Why We Should Change How Cape Town Elects Ward Committees
Movement for CARE demands public voting rights ahead of local government elections
health
A Life in Pain: Soghra Walton’s Story
“I have seen more physicians than I can count”
Emfuleni’s Denial That Sewage Is Polluting Water Sources Is Dishonest
The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) is being dishonest by claiming that allegations of raw sewage spilling into the Vaal River system are untrue and that the City Council adheres to environmental laws. Municipal Manager April Ntuli appeared briefly in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court today on seven charges of water pollution […]
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Tshwane’s Electricity Crisis: Just 26 Staff Keep 55 Substations Running
Tshwane Metro residents are currently experiencing the gradual technical collapse of the electricity network, which is jeopardising the entire metropolitan area. While the Metro’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) report for the second quarter of 2025/2026 attempts to present a positive picture – claiming a 92% response rate to public queries – the actual data tell […]
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South Africa’s Giant Pain Problem
Millions of South Africans suffer from chronic pain, and it’s not being properly managed
The Bias in Medical Research: Africa Carries a Huge Disease Burden but Is Missing From Clinical Trials
While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden, its people are largely invisible in randomised controlled trials.
Cape Town Users at Risk of Not Getting Vital Medicine
Streetscapes stepped in to help foot the bill for methadone costs after access issues at some centres
Sewage Crisis Triggers Medical Emergencies
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) submitted a formal complaint and ultimatum to the municipal management of the ANC-controlled Thaba Chweu Local Municipality as well as to Mpumalanga’s Departments of Health and Cooperative Governance (COGTA) regarding the ongoing sewage crisis plaguing the Soli Deo Gloria Care Centre and the surrounding community in Lydenburg for more […]
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The High Cost of Negligence in the Public Health System
Billions of rands are paid out every year in legal claims
Eastern Cape Pensioners Try to Build Their Own Clinic
Ugie villagers hope the government will come to finish their work
Mopane Worm and Termite Sales Relieve Poverty in Rural South Africa – Studies Explore the Impact
Mopane worms are an important source of food security and cash income for some rural households.
Collapsing Asbestos Classrooms Force Cradock School Closure
Parents doubt government promise to rebuild their school
Lesotho’s Prisons in Bad Shape Despite Years of Recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
City of Tshwane Must Comply With 2019 Court Order
The ongoing water crisis affecting the Rooiwal area will be driven to a head now that the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has stepped in. The party has undertaken to provide legal assistance to Mr Theuns Vogel, a local farmer, in order to compel the City of Tshwane to comply with a 2019 court order. […]
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Government Continues to Deny a Just Transition
South Africa has made many global commitments on the world stage and at business conferences regarding its support for a just transition away from fossil fuels and its investment in a greener future.
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Untangling the Red Tape of Crèche Registration
City of Cape Town is trying to make the process easier for Early Childhood Development centres
Young Africans Will Inherit a Climate Crisis: How Kids in Sierra Leone Are Getting Ready
Young people in Bo City, Sierra Leone became youth climate leaders after turning a low-cost Climate Science Hub into a space for science-informed action.
Unsafe Drinking Water in Witsand and Port Beaufort
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about the safety of drinking water in Witsand and Port Beaufort in the Hessequa Local Municipality after independent water samples, taken at several points, confirmed that the water does not comply with the prescribed standards. According to an independent, SANAS-accredited report compiled on 10 April 2026, […]
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Komani Residents Given Ultimatum: Pay Rates or Lose Electricity
But protesters say they are being billed for services they do not receive
Cape Town Swimmers Demand Public Pools Stay Open Seven Days a Week in Summer
Dressed in swimming caps and goggles, community members took their protest to the City’s budget public participation meeting
Company Sold Stolen and Expired Insulin to Malawi’s Hospitals
Yet it has got away with minor sanctions and continues to operate
Cape Town Health Workers Protest, Demand Permanent Jobs
They say they are being exploited and underpaid
Rat Poison Found in Cape Town’s Dead Caracals
UCT researcher says secondary poisoning of the apex predator from eating contaminated prey threatens to unbalance the Cape Peninsula ecosystem
Mogale City Sewerage Crisis
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today requested the Gauteng MEC for Environmental Affairs, Evan Botha, to immediately and decisively intervene in the ongoing sewerage crisis in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift). The situation has become progressively worse over time with serious and frequent untreated sewage spills occurring at the pump station […]
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