Millennials Enjoy Creative Tourism – New Research Uncovers a Business Opportunity for South Africans
Younger South Africans who have the money to travel locally are keen on learning culturally relevant and creative skills while on holiday.
Government
Housing Activist Group Wants to Bid for R87-Million Property
The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold
Revolutionary Rap: Nigerian Star Falz Has Kept Protest Music Alive
Nigerian pop stars are often accused of singing about love and money and ignoring social issues. Falz isn’t one of them.
Thousands of Families Live on Railway Reserves Without Water, Electricity or Rubbish Collection
People have occupied the railway line between Langa and Bonteheuwel train stations since 2019 and at old Philippi depot since 2020
Internet Shutdowns Are Increasing Dramatically in Africa – A New Book Explains Why
Internet shutdown affects millions of Africans more and more often and are most prominent during elections or protests.
City of Cape Town Is a Step Closer to Operating Train Services
Council approves business plan but devolution of rail will depend on funding from the Treasury
Solution to Dunoon’s Railway Occupation Foiled
People living on Transnet land were meant to be relocated in 2013. But the plan stalled when more people moved onto the railway tracks.
Literacy Crisis: Why Makhanda Matters
Two interventions show what can and what can’t be done
Security Wall Along N2 in Cape Town Welcomed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the City of Cape Town’s plan to erect a security wall along the N2 as a means to ensure motorists’ safety. It is, however, regrettable that so much time, and lives, was lost before decisive action was taken. It has been a problem for years, and the Freedom […]
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N2 Violence Continues
The City of Cape Town Mayor’s attempt to shift responsibility for violent crime along the N2 by blaming SANRAL is misleading, contradictory, and unacceptable.
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Kidnapping for Ransom in the Sahel: Analysis of 24 Years of Data Shows a New Trend
The kidnapping industry fuels insurgencies in Africa’s Sahel region.
Cape Culture of Gangsterism- NGO Report Contains Rapid Intervention Roadmap for Government
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime has published the latest edition of its Western Cape Gang Monitor, which should be required reading for a Western Cape Government that is singularly failing to counter the culture of gang association and violence.
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This Is How Free State Premier Continues Squandering Funds
The Free State Premier continues to ask for more funds and the ANC just keeps giving them to her. The Free State Legislature today (Thursday) approved the adjustment budget, allocating an additional R7 million to Premier MaQueen Mathae’s office. The Freedom Front Plus voted against it. The Premier’s Department is not a service delivery department […]
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Gauteng Desperately Needs New Local Government Dispensation
(Debate in the Gauteng Legislature on COGTA Department’s annual report) After 31 years, Gauteng’s municipalities should be centres of excellence in service delivery, but in reality, it is quite the opposite. Infrastructure is systematically decaying, energy systems are failing, municipal councils are dysfunctional and communities are immensely frustrated. The current local government dispensation has already […]
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Trauma Doll Donated to Wellington Police to Help Children After Experiencing Violence
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) Youth recently donated a trauma doll to the Wellington police station. This simple tool can make a significant difference in communicating with abused children. When children are physically or sexually abused, they often struggle to put their horrific experiences into words. With the trauma doll, they can portray and […]
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Broken Promises: Sarah Baartman Centre Is a Case Study in Government Failure
Hundreds of millions spent and a decade behind schedule
Misleading Adjustment Budget Rejected
Speaker, after enduring the Minister’s thirty-five–page marathon of a speech, I walked out not inspired, not reassured, but deeply disappointed.
This year’s adjustment budget is nothing short of an insult to the people of this province.
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Kou-Kamma Speaker Removed
This week the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), together with the DA and the Patriotic Alliance, played a decisive role in removing the Speaker of Kou-Kamma Local Municipality, Dudley Maasdorp. Video footage of him allegedly pointing a firearm at residents and threatening them compelled the Council to act. Such conduct directly undermines the core values […]
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Build Schools Faster
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) urged the Gauteng Department of Education to establish a dedicated school infrastructure task team to streamline the construction of new schools and catch up on backlogged maintenance. The task team should consist of representatives from, among others, the Gauteng Department of Education, the Department of Infrastructure Development and the […]
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Cape Town’s Urgent Need to House Homeless People
Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts.
Foot-And-Mouth Disease Out of Control
While the economy is slowing down and South Africans look forward to spending the festive season with family, livestock farmers face a bleak festive season as foot-and-mouth disease causes massive financial losses. The Department of Agriculture is dragging its feet with enforcing legislation while more and more farmers are struggling to keep their heads above […]
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Kimberley’s Big Hole of Municipal Failure
Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records
Coups in Africa: How Democratic Failings Help Shape Military Takeovers – Study
Popular disappointment in elected governments was a prominent trigger for coup makers.
Clinic Staff Extorting Immigrants to Access Life-Saving Medicines
Immigrants say they are being charged for ARVs, chronic medication and baby immunisations at some Gauteng clinics