Freedom Front Plus

18 November 2025

Putting Service Delivery First in George Coalition

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has, after thorough consideration, decided to re-enter a coalition with the DA in the interest of improving service delivery to the residents of George. It is widely acknowledged that the George Municipality is currently facing significant governance and service delivery challenges. The Freedom Front Plus could not remain indifferent […]

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18 November 2025

Ekurhuleni Pays R664 Million Annually for Chemical Toilets

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro’s expenditure on 46 321 chemical toilets for informal settlements amounts to an astronomical R664,7 million per year (VAT excluded). The Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, confirmed this amount in writing to the Finance Committee. This is not merely poor management, but a sanitation scandal with the Metro squandering taxpayers’ money […]

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18 November 2025

North West Municipalities HRC Report Finds Human Rights Are Being Violated – We Are Not Surprised

Location: News

Today’s damning report by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) on the utter collapse of municipal service delivery in the North West province comes as no surprise to the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). The report merely confirms what the party has been pointing out for years in municipalities, the Legislature and Parliament, i.e., that service […]

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18 November 2025

Restoring 1922 Brakpan Memorial

Location: News

More than 150 volunteers from various organisations gathered on Saturday, 15 November, for the first phase of restoring the memorial site commemorating those who lost their lives in 1922 during a mining strike on the Witwatersrand. This is the first time in nearly two decades that it is possible to fully access the site, classified […]

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17 November 2025

Transforming South Africa From Welfare to Prosperity State Starts With LGE2026

Location: News

South Africa desperately needs economic and state recovery, and this turnaround should start with the 2026 local government elections. The country simply cannot achieve economic growth while most municipalities are falling apart. The prerequisite for transforming a welfare state to a state that truly prospers is restoring local government, the most visible from of public […]

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14 November 2025

Tender for Operating Krugersdorp Game Reserve Issued

Location: News

Constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) on the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) has been key in setting things in motion to reopen the Krugersdorp Game Reserve. After years of making promises during State of the City addresses, Integrated Development Plan meetings and numerous council sessions, the Municipality has finally […]

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14 November 2025

First Certificate of Debt for Municipal Manager in North West Just a Pilot Project

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the decision by the Auditor-General (AG) to issue the country’s first Certificate of Debt (CoD) for R4,6 million to the Municipal Manager of the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Allen Losaba. This step confirms the Freedom Front Plus’s constant claims that financial control, consequence management and political accountability […]

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14 November 2025

We Support the Motion of No Confidence in Lesufi

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supported today’s motion of no confidence in Gauteng Premier Panyza Lesufi. The party’s decision was based on Lesufi’s unconstitutional appointment of policing officials, or wardens, after the Freedom Front Plus had urged him to first ensure that the programme complies with all constitutional and other relevant regulations. When the […]

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14 November 2025

We Are Cautiously Optimistic About Emfuleni’s New Water Management Entity

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with cautious optimism the launch of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to help address water problems in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging). The SPV is a new legal entity specifically established to manage the Municipality’s water-related services. Rand Water will hold 75% and […]

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14 November 2025

Decisive Action Needed to Resolve NMBM’s Water Crisis

Location: News

Decisive action and accountability are desperately needed to resolve the water crisis affecting large parts of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM). Some areas, including Despatch and Kariega, have been without water supply for 13 days; it is unacceptable that residents do not have access to this essential service. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) […]

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14 November 2025

Important Kempton Park Intersection Repaired After Pressure

Location: News

The busy intersection at Olienhout Street and Elgin Road in Kempton Park has finally been fully repaired after sustained pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). Both sets of traffic lights, which had been out of order for a considerable time, as well as the potholes at the intersection have now been fixed. This […]

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13 November 2025

Decisive Action Must Be Taken Against Illegal Dumping in Aberdeen

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) demands that the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality take decisive action to address the ongoing illegal dumping of garden waste, household rubbish and even building rubble in open areas in Aberdeen. It has escalated into severe environmental pollution and poses a health risk. Moreover, it not only affects Aberdeen […]

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12 November 2025

Bold Steps Taken With Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement Are Encouraging

