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Urgent Steps Demanded to Address Health Crisis in Matjhabeng

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The ongoing sewage problems in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality have escalated into a serious health crisis. The Municipality is directly responsible for the outbreak of diseases as it is allowing untreated sewage to spill into natural resources, streets and even residents’ properties. In the last two weeks, there were cases where young children reportedly fell […]

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Intended Closure of Tulbagh Canning Factory

Location: News

Prompted by concern over the intended closure of Premier Foods’ Fruits Products Western Cape (FPWC) plant in Tulbagh, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) initiated talks aimed at saving the facility. This enterprise previously belonged to the Rhodes Food Group, but was acquired by Premier earlier this year and has since been trading as FPWC. […]

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Tshwane Loses Millions

Location: News

The Tshwane Metro’s latest progress report on grants and subsidies for the period ending 30 June exposes serious failures in the spending of development funds. Even though an effort is made to paint a positive picture with summary tables, large amounts intended for basic services such as safe drinking water, sewerage systems and roads remain […]

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Ekurhuleni’s Official Media Statement Contradicts Its Financial Statements

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) questions the discrepancy between the financial picture painted by the Ekurhuleni Metro in a recent public statement and the figures in the Metro’s unaudited financial and performance results for the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, tabled to the Council on Thursday. According to the Metro’s statement, published […]

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R4,6 Million “Witch-Hunt” Against Ekurhuleni’s Police Chief a Costly Lesson

Location: News

The disciplinary process instituted against the Chief of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police, Isaac Mapiyeye, saw the Metro shelling out more than R4,6 million – only for him to be found not guilty on all charges after nearly 22 months. This is a costly lesson for taxpayers and reinforces the impression that it was merely a […]

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Clarity Sought on Tshwane’s Handling of Infrastructure Damage

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls on the Tshwane Metro to provide clarity on how damage to municipal infrastructure – whether caused by crime, accidents or construction work – is handled. At present, criminal charges are not always lodged with the police in all cases of intentional damage, such as cable theft. Consequently, such […]

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No to Higher Electricity Tariffs for Ekurhuleni

Location: News

During a meeting of the Ekurhuleni Metro Council, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejected a proposal that would result in electricity tariffs increasing beyond what was initially approved in the budget. When the budget was adopted, an increase of approximately 9% for consumers was approved. The recent council resolution, however, means that certain residents […]

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Community Objects to Renaming of Friedman Square

Location: News

The proposed renaming of Ben Friedman Square in Strand to the “Strand Muslim Community Square” has sparked public outcry. During the public participation process, 74 residents attended the meeting and 54 formally lodged objections against the proposal. The motivation behind the name change is to recognise the Muslim community’s role in the history of Strand. […]

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Plettenberg Bay Robbed of Its Arts Festival

Location: News

It is disappointing and unacceptable that the Bitou Municipality dragged its feet in appointing a new tourism service provider. Consequently, the Plett Arts Festival cannot take place this year. The mandate of the Plettenberg Bay Tourism Association lapsed on 30 June 2026. The Municipality undertook to award the new tourism services tender by 1 July, […]

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Emalahleni Residents Stranded Without Water and Power While Tariffs and Debt Keep Climbing

Location: News

The residents of the Emalahleni Local Municipality are affected by water and power outages on a daily basis, while tariffs keep climbing and the Municipality’s financial position keeps declining. The Municipality issues no proactive notifications of service disruptions. Residents are left in the dark – literally and figuratively – unable to plan their daily lives, […]

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Complaint Lodged Against Tshwane Speaker

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) lodged a complaint with the Public Protector (PP) against the Speaker of the Tshwane Metro Council, Mncedi Ndzwanana. The step was taken in an effort to ensure accountability after he was once again accused of undermining democratic processes in the Metro. The complaint follows the urgent court application currently […]

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Kouga’s Wastewater Plants Fail and Endanger Public Health

Location: News

A recent report by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) following an investigation into sewage pollution and the quality of recreational water in the Eastern Cape confirms serious problems that the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and residents of the Kouga Local Municipality have been pointing out for years. The report clearly shows that the Municipality’s […]

