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Bronkhorstspruit Water Crisis: Mayor’s Admission of Negligence Not Enough

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The Executive Mayor of the Tshwane Metro, Nasiphi Moya, openly accepted responsibility for negligence after the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works supplied untreated water to residents for nearly three weeks. Between 24 September and 14 October, the water supply was not treated with chlorine. Consequently, 408 people – most of them children under the age of […]

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Action Needed Against Rising Livestock Theft in Free State

Location: News

The police’s latest warning and safety tips regarding the sharp rise in livestock theft in the Free State are not enough. Farmers are already doing everything they can and spending millions of rand on private security and camera systems to protect their livestock. It is government’s responsibility to prevent crime and apprehended thieves – something […]

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Persistent Pressure Contributes to Action Against Illegal Gold Miners in Mpumalanga

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the recent successful action taken by law-enforcement agencies against illegal gold miners (Zama Zamas) in the vicinity of Sabie, Graskop and Pilgrim’s Rest. The party believes that its persistent pressure contributed to moving this issue to the top of the provincial agenda. The Freedom Front Plus directed official […]

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Senior DA Strategist Should Be Dismissed

Location: News

While relations between South Africa and the United States (US) are balanced on a knife-edge, the DA’s chief strategist, Ryan Coetzee, fanned the flames of the ANC’s anti-American sentiments by sharply criticising the US and Western values in general. In response to an important speech by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on 7 […]

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Proposed Regulations on Animal Identification: Minister Needs to Provide Clarity

Location: News

The proposed regulations on the identification of animals are creating uncertainty in the agricultural community. They appear to be imposing impossible requirements on the owners of animals, from bees to rabbits and cattle. The main question that needs answering is: To which animals do the regulations apply? The draft regulations published for comment have been […]

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We Cannot Concur With Highest Court Regarding ANC Lists

Location: News

The Constitutional Court’s ruling that allows for the reinstatement of 181 ANC candidates to contest the local government elections, following the Electoral Court’s initial ruling against it, is strange and problematic. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wants to make it clear that even though the party does not agree with and may criticise a […]

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ANC’s Serious and Unlawful Threats

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejects with contempt the threats by government and Minister Ronald Lamola to muzzle political opponents and civil rights groups by stripping them of their citizenship due to their so-called spreading of “misinformation”. An additional proposal that opposition voices should be prosecuted for “high treason” simply because they expose the […]

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Court Ruling Sets Aside Minister’s BEE Code for Legal Sector

Location: News

The High Court in Pretoria’s ruling setting aside the decision of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, to promulgate the Legal Sector Code of Good Practice sends an important message about the exercise of ministerial power. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the principle that emerges from the judgment, namely that […]

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Elderly and Residents Demand Action Against Unregulated Student Housing in Heidelberg

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) on Wednesday submitted a petition with hundreds of signatures to the Office of the Speaker of the Lesedi Local Municipality, requesting that existing by-laws be reviewed and stringently enforced in Heidelberg’s student housing area. In October last year, the Municipality approved Extension 5 for student housing without a public […]

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Sol Plaatje: Follow-up Council Meeting Cancelled as Well

Location: News

The Sol Plaatje Municipal Council failed to meet for the second time in a month. This time, the meeting was cancelled before it even started, because too many councillors had indicated they would not attend. According to a letter from the Speaker, Ms Dipuo Peters, she cancelled the meeting that was supposed to take place […]

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Warning of Possible Financial Pressure on Cape Town Property Owners

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is concerned that many Cape Town residents and property owners may not have learnt of the City of Cape Town’s proposed Short-term Letting By-law in time. The public had until 5 October 2026 to make submissions. The proposed By-law could have financial consequences for property owners who rent out […]

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Thanks Competition Commission

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the steps taken by the Competition Commission regarding Premier Foods’ intended closure of its fruit processing plant in Tulbagh. The Commission has officially filed an application with the Competition Tribunal to reconsider the approval of Premier’s takeover of Rhodes Food Group, after concern arose that the enterprise may […]

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Terrible Conditions at Special Schools in Mpumalanga

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about the terrible conditions that learners with special needs must endure in Mpumalanga. The Portfolio Committee on Education’s Focus Intervention Study (FIS) on special schools, which was tabled to the Legislature in October 2026, paints a disturbing picture of systematic decay and neglect. The report is […]

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Yet Another Brutal Farm Murder

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) herewith extends its deepest condolences to the friends and family of Mrs Hannetjie van Zyl (55), who tragically became the latest victim of a brutal farm murder last night (Monday, 5 October). Mrs Van Zyl was struck over the head with so much force at her farm gate on […]

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No Running Water, Yet Borehole Levies for Mbombela

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is opposed to the ANC-led Mbombela Local Municipality’s decision to keep charging monthly levies on private boreholes, while large parts of the Municipality still do not have reliable running water. Residents are increasingly making use of boreholes due to the Municipality’s failure to ensure reliable water supply, but now […]

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