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Western Cape Housing Queue: Waiting for a Grave, Not a Home

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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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EFF MP Owes Garden Route District Municipality R92K

Location: News

GOOD Statement by Ashwill Oktober,GOOD Garden Route District Municipality councillor 17 June 2025 A former Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (PBI) Garden Route District Municipality councillor, now serving as an EFF Member of Parliament, owes the municipality R92,006 following an overpayment during their time in office. Virgill Gericke was erroneously paid R164,213, a result of a portfolio […]

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BELA Guidelines Remove the Sting – For Now and Only Partially

Location: News

The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, has published the guidelines for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. These guidelines partially remove the sting of the contentious aspects of the Act, but only for the time being. The guidelines restrict the authority of the provincial Head of Department (HOD) to […]

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Ekurhuleni Pensioners Encouraged to Apply for Property Tax Rebates

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) encourages pensioners in the Ekurhuleni Metro to apply for a rebate on their property taxes before the new property valuations take effect on 1 July 2025. The new valuation roll requires all previous rebates to be renewed. The Metro has increased the income threshold for pensioners to qualify for […]

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Polokwane: Maintenance Not Prioritised in Draft Budget

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejected the Polokwane Local Municipality’s draft budget for the 2025/26 financial year as it does not prioritise maintenance. As it is, the residents of Polokwane/Pietersburg will once again have to bear the financial burden while the Municipality fails to deliver basic services. Certain residents’ outstanding debt, some overdue for […]

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R45 Billion Needed to Repair Free State Roads

Location: News

The Free State Department of Roads acknowledged in its briefing of the Infrastructure Portfolio Committee that R30 billion and R15 billion are needed to repair tarred and gravel roads in the province, respectively. This staggering amount is equivalent to the total budget of the Free State government for the new financial year. In April 2023, […]

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Mpumalanga: Department of Social Development’s Policy Robs Children of Their Future

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is gravely concerned about the dire situation in which Mpumalanga child welfare organisations find themselves as a result of the Department of Social Development’s mismanagement, inadequate funding and needless bureaucratic delays. Two non-profit child welfare organisations (NPOs) recently voiced their concerns in a formal letter to the Freedom Front […]

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ANC Destroys Job Opportunities, Infrastructure and Jeopardises Water Supply in North West

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) yesterday emphasised in the North West Legislature during debates on the high unemployment rate and water crisis affecting residents that these issues are a direct consequence of poor ANC governance and trite policies. At present, North West has by far the highest unemployment rate in South Africa – it […]

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Empowering Youth for the 4IR Just an Illusion in South Africa

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(Parliamentary debate: Skills in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Empowering the youth for changing economic participation) It is ironic that South Africa is debating the empowerment of youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution while many learners are still struggling to master the basic skills of reading, writing and comprehension. In addition to academic […]

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