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Ekurhuleni Cannot Keep Writing off Millions Without Accountability

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The Ekurhuleni Metro’s ongoing failure to ensure proper accountability and consequence management in respect of irregular expenditure is unacceptable. During a council meeting on 31 August, several recommendations were tabled to the Council to write off more than R140 million in historical irregular expenditure. This is but a drop in the ocean compared to the […]

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Ekurhuleni Housing Company Now Has to Table Quarterly Reports

Location: News

The recommendation by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) that the Ekurhuleni Housing Company should from now on report to the Finance and Human Settlements Oversight Committees every quarter has been adopted during the Ekurhuleni Metro’s latest council meeting. The Freedom Front Plus stressed that Council merely taking note of reports without implementing mechanisms to […]

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Mayoral Candidates to Turn Gauteng Municipalities Around

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today announced its mayoral candidates for Gauteng’s three metro councils, six local municipalities and two district municipalities – a formidable team ready to shoulder the responsibility and make local government work again. Gauteng residents have had enough of crumbling infrastructure, water and power outages, sewage spills, potholes, poor financial […]

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Conflicting Information on Mogale City Water Tankers

Location: News

Contradictions in the Mogale City Local Municipality’s draft annual report for 2025/26 is hampering proper planning for water interruptions. In one instance, the report indicates that the Municipality possesses 13 dedicated water tankers, but in another instance, the number is 24. Upon enquiry, the Municipal Manager, Makhosana Msezana, explained that it was a typing error […]

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Ekurhuleni Report Shows Serious Financial and Service Delivery Pressure

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro’s fourth quarter performance report for April to the end of June paints a picture of a metro under mounting pressure where poor financial management and performance are directly affecting service delivery. The following is clearly evident in the report: • The trade payables-to-cash ratio (a measure of liquidity and financial health) was […]

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Mega Municipality Will Create Mega Service Delivery Problems

Location: News

The ANC’s latest proposal to possibly merge Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni into one giant mega metropolis demonstrates that the party is still trying to solve the wrong problem. The people of Gauteng do not need bigger municipalities, but rather smaller, more efficient and more accountable local governments. If a resident already finds it difficult to […]

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Improper R64 Million Mkhondo Write-off of Prevented

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) prevented the Mkhondo Local Municipality (eMkhondo (Piet Retief), eMvelo (Amsterdam)) from approving a proposal to write off 2 833 asset entries valued at R64,282 million without proper oversight. The proposal involved writing off assets with a book value of R6,121 million and an additional depreciation amount of R58,161 million […]

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Tshwane Could Do More to Boost Community Projects

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) commends the communities who have rolled up their sleeves and taken it upon themselves to maintain and gentrify their neighbourhoods under the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative, however, the current administration needs to provide more guidance. This upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals […]

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Transfer of Rebecca Street Crematorium Halted

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) believes that the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Regional Operations and Coordination is already struggling to manage several cemeteries and will not be able to take on a crematorium as well. The Freedom Front Plus on Thursday rejected a proposal to transfer the management of the Rebecca Street Crematorium, located […]

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Brakpan Community Apprehend Cable Thief

Location: News

Rapid response and cooperation between Brakpan residents, the Community Policing Forum (CPF), private security companies and the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) led to the arrest of a suspected cable thief in Prince George Avenue, Brakpan. Two Freedom Front Plus councillors responded to a tip-off from the public and confronted the suspect while he was […]

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Competition Commission Requested to Investigate Closure of Premier Foods’ Tulbagh Plant

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) formally approached the Competition Commission to investigate Premier Foods’ intended closure of its fruit processing plant in Tulbagh. This step does not aim to undermine the mediation process already under way between Premier Foods and stakeholders such as workers and producers. It is, however, an additional step to ensure […]

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No Support for Emfuleni Water SPV Without Complete Transparency

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will not allow the ANC to pressure the party into supporting a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for water and sanitation in the Emfuleni Local Municipality without full disclosure to councillors. The SPV is a separate legal entity established to manage a specific service – in this case, water […]

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Urgent Measures Needed to Protect Bridgton Secondary School’s Learners

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with grave concern posts circulating on social media in which gang members are purportedly threatening the lives of learners of Bridgton Secondary School in Oudtshoorn. The Oudtshoorn Community Policing Forum (CPF) confirmed that the police are aware of the messages and that an investigation is under way. The […]

