Lesotho at Risk of Economic Collapse After Aid Cuts and Trump’s Tariffs
African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year
health
Huge Delays in Payouts to Miners With Silicosis and TB
Delays by the multi-billion rand Tshiamiso Trust have meant 84% of lodged claims have not received compensation
Cape Town Protesters Bang Pots
Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza
Pensioners on the Move for Mandela Day
“We are ageing, yes. But we’re not done living.”
St George’s Cathedral Hosts Sold-Out Fundraiser for Gaza
Songs for Freedom concert raised more than R260,000
Carte Blanche “Gagging” Order Overturned
Dr Ntando Duze initially obtained an interdict to stop the airing of a programme about allegations of malpractice
Who bears responsibility When Children Die Due to Funding Cuts?
Both the US and Mozambican governments have failed
People Have to Relieve Themselves in Open Fields in This Eastern Cape Town
Centane does not have enough working public toilets
Red Flags Raised Over New Shelter for Durban’s Homeless
The eThekwini municipality’s Sakhithemba Homeless Shelter in Illovo is about 25 kilometres from Durban’s city centre
Operation Dudula Faces off Against Human Rights Organisations in “Misguided” Protest
Anti-immigration group wants to close down “unpatriotic” organisations
Freedom Front Plus Tentatively Supports Premier’s Budget, Votes Against Legislature’s Budget
On Thursday, the Northern Cape Legislature debated the budget votes for the Premier and the Legislature. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Legislature’s budget and supported the Premier’s budget, albeit with serious reservations. The entire provincial government revolves around these two budget votes. The Legislature’s primary function is oversight of departments and […]
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Our Leaders Are Allowing the HIV Response to Collapse
Motsoaledi’s claim that 520k people started HIV treatment is implausible
Gauteng Health Department’s Poor Handling of Clinic Doctors’ Employment
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) reproached the Gauteng Department of Health for its clumsy attempt to dismiss clinic doctors and then rehire them as service providers, despite a critical shortage of doctors at clinics and hospitals. During the Gauteng Legislature’s debate on the Department’s 2025/26 budget, the Freedom Front Plus expressed its disapproval of […]
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The Reasons Behind Gauteng Government’s Decline
(Budget debate on Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)) During yesterday’s Budget debate for the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned that the province’s decline is exacerbated by unstable coalitions, a shortage of skills and a lack of funds. These challenges undermine […]
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Operation Dudula Blocks Babies From Getting Vaccines
Vigilante group is controlling clinic queues in Johannesburg
Widespread Support for Small Modular Reactors Creates Hope for a Cleaner Mpumalanga
The widespread support from across the political spectrum for the Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) proposal, during today’s debate in the Mpumalanga Legislature, to utilise pebble bed modular reactors (PBMR) means there is hope for a cleaner province. While the ANC supported the motion, the party expressed concerns about potential job losses in the coal […]
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Human Waste Flows Through the Streets of Hout Bay
Residents call for the City to urgently fix the problem to prevent “a health emergency”
Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development Runs the Risk of Another Hoërskool Driehoek Tragedy
(Budget Debate of Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development) During the recent Budget Debate for the new financial year, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development that it is running the risk of another tragedy similar to what transpired at Hoërskool Driehoek. The Freedom Front Plus added that the Department […]
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Nigeria’s Maroko Eviction Remembered: A Brutal Legacy Lives On
It’s been 35 years since the Nigerian government carried out its biggest forced eviction ever of the 300,000 residents of Maroko in Lagos.
Devil Worship, Muti and Murder: What’s Behind the Growth of Occult Gangs in South Africa
There are about 40 occult-related gangs operating in one province. Understanding what draws young people to them is key to combating them.
Treasury Hands HIV Response a Lifeline, but It’s Probably Too Little
UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy
Faith Leaders Call on Minister Dion George to Back Plan to Reduce Plastic Production
African environment ministers meet in Kenya next week
State Must Stop Pussyfooting Around Health Care Vigilantes
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General 09 July 2025 The State must send an unequivocal message to the xenophobes blocking access by foreign nationals to health care facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal that people engaging in vigilantism will be arrested and prosecuted. South Africans have every right to demand that the State uses the country’s […]
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Sewage Floods Properties
The Ekurhuleni Metro’s failure to address sewage problems in Boksburg, where sewage is spilling from manholes, is unacceptable. The Metro has simply ignored the reported sewage issues in Paul Smith, Charl Cilliers, Fifth and Sixth Streets in Boksburg North as well as in Nieshout, Fick and Sapel Streets in Bardene and Impala Park, despite repeated […]
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