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Tshwane’s Contempt Undermines Service Delivery and Ratepayers

Location: News

Officials from various departments of the Tshwane Metro’s contempt for residents’ petitions regarding service delivery problems is a slap in the face of residents who faithfully meet their financial obligations, but have to endure deteriorating infrastructure and poor service delivery on a daily basis. Residents have no choice but to submit petition after petition for […]

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Potholes in Main Reef and Hospital Road Finally Repaired

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro has finally, after pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and numerous complaints from residents, begun repairing the pothole-riddled access routes in Brakpan, Benoni and Springs. Repairs to Main Reef and Hospital Road in Benoni started on Wednesday. For months, the Freedom Front Plus and local residents demanded that something must […]

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Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Not Equal to the Task of Resolving the Water Crisis | Freedom Front Plus

Location: News

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) clearly does not possess the expertise and managerial capacity to resolve the ongoing water crisis on its own. The Metro itself contributes significantly to the problem through failing to do routine maintenance and repair thousands of leaks, resulting in more than half the treated potable water being lost. According […]

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Stoffberg Subway Will Finally Be Repaired

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro will finally start repairs on the dangerous Stoffberg subway in Brakpan following constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). The subway, which sees a lot of pedestrian traffic, including school children, as well as vehicular traffic, has been in a terrible condition for months with potholes, washaway damage and decaying […]

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NMBM’s Proposed 11,2% Electricity Increase Places an Unsustainable Burden on Residents

Location: News

The 11,2% electricity tariff increase proposed by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), which has been submitted to NERSA for approval, will place an unfair and unsustainable burden on residents and businesses who are already under severe financial pressure. Households are already contending with rising living costs and such a tariff hike will exacerbate the […]

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Maruleng Draft Budget Fails to Strike a Balance Between Administrative Costs and Service Delivery

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) simply cannot support the draft budget for 2026/27, with its accompanying tariff increases, of the Maruleng Local Municipality (Hoedspruit, Kampersrus, Ofcolaco). Residents will find themselves under greater financial pressure with an average increase of 3,7%, while administrative costs and certain capital expenditure will shoot up simultaneously. Key objections include: […]

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Tshwane Metro’s Demand Regarding Historic Harlequin Sports Club Is Unrealistic and Absurd

Location: News

The Tshwane Metro’s demand that the historic Harlequin Sports Club in Groenkloof, which has operated as a community sports club for 122 years, must be restored to its “original” state as a farm within a few weeks, is unrealistic and absurd. The Club, which was founded in 1902, is an important community institution with hundreds […]

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Dipaleseng Draft Budget Fails to Address Residents’ Needs

Location: News

The Dipaleseng Local Municipality’s draft budget for the 2026/27 financial year makes no meaningful provision for infrastructure upgrades and does not address the urgent needs of residents at all. The draft budget provides for operating expenditure of approximately R439,4 million, but only R16,7 million for capital projects. This means there is practically no funding for […]

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GF Jooste Hospital: Rebuild Promised by 2016, but Not a Single Brick Laid

Location: News

When the Western Cape Government promised in 2012 to upgrade the hospital serving one of Cape Town’s most underserved and violent crime-ridden areas, then Health MEC Theuns Botha said: “The GF Jooste Hospital will be rebuilt on its present site between 2013 and 2016.”

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