2023, […]

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