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Mogale City Mayor’s Desperate Measures Will Not Resolve Water Problem

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Mayor Lucky Godfrey Sele’s reshuffling of the Mayoral Committee in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg and Muldersdrift) will not resolve the ongoing water crisis plaguing the Municipality. Large parts of Mogale have been without water since the weekend after the town’s reservoirs dropped to dangerously low levels, while supply has only been restored […]

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Mogale City’s New Tariffs Will Suffocate Residents

Location: News

The tariff hike that will take effect in Mogale City Municipality (Krugersdorp, Muldersdrift, Magaliesburg, Tarlton) today will make services unaffordable for many residents and needlessly increase pressure on families trying to keep their heads above water financially. These exorbitant tariff hikes are the result of years of poor planning, maladministration and reckless squandering of taxpayers’ […]

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Mogale City’s Poor Feedback

Location: News

The main problem of the ANC-controlled Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) is not only the daily infrastructure failures, but also the Municipality’s laxity or failure to provide feedback to councillors and residents. When water pipes burst, substations go offline and households are left without essential services for hours or days, it is impossible […]

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Mogale City Slaps Residents With Outrageously High Utility Bills

Location: News

Residents of Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) were in for a shock this week when they received excessively high utility bills. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been inundated with calls about the matter and, upon further investigation, found that residents of Kenmare and Silverfields had their bills calculated over 38 days, […]

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Oversight Visit to Mogale City Reveals Disorder and Decay

Location: News

On Monday, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) conducted an oversight visit to parts of Krugersdorp in the Mogale City Local Municipality following numerous community complaints about the town’s decline, and found widespread disorder and decay. There are many people living on the streets, refuse is dumped in front of businesses and at street corners, […]

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Mogale City Sewerage Crisis

Location: News

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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Mogale City to Abolish Block Tariffs

Location: News

The decision by the ANC/EFF government in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) to revert to a more affordable electricity tariff structure is a major victory for the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). Over the past months, Freedom Front Plus councillors strongly objected on several occasions during council meetings to the block tariff […]

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Mogale City’s Adjustment Budget Dismissed as Reckless and Unrealistic

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) cannot support the 2025/26 adjustment budget of the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift). It does not reflect the principles of responsible financial management and serves as clear proof of the ANC’s maladministration. With water losses amounting to R64 million and electricity losses to R108 million in just […]

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City’s Utility Bills Riddled With Errors Yet Again

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) urged the Finance Department of the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift), which is responsible for issuing utility bills, to ensure that the information reflected on the bills is correct and complete. The bills for March do not reflect VAT nor the billing period. Consequently, these bills are […]

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Mogale City Takes Seven Years to Open Kagiso Library

Location: News

After seven long years, the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) will finally open the library in Kagiso Extension 6 on 16 March. The library had already been completed by 2019, but could not open its doors due to administrative and infrastructure problems. During an oversight visit by the Sport and Culture Committee, the […]

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Repeated Sewage Spills: Pinehaven Infrastructure Fails Again

Location: News

The Pinehaven sewage pump station in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) is rapidly turning into a full-scale health and environmental disaster. Within just one week, sewage spills occurred twice after two of the three pumps failed. The Municipality is currently pumping out the sewage and transporting it to the Percy Steward pump […]

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Mogale City Has to Return R1,7 Million Earmarked for Libraries to Provincial Treasury

Location: News

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury has instructed the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) to return an amount of R1,7 million that was originally earmarked for upgrading libraries. The Municipality failed to utilise the funds during the 2024/25 financial year. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), which serves on the Oversight Committee on Sport, Arts, […]

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Water Tanker Disappears Without a Trace in Mogale City

Location: News

A municipal water tanker with a replacement value of between R1,6 million and R2 million has disappeared without a trace from the fleet of the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift). To date, there is no information available on where, when or how the vehicle was stolen. In the 2024/25 service delivery performance report, […]

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No Excuse for Mogale City’s R117 Million Water Losses

Location: News

There is no excuse for the staggering R117 million in water losses recorded by Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) in the 2024/2025 financial year. This is so-called “non-revenue water”, which refers to water purchased by the Municipality that cannot be recovered or billed to residents. The Municipality attributes the loss to water theft, […]

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Accidents in Krugersdorp Due to Inadequate Traffic Signs

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned the Mayoral Committee Member for Public Safety in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift), Francis Makgatho, that more accidents in Krugersdorp are inevitable if proper road markings and traffic signs are not put up immediately. This week alone, two car accidents occurred in the Monument neighbourhood […]

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Petition for Rehabilitation of Rivers Affected by Continuous Sewer Spillage by Mogale City Local Municipality

Location: News

TO: The Executive Mayor, Mogale City Local Municipality Civic Centre, Krugersdorp AND The Honourable MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Gauteng Provincial Government AND The Honourable Minister of Water and Sanitation, Republic of South Africa FROM: Concerned residents, business owners, environmental organisations and property owners of Mogale City and surrounding areas SUBJECT: Petition for […]

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We Will Keep Fighting to Resolve R28 Sewage Spill

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will not rest until the sewage spill along the R28, at the Sasol filling station, is resolved. Raw sewage has been spilling into the area for the past thirteen days, polluting the environment and posing a serious health hazard, especially to pedestrians who use this route between Krugersdorp and […]

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Tender for Operating Krugersdorp Game Reserve Issued

Location: News

Constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) on the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) has been key in setting things in motion to reopen the Krugersdorp Game Reserve. After years of making promises during State of the City addresses, Integrated Development Plan meetings and numerous council sessions, the Municipality has finally […]

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Mogale City Suspends SMSs to Consumers After Billing Errors

Location: News

In response to pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) has stopped sending out its monthly SMS notifications to residents after they received incorrect utility bills. The SMS notifications do not reflect payments made at the end of September and incorrectly indicate them as overdue. Concerned […]

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Herberg Hotel Fire Symbolises Utter Decay of Krugersdorp CBD

Location: News

The fire that caused significant damage to the Herberg Hotel in Krugersdorp’s central business district (CBD) on Monday evening (13 October) is far more than an isolated incident. It serves as clear proof that the heart of Krugersdorp is decaying at a rapid rate. Although the police are still investigating the cause of the fire […]

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Illegal Dumping Turns Mogale City Into Rubbish Heap

Location: News

The illegal dumping of garden waste in the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift) is increasing at an alarming rate. Open fields, ditches and even sidewalks are used as informal dumping sites, posing a serious threat to public health and causing environmental degradation. Mogale City’s bylaw restricts municipal waste removal to household refuse, while […]

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Resident Catches Mogale City Worker Illegally Dumping Sewage

Location: News

This morning, a Krugersdorp resident caught a Mogale City worker red-handed illegally dumping sewage from a tanker into a storm water drain along Windsor Street in Luipaardsvlei. The resident, a local businessman, notified the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) via WhatsApp, whereafter the party visited the scene. Local businesses later informed the Freedom Front Plus […]

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Percy Stewart Wastewater Treatment Works: An Ongoing Health and Environmental Hazard

Location: News

Although the Percy Stewart Wastewater Treatment Works in Krugersdorp has partially resumed operations after years of decay, it still does not comply with legal environmental standards. During an oversight visit to the facility on Friday, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) discovered that untreated sewage is still spilling into rivers and streams, rendering the water […]

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