Location: News

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has met several key expectations, despite difficult and constrained circumstances. One of the most significant developments is the inflation target being adjusted and lowered to 3% — the first change in 25 years. This revised inflation target supports lower interest rates, which will […]

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12 November 2025

Johannesburg Metro’s G20 Preparations a Slap in the Face of Residents

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) regards the Johannesburg Metro’s selective approach to infrastructure upgrades ahead of the G20 Summit as a slap in the face of loyal and hardworking taxpayers. While world leaders will see a polished, albeit temporary, image of Johannesburg, residents’ reality is entirely different. Throughout the Metro, roads are riddled with […]

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12 November 2025

More and More Signs That AARTO Is Collapsing

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) views the postponement of the nationwide rollout of the AARTO system as a sign that it is beginning to collapse, just like the e-toll system. Much like the e-toll system in Gauteng, AARTO — currently active only in Gauteng (in the Johannesburg and Tshwane Metros) — appears to be […]

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12 November 2025

Lesedi Municipality Indirectly Complicit in Infrastructure Vandalism

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Lesedi Local Municipality (Heidelberg, Viskuil, Devon) demands that the Municipality do more to curb the rise in infrastructure theft. Over the past few weeks, there has been a significant increase in the vandalism of power boxes in several residential areas in Heidelberg. Sometimes, six to ten of […]

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11 November 2025

Another Truck Stuck Under Elgin Bridge in Kempton Park

Location: News

Another truck got stuck under the notorious Elgin Bridge in Kempton Park this morning. Despite it being a recurring phenomenon, the Ekurhuleni Metro has taken no meaningful steps to address this serious and ongoing public safety risk. While the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) awaits official statistics from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), local […]

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10 November 2025

Labour Appeal Court’s Ruling on Eskom Promotions Undermines the Principles of Competence and Hard Work

Location: News

The Labour Appeal Court ruling allowing Eskom to prioritise race over merit in appointing individuals to senior management positions undermines all principles of competence and hard work. (Eskom allowed to exclude white males from senior management appointments: MyBroadband: 8 November 2025) Mr. Mr Alwyn Erasmus, who had been employed by Eskom for over 30 years, […]

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6 November 2025

Guess Who is Wholly to Blame for Dipaleseng’s Financial Decline

Location: News

The blame for the financial decline of the Dipaleseng Local Municipality (Balfour, Grootvlei, Greylingstad) should be placed squarely on the ANC government’s shoulders. Years of mismanagement, incompetence and political indifference plunged the Municipality’s finances into chaos. There has been no improvement, despite the constant warnings and solutions proposed by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) […]

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5 November 2025

Emfuleni Residents Warned Against Illegal Electricity Connections

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warns residents of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) to avoid the practice of illegal electricity connections. A contractor employee was recently arrested as he had allegedly made an illegal electricity connection. The suspect from Zimbabwe, however, appeared in court charged only with illegal immigration […]

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5 November 2025

EMPD’s R193 Million Revenue Shortfall a Cause for Concern

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about the failure of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) to meet its income targets, as clearly evident in the latest unaudited financial and performance results report for the fourth quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. According to the report, the EMPD set a target of […]

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5 November 2025

Double Standards in Saldanha Bay: MMC for Finance Fails to Pay His Own Municipal Account

Location: News

At the last Council meeting on 28 October, the GOOD Party raised a fundamental question: Why are ordinary residents cut off from electricity and water over a few hundred rands in arrears...

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4 November 2025

Water Tanker Company Misuses Tshwane Property

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is the only party that has confronted the Tshwane Metro Council about a water tanker company illegally occupying a metro-owned property in Olievenhoutbosch. Even though the water tanker company invoices the Metro Council for delivering water to Olievenhoutbosch residents, the company does not pay any rent for using the […]

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4 November 2025

Building Plan Crisis in Johannesburg

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) condemns the Johannesburg Metro Council’s ongoing failure to properly manage building plans, land-use systems and the city’s archives. The result is a city administration that inflicts serious harm on ordinary homeowners, property developers and small businesses through delays, additional costs and legal uncertainty. Reports indicate that the city’s planning […]

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