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Independent Studies Required Before Jurisch Park’s Fate Is Decided

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has noted with concern the Hessequa Municipality’s plan to sell Jurisch Park near Riversdale. The party calls on the Municipality not to take any final decision on the proposed sale and commercial development of a portion of Jurisch Park until all relevant independent environmental impact studies have been completed […]

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Govan Mbeki Residents Still Without Water

Location: News

It is unacceptable that many communities in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality have been without water for more than ten days following Rand Water’s planned maintenance work, which was specifically intended to improve the long-term reliability of the region’s water supply. This predicament focuses the spotlight on the Municipality’s ageing infrastructure, inadequate emergency planning and […]

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Practical Recovery Plan for Sol Plaatje Proposed

Location: News

Theo Joubert, MPL and chairperson of the Local Government Committee in the Northern Cape Legislature, proposed a comprehensive recovery plan for Sol Plaatje at a recent public meeting in Kimberley. The Sol Plaatje Municipality, which includes the provincial capital Kimberley, has been in a serious governance crisis for months. It follows decades of mismanagement as […]

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Public Bear the Brunt Amid Western Cape Roads Function Transfer Dispute

Location: News

The official statement by the Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure, Tertius Simmers, regarding the Garden Route District Municipality’s roads function does not accurately reflect the facts. In addition, he glosses over the impact it has on Garden Route residents. The provincial Department announced in March 2025 that the roads function fulfilled by the Garden Route […]

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Infighting Paralyses Thabazimbi

Location: News

Thabazimbi Local Municipality residents are the casualties of ANC faction fights, which are resulting in a serious management and administrative crisis and paralysing service delivery at grass-roots level. At present, two ANC councillors are laying claim to the mayoral position and two to the position of Chief Whip, while the Council lacks a Speaker after […]

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SAPS Data Says That Legal Firearms Are Not The Problem

Location: News

Parliamentary replies to questions from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) regarding murders committed with legally licensed firearms versus illegal firearms over the past four years provide an irrefutable argument in the debate on disarming law-abiding citizens. Statistics provided by the acting Minister of Police, Prof. Firoz Cachalia, clearly show that South Africa’s firearm crime […]

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Mogale City Mayor’s Desperate Measures Will Not Resolve Water Problem

Location: News

Mayor Lucky Godfrey Sele’s reshuffling of the Mayoral Committee in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg and Muldersdrift) will not resolve the ongoing water crisis plaguing the Municipality. Large parts of Mogale have been without water since the weekend after the town’s reservoirs dropped to dangerously low levels, while supply has only been restored […]

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Urgent Petition Submitted Regarding Land Bank Crisis

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today submitted a formal petition to the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) and the relevant select committees regarding the controversial debt collection practices of the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank). Kobus van den Berg, Freedom Front Plus MP and member of […]

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18% Pass Rate in the Western Cape

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously concerned about the low pass rate of the computerised learner’s licence test for drivers. An extraordinarily high number of applicants are failing the test because the questions are poorly phrased and difficult to understand, even for people who are familiar with traffic rules. The reply to a […]

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Don’t Sell the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is concerned about the confusion and obscurity surrounding the proposed sale of the Good Hope Centre, a historic and iconic landmark in Cape Town, as well as the conflicting messages appearing in the media. The party is of the view that the City of Cape Town should not sell […]

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Action Follows Complaint About Pollution Stemming From Rooiwal Wastewater Works

Location: News

A complaint lodged by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) about the pollution of, among other things, the Brits Dam by the Rooiwal wastewater treatment works north of Pretoria has had the desired effect and has been investigated by the national Department of Water and Sanitation. Mr Theunis Vogel, a local farmer and aspiring Freedom […]

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Warnings About Trucks Getting Stuck in Bainskloof Pass Ignored

Location: News

Even though the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has repeatedly warned and called on the Western Cape provincial government, the Drakenstein Municipality and the Cape Winelands District Municipality to implement more stringent measures to prevent heavy vehicles from using the Bainskloof Pass, its requests have fallen on deaf ears. The Pass had been closed for […]

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