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Ensuring Polokwane Toddlers Safety

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The successful installation of a much-needed speed hump in Kiepersol Street, Flora Park, underscores the commitment of the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) to prioritising the residents of the Polokwane Local Municipality. This initiative, driven by the chairpersons of the Freedom Front Plus branches in Ward 20 (Susan Clarke) and Ward 39 (Ben Jordaan), directly […]

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Water Tanker Contractor Allegedly Fills Private Swimming Pool While Bethal Residents Have No Drinking Water

Location: News

While residents of Bethal in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality (Secunda, Bethal, Trichard, Evander, Kinross, Charl Cilliers, Leandra) have been plagued by a serious water crisis for months, a municipal water tanker contractor allegedly filled a resident’s private swimming pool. All while there are stringent water restrictions in place and residents have to wait hours […]

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Systemic Lack of Control Over Critical Water Infrastructure

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) finds footage showing an Ekurhuleni Metro water tanker extracting water directly from a fire hydrant in Field Road, Witfield (Boksburg) – without any control, oversight of measurement – very concerning. Although fire hydrants may be used as filling points, the prescribed protocols must be strictly adhered to – such […]

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Free State Municipalities Fail Residents

Location: News

The oversight visits by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to the Free State municipalities of Masilonyana and Nketoana have uncovered a disturbing picture of how these municipalities are failing both financially and administratively. The two municipalities’ leadership simply disregard legislation and provincial authority. Masilonyana has […]

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Tshwane SOCA: Glitz and Glamour While Residents Buckle Under Financial Pressure

Location: News

The decision by the Mayor of the Tshwane Metro, Nasiphi Moya, to host this year’s State of the City Address (SOCA) at Unisa with excessive glitz and glamour demonstrates a shocking disregard for the Metro’s serious financial predicament. While the Metro is technically bankrupt, thousands are squandered on a vanity project that does nothing to […]

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Malema’s Sentencing Confirms That No-One Is Above the Law

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the sentence handed down today to Julius Malema, leader of the EFF, for discharging a firearm in public in 2018. It confirms that the rule of law still applies and that no-one is above the law. Section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution of South Africa stipulates that a person […]

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Johannesburg’s Poor Performance Report

Location: News

It is high time for a comprehensive skills audit of the Johannesburg Metro administration following alarming evidence of declining capacity and poor performance. According to the latest quarterly performance report by the City Manager, Floyd Brink, seven out of 22 managers failed to achieve their performance targets. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is of […]

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Those Willing to Turn Away Investments Should Also Explain to the Unemployed Why the Economy Is Not Growing

Location: News

Anyone willing to turn away foreign investment in South Africa because of valid criticism of the country’s race-based laws and legislation, such as the Expropriation Act, should also be prepared to explain to the unemployed masses why the economy is not growing. South Africa’s economic situation is so precarious that political leaders can hardly tell […]

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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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New History Curriculum

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested the Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, in writing to extend the deadline for public participation on proposed changes to the History curriculum by fourteen days. The documents on which comment is invited are voluminous and require thorough examination. The invitation for public comment was published in […]

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Msukaligwa Rewarded for Court-Ordered Compliance

Location: News

The so-called Green Drop Award that the national Department of Water and Sanitation has bestowed on the Msukaligwa Local Municipality is misleading and an insult to residents who endure the consequences of poor water management on a daily basis. Ironically, the same Department that is now honouring the Municipality successfully brought it before the High […]

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ANC’s Remarks Just a Transparent Attempt to Divert Attention Away From the Actual Corruption Crisis in Tshwane

Location: News

The recent remarks by the ANC’s Greater Tshwane Region regarding corruption occurring in the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) under the previous administration, of which the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) was part, are nothing more than a transparent attempt to divert attention away from the actual corruption crisis in the Tshwane Metro. While the […]

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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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Congratulations Geordin Hill-Lewis

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) hereby heartily congratulates Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis on his election today as federal leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). The Freedom Front Plus remains fully committed to co-operating with political parties that seek to make South Africa better. This includes parties willing to work together to actively oppose the trite […]

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Regional Trade Restrictions Jeopardise Agriculture, Job Creation and Regional Stability | Freedom Front Plus

Location: News

The increasing trade restrictions recently imposed by Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique on South African agricultural exports not only jeopardise South Africa’s agricultural sector, but also undermine regional trade and economic stability in Southern Africa. This directly contradicts the fundamental principle of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the objectives of the African Continental Free […]

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Water Wastage in Mangaung Amounts to Billions

Location: News

The Mangaung Metro has lost more than R1,6 billion worth of water over the past five financial years. The Free State MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Saki Mokoena, released these figures in response to a question by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Free State Legislature. The losses are mainly […]

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Tshwane’s Contempt Undermines Service Delivery and Ratepayers

Location: News

Officials from various departments of the Tshwane Metro’s contempt for residents’ petitions regarding service delivery problems is a slap in the face of residents who faithfully meet their financial obligations, but have to endure deteriorating infrastructure and poor service delivery on a daily basis. Residents have no choice but to submit petition after petition for […]

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Potholes in Main Reef and Hospital Road Finally Repaired

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro has finally, after pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and numerous complaints from residents, begun repairing the pothole-riddled access routes in Brakpan, Benoni and Springs. Repairs to Main Reef and Hospital Road in Benoni started on Wednesday. For months, the Freedom Front Plus and local residents demanded that something must […]

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Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Not Equal to the Task of Resolving the Water Crisis | Freedom Front Plus

Location: News

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) clearly does not possess the expertise and managerial capacity to resolve the ongoing water crisis on its own. The Metro itself contributes significantly to the problem through failing to do routine maintenance and repair thousands of leaks, resulting in more than half the treated potable water being lost. According […]

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Culture of Violence Steering South Africa Down a Dangerous Path to Anarchy and Utter Chaos

Location: News

The culture of violence in South Africa is not only derailing the country, but also steering it towards anarchy and utter chaos. The latest example is the murder of Reverend Danie Oosthuizen, a retired Dutch Reformed minister from Primrose East in Germiston, on 6 April – a tragic incident that once again highlights the rising […]

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Stoffberg Subway Will Finally Be Repaired

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro will finally start repairs on the dangerous Stoffberg subway in Brakpan following constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). The subway, which sees a lot of pedestrian traffic, including school children, as well as vehicular traffic, has been in a terrible condition for months with potholes, washaway damage and decaying […]

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MK Determined to Overturn 1994 Agreement

Location: News

The Umkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK) seems determined to undo key provisions of the 1994 constitutional agreement. This can be gleaned from the announcement regarding the repeal of Section 235 on self-determination published in the Government Gazette on 27 March 2026. In a media statement issued on 7 April 2026, the party states that it […]

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