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Gauteng’s Municipal Crisis Requires Decisive Action

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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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Mpumalanga: Mismanagement, Not Lack of Funds, Causing Healthcare to Collapse

Location: News

Mpumalanga’s public healthcare system is under severe pressure due to poor management and administrative neglect, despite a healthcare budget of R21.1 billion for the 2026/27 financial year. The province is grappling with a critical staffing shortage that has resulted in dangerously high nurse-to-patient ratios. According to data analysed by healthcare organisations, Mpumalanga’s general ratio stands […]

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We Support Balanced By-Law Against Urban Decay and for the Protection of Property Rights

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports the Tshwane Metro’s new Problem Buildings and Property Management By-Law as an essential tool to rehabilitate the inner city and other decaying areas. The metro’s inner city is deteriorating due to hijacked buildings and criminal elements that destroy property values and threaten residents’ lives. The Freedom Front Plus […]

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Gauteng’s Environment in Crisis: Time for Accountability and Decisive Action

Location: News

During the debate on the Department of Environment’s report in the Gauteng Legislature, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned that the province’s environment is under unprecedented pressure. Although Gauteng is the smallest province in South Africa, it houses more than 25% of the country’s population. This population pressure places enormous demands on water resources, […]

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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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Free State Municipalities Still Have Some of the Worst Audits

Location: News

In a presentation to Parliament yesterday, the Auditor-General (AG) once again singled out the Free State as one of the worst-performing provinces in the country regarding municipal governance and financial control. Not a single Free State municipality managed to achieve a clean audit for the 2024/2025 financial year. The ANC’s culture of laxity, complacency, and […]

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Contempt for America’s Conditions to Normalize Relations Begins to Show Serious Consequences After a Year

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The hourglass is running out for South Africa, which has ignored the five American conditions for normalizing relations between the two countries with contempt for a year. These conditions were handed to the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) exactly a year ago during the party’s historic visit to Washington and the White House, to be […]

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Action Demanded Regarding Water Crisis in Bronkhorstspruit

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) demands urgent action to address a growing water crisis in Bronkhorstspruit, which is being caused by the collapse of the local water treatment works. A report compiled by a local resident and VF Plus activist, Ms Quintille de Vries, highlights not only the problems currently being experienced but also […]

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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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Gauteng Education Department’s Failure to Pay School Subsidies Has to Stop

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) fiercely criticised the Gauteng Education Department’s scandalous failure to pay subsidies to various schools, demanding that the matter be resolved at once. This criticism was voiced during the province’s 2026/27 budget debate after numerous public schools complained that they have not yet received the promised subsidies. Some schools have […]

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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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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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Draft Prevention of Illegal Eviction From and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill Provides Insufficient Protection for Property Rights

Location: News

Property rights will not be sufficiently protected if the Draft Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land (PIE) Amendment Bill is passed. This is clearly evident in the written submission made by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) yesterday. The party endorses the objective of promoting human dignity and legal certainty, but […]

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Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality’s Budget Fails Residents

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) cannot support the proposed 2026/27 budget and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality due to fundamental shortcomings that undermine the legitimacy of the process, jeopardise financial sustainability and are detrimental to residents. The Municipality’s own mid-year reports and audit findings already reveal a pattern […]

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Expropriation Without Compensation Used as a Smokescreen for NMBM’s Administrative Failure

Location: News

The radical decision by the ANC-led coalition government in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) to proceed with Phase two of the Kleinskool Housing Project opens the door to the expropriation of private land without compensation. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is unwaveringly opposed to this step, viewing it as nothing but a desperate […]

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New Minister of Agriculture: Freedom Front Plus Keen for Results

Location: News

The news that the former DA leader, Mr John Steenhuisen, would be replaced as Minister of Agriculture did not come as a surprise. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wishes his successor, Mr Willie Aucamp, all the best. Steenhuisen failed to successfully contain foot-and-mouth disease and to top it all his inner circle’s insensitive communication […]

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Our Youth Does Not Believe in Superficial Celebrations for the Sake of Political Symbolism

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) Youth does not believe in superficial celebrations for the sake of political symbolism. Today’s young people are not apathetic. We are one of the most outspoken and engaged generations to date. We are not afraid to speak our minds on social media. We care about our communities. We care […]

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Gauteng’s Agricultural Potential Underutilised

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) emphasised in the debate on the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s 2026/27 budget that the province’s agricultural potential is underutilised. Although Gauteng is the smallest province in South Africa, it remains the economic heartbeat of the country. That is precisely why every hectare of productive agricultural land […]

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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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Gauteng Budget for Community Safety Offers Empty Promises and No Safety

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned during the debate on the Gauteng Department of Community Safety’s budget for the 2026/27 financial year that administrative expansion, paperwork and oversight committees alone will not combat crime in the province or make communities feel safer. Gauteng remains in the grip of violent crime and lawlessness, leaving residents […]

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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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