Drivers Given 60 Days to Comply With Strict Scholar Transport Rules
Hundreds of operators marched in Johannesburg on Friday against the Gauteng transport department’s new regulations
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Msukaligwa Repeats Governance Failures Year After Year – Budget Remains Unfunded
The 2024/25 financial report by the Auditor-General (AG) on the Msukaligwa Local Municipality (Breyten, Chrissiesmeer, Davel, Ermelo, Lothair) paints a disturbing picture of persistent maladministration and incompetence. The Municipality has received a qualified audit report for the third consecutive year – its status has remained unchanged since 2022. To make matters worse, the same serious […]
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We Are Not Convinced That Leasing 145 New Vehicles Will Improve Emfuleni’s Service Delivery
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is not convinced that the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s leasing a fleet of 145 new vehicles will resolve the service delivery crisis. The vehicles will certainly come in handy, but the concern is that this is just an election gimmick by the ANC-led administration, less than a year before the […]
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Court Order Stops Shacks From Being Built on District Six Land
State-owned land is reserved for land claims that will take several years to process
Ramaphosa and a Stable Electricity System in South Africa: The Devils Are in the Detail
If conditions for private investment in the transmission infrastructure are not put in place, it’s likely that loadshedding will return in 2029.
Phalaborwa Water Crisis: State Infrastructure Collapses
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is concerned about the condition of critical infrastructure in the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (Phalaborwa, Lulekani, Boelang) following devastating floods in January. The Freedom Front Plus MPL and provincial leader for Limpopo, Mr André Moss, accompanied by local Freedom Front Plus councillor Giel van Niekerk and prospective candidate Ms Jane […]
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Emakhazeni’s Smart Meter Chaos
Residents of the Emakhazeni Local Municipality (Belfast, Machadodorp, Dullstroom, Waterval Boven) are experiencing serious financial and other hardships due to the flawed roll-out of new smart electricity meters. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is aware of numerous complaints about prepaid units running out too fast, and power being disconnected suddenly and without any warning. […]
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Repeated Sewage Spills: Pinehaven Infrastructure Fails Again
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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Alarming New Bill Tries to “Police” Non-profit Organisations
The Bill proposes fines of up to R1-million and prison terms of up to five years
SONA2026: Some Bold and Meaningful Interventions but the Poor Still Need More Direct Help
Thirty years ago, in 1996, our country adopted a Constitution that created the structures and values of our democracy.
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Unregistered Private Schools Leave Learners and Parents in Limbo
School owners in Limpopo say registration process is slow and opaque
60 Years Since District Six Declared Whites-Only Area
Many families are still waiting for restitution
Khayelitsha Clinic to Remain Closed After Extortion Incident
City of Cape Town is conducting a risk assessment
Cape Town’s Wildflowers Are a World Treasure: Six Insights From a New Checklist
The latest checklist of Table Mountain flora shows that Cape Town is still a global hotspot for threatened flowering plants.
“Smell Me! I Haven’t Had Water for 24 Days” Protester Tells Joburg Mayor
Frustrated residents carried empty containers in the streets to protest ongoing water crisis
Court Reverses Funding Cuts for Child Care
Mahikeng judge ruled that nine non-profit organisations providing child protection services must have their funding restored within ten days
It May Be Wishful Thinking, But…
Expecting a State of the Nation Address (SONA) prioritising the people of South Africa’s interests above those of the ANC is surely wishful thinking, but it remains crucial and the only way to get the country back on the right track. So, tomorrow evening with the SONA, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) would particularly […]
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New Exhibit Looks at Apartheid’s Effect on Current-Day Joburg
Nkosi Sikelel’ iAzania at Museum Africa runs until 27 February
Activists in Ghana Are Forcing Extractive Firms to Account for the Harm They Cause – Corporate Abuse Study
Civil-society organisations are changing Ghana’s accountability landscape.
Aberdeen Residents Suffer Damage Due to Municipality’s Failure to Maintain Storm Water Drainage
The recent 55 mm rainfall in Aberdeen initially brought relief, but it quickly turned into frustration and damage for residents due to the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality’s failure to maintain storm water drains and irrigation canals. Despite repeated complaints and formal requests to the Municipal Manager, Mr Bennie Arendse, no meaningful action was taken. […]
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Drakenstein’s “Luxury Frenzy” Threatens to Price Out the Poor
The GOOD Party in Drakenstein is concerned about the ever emerging and development of luxury residential, rental, and commercial estates appearing almost overnight in Drakenstein.
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The Cost of Racial Targets Becomes Clear When a Mere 13 000 Vaccines for 15 Million Cattle Gets Government Jumping for Joy
(Dr Wynand Boshoff, Freedom Front Plus MP and chief spokesperson on agriculture, provides an overview of factors that contributed to the development of the current foot-and-mouth disease crisis) If anything underscores the inadequacy of government’s response to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, it is last week’s proud announcement that the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was able […]
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‘Big 4’ Priorities for 2026 SONA
When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address this week, he cannot afford to bask in the green shoots of the economy that emerged last year.
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Clergy Wives in Ghana Can Be Powerful – But It Takes Constant Bargaining With Men
Ghanaian clergy wives constantly bargain for space.