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We Demand Urgent Upgrades to Dangerous Eastern Cape Roads
During a recent visit by the Department of Transport to the Eastern Cape, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) urged the Department to address the terrible condition of several key main and rural roads in the province. Oversight visits and discussions with local farmers and residents revealed that roads such as the MR470 between Kirkwood […]
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Rand Water’s Maintenance Work in Ekurhuleni Welcomed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes Rand Water’s maintenance of critical water infrastructure, which will affect large parts of the Ekurhuleni Metro from 30 June to 2 July. Some of the essential maintenance work was completed during the first phase of the project between 29 May and 3 June. Work is now set to […]
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A Symbol of Tshwane Metro’s Mismanagement
The Tshwane Metro’s Department of Housing’s failure to properly oversee contracted water tankers is possibly costing taxpayers millions in squandered funds. Contractors get water from the Metro and then transport it to informal settlements, earning between R300 and R500 per hour. This brings the total annual cost, including water, to a staggering R300 million. There […]
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US Aid Cuts Leave Rural Lesotho Schools Searching for Alternative Funding
Across Lesotho, many children are still learning in church halls and outside, says education official
Cape Town’s Fleet Tracking Crisis
GOOD Statement by Roscoe Palm,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 The GOOD Party is deeply concerned that, as of 1 July, the City of Cape Town may lose oversight of thousands of vehicles and critical infrastructure systems that residents rely on every single day. Under the current fleet and tracking contract, the […]
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Budget: Cape Town’s Deadly Divide
GOOD Statement by Axolile Notywala,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 *Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during today’s City of Cape Town Council meeting, Budget Vote Speaker, I RISE today, on behalf of the GOOD Party, to dispel the DA’s pro-poor myth, to call out the DA lies and to highlight […]
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Calls for Structural Reforms to Ensure Service Delivery and Accountability in Local Government White Paper
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Greater Pretoria region has made a comprehensive submission to national government as part of the process of reviewing the White Paper on Local Government. The deadline for public submissions on the White Paper is 30 June 2025. In its submission, the party calls for a modernised local […]
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Rand Water Seizes Emfuleni’s Bank Account… Again
Rand Water has, for the fourth time since 2023, seized the bank account of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging). This leaves Emfuleni with scarcely any funds to cover its salary obligations, deliver services or pay contractors and bulk suppliers. During a recent council meeting, Emfuleni approved a resolution allowing water […]
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Questions Around R31 Million Expenditure on York Hostel Renovation
GOOD Statement by Chantelle Kyd,GOOD George Councillor 24 June 2025 While many residents in George live without shelter and face daily service delivery failures, the Municipality has chosen to invest tens of millions in refurbishing a single building for administrative use, without clear public justification or proper consultation. The R31 million renovation of the historic […]
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Starlink Launches Amid Job Losses in Lesotho
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service comes after months of US funding cuts and tariffs put immense pressure on the country’s economy
Alarm Raised Over Plans for State-Run Lottery
Since its inception, a private company has been responsible for operating the lottery and selling tickets. That is set to change in 2034
Thousands Without Power After Town Substation in Vanderbijlpark Goes up in Flames Again
Thousands of residents in areas including Bonanne, Bophelong and Stephanopark in Vanderbijlpark are once again without electricity after a fire broke out at the Town substation on 18 June. It was the fourth fire at this substation since 2018. With the support of local businesses, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) replaced the roof and […]
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Environmental Concerns Over Dwarsriver Rehabilitation Works
GOOD Statement by Grechard Petersen,GOOD Stellenbosch Municipality Councillor 20 June 2025 The GOOD Party has formally raised concerns about recent river maintenance works conducted by the Stellenbosch Municipality in the Dwarsriver, Pniel. The works, which involved an excavator extracting stones and sand from the riverbed to construct a buffer wall, were reportedly aimed at stabilising […]
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Darling Street Families in Limbo After Eviction Case Postponed
The Department of Public Works will meet with the City of Cape Town to discuss alternative accommodation
Kirkwood: From Green to Decayed
Kirkwood, once a thriving and welcoming town, is now plagued by service delivery issues getting residents hot under the collar. In 2023/24, this town, along with Addo and Paterson in the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, was named the greenest municipality in the Eastern Cape and awarded a cash prize of R50 000. Nowadays, Kirkwood […]
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Multi-Billion Limpopo Mega-Project Has Ground to a Halt
Makhado Special Economic Zone, announced in 2018, was intended to attract investments of R40-billion
44 Years in Limbo: Cape Town’s Broken Housing System
GOOD Statement by Suzette Little ,GOOD Deputy Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Caucus Chairperson 18 June 2025 The written responses received from Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, offer a troubling window into a housing system paralysed by inefficiency, poor communication, and bureaucratic bluster. In reply to parliamentary questions posed by GOOD Secretary-General […]
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Train Collision at Philippi Rail Crossing: Commuters Pay the Price
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 18 June 2025 This morning, the 07:35 PRASA train from Nonqubela to Cape Town collided with a car at the Philippi rail crossing. It is not clear from the footage received by GOOD if there were any injuries. Passengers were forced to […]
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Crisis Management to Address Water and Sanitation Issues in Free State Towns
While the Free State Premier has identified nine municipalities as water and sanitation hotspots, it is clear that local government is busy with crisis management. In response to a question from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Free State Legislature, the Premier, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae, indicated that the Local Municipalities of Maluti-a-Phofung (Harrismith and […]
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These Families Have No Toilets, but Sewage From Other People’s Toilets Flows Past Their Homes
Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can’t be provided
Western Cape Housing Queue: Waiting for a Grave, Not a Home
GOOD Statement by Brett Herron,GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Parliament 18 June 2025 The Western Cape’s housing backlog now sits at a staggering 688,824 households and is growing. Yet, the answers received from Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers expose a system so dysfunctional that it might as well not exist. When asked how […]
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Theewaterskloof Is in a Mess After Years of Bad Management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Youth Day: We Are Not a ‘Lost’ Generation but a …
GOOD Statement by Kaden Arguile,GOOD National Youth Chairperson 16 June 2025 From the moment a child is born in South Africa, they face barriers in every direction. If they’re lucky, they’ll survive a chronically underfunded healthcare system. If their home is unstable, the chance of receiving help from an overwhelmed and under-resourced social worker is […]
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