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New Minister of Agriculture: Freedom Front Plus Keen for Results

Location: News

The news that the former DA leader, Mr John Steenhuisen, would be replaced as Minister of Agriculture did not come as a surprise. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wishes his successor, Mr Willie Aucamp, all the best. Steenhuisen failed to successfully contain foot-and-mouth disease and to top it all his inner circle’s insensitive communication […]

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MyCiTi Vendors and Riders Remain Stranded While City of Cape Town Shifts Goalposts

Location: News

The GOOD Party has exposed a web of shifting excuses and bureaucratic buck-passing by the City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate regarding the collapse of MyCiTi card-loading services in Walmer Estate.

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Gauteng Budget for Community Safety Offers Empty Promises and No Safety

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned during the debate on the Gauteng Department of Community Safety’s budget for the 2026/27 financial year that administrative expansion, paperwork and oversight committees alone will not combat crime in the province or make communities feel safer. Gauteng remains in the grip of violent crime and lawlessness, leaving residents […]

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Nelson Mandela Bay Sinks Deeper Into Administrative and Financial Chaos

Location: News

It is clear from the latest findings of the Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Zolile Williams, and the national Deputy Minister, Dr Dickson Masemola, that the administration and financial management of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) are in free fall. In just two years, irregular expenditure shot up from approximately […]

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Freedom Front Plus Abstains From Voting

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) abstained from voting on the Langeberg Municipality’s 2026/27 budget, because it does not serve residents’ interests, but aims to “milk willing taxpayers” instead. The party is not prepared to ignore the mandate it received from Langeberg voters, namely to ensure responsible financial management. There are a number of reasons […]

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Johannesburg Metro Discharges Millions of Litres of Untreated Sewage Into Rivers

Location: News

Three of the City of Johannesburg’s waste water treatment works, which are not functioning properly, are responsible for approximately 90 million litres of untreated sewage flowing into rivers every day, ultimately ending up in the Hartbeespoort Dam. These alarming facts were revealed on Wednesday during a meeting of the Environmental Affairs Oversight Committee. Because Johannesburg […]

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Free State Bursary Scandal Reveals ANC’s Deeply Entrenched Corruption

Location: News

The findings of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) regarding irregularities in the Free State government’s bursary scheme demonstrate just how deeply entrenched corruption and fraud are in the province. This is just another instalment in a series of scandals that played out under ANC rule in the Free State. Truth be told, the ANC is […]

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Trips Abroad vs Leaking Pipes: Where Do Mbombela’s Priorities Lie?

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously questioning the priorities of the Mbombela Local Municipality after approval was sought for the Executive Mayor, Mr Wiseman Khumalo, the Municipal Manager and senior officials to attend the World Water Week conference in Singapore from 15 to 19 June 2026. All while Mbombela’s own taps are running […]

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Emfuleni Kicked out of OK Building for Good

Location: News

The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) has been kicked out of the OK Building in President Paul Kruger Street, Vanderbijlpark, for good with the owners finally terminating the lease due to the Municipality’s failure to pay rent. The Building housed the Department of Finance, and the owner notified the Municipality in […]

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Bakka Informal Settlement Electrification Petition Gets the Greenlight

Location: News

The GOOD Party in Drakenstein officially handed over the municipality’s response to a petition to residents of the Bakka informal settlement on Friday, as the landowner agreed to sell the land to Drakenstein for the municipality to provide electricity to residents of the settlement.

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Johannesburg Plagued by Maintenance Backlog and Poor Financial Management

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned Johannesburg Metro Mayor, Dada Morero, that the Metro’s growing financial burden and crumbling infrastructure are not facilitating the City’s progress, on the contrary, it is hampering service delivery to residents and ratepayers. The Metro has R72 billion in outstanding debt and a shocking R220 billion infrastructure maintenance backlog. […]

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