“Smell Me! I Haven’t Had Water for 24 Days” Protester Tells Joburg Mayor
Frustrated residents carried empty containers in the streets to protest ongoing water crisis
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Mbombela Needs to Provide Clarity on Land Audit
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) demands clarity on the Mbombela Local Municipality’s land audit that has been dragging on for years. The ANC government should be held accountable for the lack of transparency regarding state-owned land in the Municipality. The Council resolved, as far back as 30 November 2017, that the finalised land audit […]
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A Deeply Concerning Picture of Administrative Decline and a Complete Failure to Serve
Mpumalanga’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs’ latest quarterly report for 2025/26 paints a deeply concerning picture of administrative decline and a complete failure to serve the people of the province. With irregular expenditure already amounting to approximately R42 million, it is clear that legal prescripts and procurement processes are routinely violated. […]
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It May Be Wishful Thinking, But…
Expecting a State of the Nation Address (SONA) prioritising the people of South Africa’s interests above those of the ANC is surely wishful thinking, but it remains crucial and the only way to get the country back on the right track. So, tomorrow evening with the SONA, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) would particularly […]
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Small-Scale Fishers Furious About Linefish Quota Cuts
Government has reduced the traditional fishers’ fleet from 547 to just 77 vessels
Activists in Ghana Are Forcing Extractive Firms to Account for the Harm They Cause – Corporate Abuse Study
Civil-society organisations are changing Ghana’s accountability landscape.
How Rural Communities Can Help Fix Their Water Supply
Communities do not have to be passive victims of municipal failures
Minister of Agriculture Unexpectedly Removes Expert From Ministerial Task Team
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with shock that the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, has terminated the membership of the prominent veterinarian, Dr Danie Odendaal, on the ministerial task team for state-controlled diseases. In a letter to Odendaal, Steenhuisen states that he regrets to note that Odendaal has not yet signed the […]
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What Cape Town Can Do to Save Water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
Foot-And-Mouth Disease: Practical and Urgent Proposals for the Western Cape
The current foot-and-mouth disease crisis, which has now spread to the Western Cape, requires a sober, coordinated and practical response that balances animal health, farming sustainability and national food security. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Western Cape notes with approval the R100 million allocated by the provincial government for procuring vaccines. While […]
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The Cost of Racial Targets Becomes Clear When a Mere 13 000 Vaccines for 15 Million Cattle Gets Government Jumping for Joy
(Dr Wynand Boshoff, Freedom Front Plus MP and chief spokesperson on agriculture, provides an overview of factors that contributed to the development of the current foot-and-mouth disease crisis) If anything underscores the inadequacy of government’s response to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, it is last week’s proud announcement that the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was able […]
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Corruption-Riddled Lottery Projects Incomplete Despite Promised R65-Million
After three years of no progress, their fate is still to be decided according to the NLC
Emfuleni’s Failure to Meet Debt Relief Obligations Exposed
The latest assessment report by the Gauteng Provincial Treasury confirms that the Emfuleni Local Municipality is still failing to fulfil its basic financial and governance obligations. This is despite extraordinary government intervention and debt relief measures since June 2023. Compliance deteriorated further in the reported period (October to November 2025), from 78% to 76%, seriously […]
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Melville Enters Third Week Without Water
Volunteers work shifts to provide 50 litres of water per person per day
Graaff-Reinet Will Always Be Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet will always be Graaff-Reinet – and not Robert Sobukwe Town – to the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). The party, therefore, calls on the people of Graaff-Reinet, the broader Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa to ignore the name change. This geographical name change along with 20 others – such as East […]
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Government’s Failure Leaves Sa’s Automotive Industry in Crisis and Erodes Investor Confidence
The future of Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) – and with it more than 4 000 jobs and tens of thousands of positions throughout the automotive value chain – hangs in the balance due to government’s ongoing failure to take decisive action by making essential policy adjustments for the automotive industry. Volkswagen has unequivocally stated that […]
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Cape Town Leads Metro Housing Race
Here’s how the major cities are doing on housing delivery
SASSA Suspends 70,000 Grant Payments in Crackdown
Close to 400,000 beneficiaries notified their social grants are under review as oversight tightens
Dipaleseng’s Financial Crisis Continues – Residents Pay the Price
Although the Dipaleseng Local Municipality received an unqualified audit report for the 2024/25 financial year, it is by no means cause for complacency. The report does show slight improvements compared to previous years, but the main findings of the Auditor-General (AG) and the Audit and Performance Audit Committee reveal that the Municipality remains trapped in […]
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Germiston Power Outage Points to Bigger Crisis
The latest power outage in Germiston, following a fire at the Wadeville 2nd Input Substation on 31 January 2026 that has left thousands of residents and businesses without electricity for days, is not an isolated incident. This is just one in a series of fires and technical failures at substations across the Ekurhuleni Metro in […]
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Gauteng Education Department Lets Learners Down
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) regards the failure of the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) to pay the Gauteng Small Bus Operators’ Council (GASBOC) – the organisation responsible for transporting thousands of learners to school – as scandalous and irresponsible. Thousands of learners, particularly from disadvantaged communities, are directly affected by this non-payment. According […]
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Basic Income Grant Policy Will Take at Least Another Year
Revised policy will be sent to Cabinet in March 2027
Learners Taught in Mud Brick Classrooms Built by Parents in 1958
Overcrowded school in Limpopo has waited years for new classrooms
Lights. Camera. But Very Little Action. Why?
Film sector in free fall as government scores own goal