Algeria Is Sending Troops to Niger for the First Time in Decades – What’s at Stake
Can Algeria turn its military intervention in Niger into a tool for stabilisation in a volatile Sahel region?
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Mngxitama’s Shocking Statements Regarding Farm Attacks
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will see to it that shocking statements such as those made by the MK Party MP, Andile Mngxitama, regarding farm attacks and the gruesome attack on Mr Donovan Marx, whose ears were hacked off in an attack this week, do not go unpunished. Today in a post on X […]
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South Sudan Wants to Hold Elections in December: 3 Major Obstacles and Some Ways Around Them
South Sudan has postponed elections several times since signing a 2018 peace agreement.
Protest Later or Push for Better Planning Now? 7 Actions South African Voters Can Take Before Local Elections
Potholes and water outages often begin with bad planning. A town planner explains seven ways South Africans can push municipalities to do better.
Steps to Address Zama-Zama Violence in Mpumalanga Urgently Needed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the gang-like actions of zama-zamas who on 29 September 2026 brought the N4 main route and Schoemanskloof Road near Montrose to a standstill for most of the day. Intense shootouts along the Crocodile River disrupted traffic. Such incidents could seriously paralyse the Lowveld’s economy, trade and tourism. […]
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Petition Concerning Gauteng’s Failure to Pay School Subsidies
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports the petition concerning Gauteng school subsidies that Solidarity and the Schools Support Centre (SOS) submitted to Parliament earlier today. The petition formally requests Parliament to investigate the Gauteng Department of Education’s failure to pay subsidies to schools and to make recommendations. According to the petition, the Gauteng Department […]
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Europe Relies on Morocco to Keep Migrants Out – Ceuta Shows the Political Cost
International attention needs to be paid to Europe’s outsourcing of border controls, and to the relationship between Spain and Morocco.
Zambia’s Messy but Decisive Election: Government Shows Strength; Democracy Shows Weakness
How the re-elected government uses its new dominance will influence Zambian politics well beyond this election.
Zambia Votes: Who’s Who and What Issues Are Shaping the Elections?
The country is likely to have a much stronger opposition to contend with after the 2026 polls.
Free State Municipalities Still Have Some of the Worst Audits
In a presentation to Parliament yesterday, the Auditor-General (AG) once again singled out the Free State as one of the worst-performing provinces in the country regarding municipal governance and financial control. Not a single Free State municipality managed to achieve a clean audit for the 2024/2025 financial year. The ANC’s culture of laxity, complacency, and […]
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Amendment Bill Withdrawn at the Eleventh Hour
On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the Democratic Alliance (DA) placed a Western Cape Constitution Amendment Bill on the agenda of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for consideration today.
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WC Land Use Management Amendment: Participation Is Not a Luxury
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Provincial Parliament sitting on the proposed amendments to the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act (LUPA).
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Oversight Visits: I’m Not Asking Permission to Do My Job
There is no rule, no law, no parliamentary provision that requires a Member of this House to route oversight visits through the very office we are tasked with holding accountable. None.
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Dropouts Don’t Happen in a Vacuum – This Province Is Pushing Children Out
We are facing an education crisis, and we are not treating it like one.
Just yesterday I met with a community in Wesbank.
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Johannesburg Needs Urgency, Not Excuses
Speech by Matthew Cook, GOOD National Chairperson & City of Johannesburg Councillor. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the City of Johannesburg Council Meeting
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Masilonyana’s Cash Flow Crisis Warrants Urgent Intervention
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested the Free State MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Mr Saki Mokoena, to urgently intervene in the Masilonyana Local Municipality’s serious cash flow problems. This Municipality, which serves Brandfort, Theunissen and Winburg, among other areas, admitted during a portfolio committee meeting in Parliament that it receives […]
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Housing Activists Oppose Eviction Bill
The Department of Human Settlements says the proposed change will reduce unlawful occupation of land
Senegal’s Ruling Alliance Has Split: Will Political Turmoil Follow?
The idea of a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ is a myth that best serves idealists.
Constitutional Court Strikes Down “Blunt Instrument” National Health Act Laws
The apex court has unanimously ruled that sections of the National Health Act requiring private hospitals and doctors to get government permission to operate, were unconstitutional
Parties Choreographed Resistance to Redress
The DA-led City of Cape Town and Western Cape Provincial Government are challenging the validity of the Public Procurement Act in the Constitutional Court today.
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Constitutional Court Rejects NHI Cornerstone
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes today’s Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Certificate of Need (CoN), as contained in the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act, unconstitutional. This was one of the cornerstones of the NHI. In the matter brought by Solidarity, the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) and the Alliance of South African […]
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Julius Malema: South Africa’s Performative Revolutionary Is Facing His Biggest Battle
Julius Malema’s skills at building a party and running a tight ship have been bolstered by his charisma and speech-making capability.
No Plan to Review SA’s Coal Exports to Israel, Says Parks Tau
The minister says sanctions against Israel would violate World Trade Organisation principles
The Hospital Visit That Begins With a Boat
Patients in remote Lesotho villages have to cross the Senqu River to get to Tebellong Hospital