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Eskom Must Urgently Repair Oudtshoorn’s Power Infrastructure

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls on Eskom and the Oudtshoorn Municipality to thoroughly inspect local electricity infrastructure, and to immediately repair and properly maintain it. The latest power outage following damage to Eskom infrastructure has revealed the vulnerability of the region’s power supply and the serious consequences of poor maintenance. Residents of the […]

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Sundra Smallholdings: Victor Khanye Municipality Forced to Backpedal Regarding Tariffs

Location: News

The owners of smallholdings in the Sundra area (Delmas) achieved a major victory because the Victor Khanye Local Municipality decided at a special council meeting to reverse its recent, unfair reclassification of agricultural tariffs to residential tariffs. In 2025, the Municipality reclassified all agricultural tariffs to residential tariffs, resulting in an excessive tariff increase of […]

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Steps Needed to Protect Merafong’s Infrastructure

Location: News

The sharp increase in vandalism and theft of critical municipal infrastructure in the Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela) is crippling service delivery and putting residents in a dangerous and unsustainable position. Urgent steps to protect infrastructure are needed. On Wednesday night, copper cables were stolen from the Bloukrans substation. On Tuesday evening, the Danie […]

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Independent Investigation Needed Into Alienation and Proposed Development of Biodiversity Site in Stilbaai West

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls for an independent investigation into how the Hessequa Municipality handled the process of alienating a portion of Erf 657 in Stilbaai West for development. The 3,29-hectare portion of Erf 657, situated on the corner of Main Road West/MR332 and the Jongensfontein Road/MR331, was sold on a public auction […]

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Substandard Repairs to Stoffberg Subway in Brakpan

Location: News

The Stoffberg subway in Brakpan, which was reopened to traffic in July this year after repair work, is already showing alarming signs of deterioration. A new pothole and visible cracks have appeared within just a few weeks, undermining the safety and usability of the road. During an oversight visit on 18 August, it was apparent […]

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Groenkloof and UNISA Areas Increasingly Affected by Cable Theft

Location: News

The rise in cable theft in the Groenkloof and UNISA area of the Tshwane Metro can no longer be tolerated. Seeing as this is a common problem in Tshwane, the Metro needs to shoulder the responsibility of protecting critical infrastructure – which it is currently failing to do. Businesses and households frequently affected by power […]

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Eskom Power Outage Leaves Oudtshoorn and Surrounds in the Dark

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is concerned about the ongoing power outage that has been affecting Oudtshoorn, Dysselsdorp and the surrounding rural areas for four consecutive days. The power supply was interrupted on Saturday morning, 15 August, at 03:00 after damage to Eskom’s infrastructure. Even though several notices were issued detailing times of when […]

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Poor Management of Emergency Vehicles Leaves Dipaleseng Residents Stranded During Fires

Location: News

The Dipaleseng Local Municipality (Balfour, Grootvlei and Greylingstad) is failing its residents when it comes to emergency services. The disaster management unit, responsible for handling fires, accidents and other emergencies, was unable to provide any assistance during a fire in Balfour because its vehicles and equipment are poorly maintained. On Sunday 16 August, a short […]

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Third North West Speaker in Just Two Years Leads to Instability in Legislature

Location: News

During today’s special session of the North West Provincial Legislature, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) abstained from voting to elect a new Speaker. The election was necessitated by Dr Desbo Mohono’s resignation from the office and her subsequent appointment as the new MEC for Education last week. During the session, Ms Viola Motsumi of […]

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AbaQulusi’s Proposed 70% Debt Relief Is Financially Reckless and Rewards Non-payment

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is strongly opposed to the proposal by the AbaQulusi Local Municipality (Louwsburg, Vryheid) that qualifying consumers should pay only 30% of their outstanding municipal debt while 70% is written off. According to the Municipality’s own memorandum, total outstanding consumer debt stands at nearly R642 million, of which approximately R564 […]

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NMBM Cannot Simply Write off R23 Billion

Location: News

It is unacceptable that the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is attempting to write off approximately R23 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure (UIFWE) without a proper investigation. The amount was racked up between 2009 and 2021. The Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) recently voted in favour of recommending the write-off, despite serious concerns […]

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