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Lekwa’s Poor Maintenance of Roads and Pavements Poses Risks

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The Lekwa Local Municipality (Standerton and Morgenzon) has a persistent tendency not to fully repair roads and sidewalks after carrying out work. This seriously endangers residents. The Municipality has been digging trenches for water pipes and power cables for over a year, yet the work is left unfinished. Trenches remain open, pavements and roads are […]

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Rand West City’s Winter Electricity Tariff Structure’s Big Shortcomings

Location: News

An investigation by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) revealed that Rand West City Local Municipality (Randfontein and Westonaria) is failing to pass the higher winter electricity tariffs charged by Eskom on to consumers. The Municipality simply cannot afford to absorb these additional costs and will have to adjust its billing system to make provision […]

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Traffic Chaos at Amandasig Secondary School, Pretoria

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today requested the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) to urgently intervene at Amandasig Secondary School in Pretoria North, where serious traffic problems are jeopardising the safety of more than a thousand schoolchildren. The Freedom Front Plus visited the school on Thursday to witness the chaos that erupts once the […]

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Witbank and Doornpoort’s Electricity Network on the Brink of Collapse

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is justifiably concerned about the extremely vulnerable state of the Witbank and Doornpoort electricity network. Even though it is a critical situation and the Municipal Manager of the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Sizwe Mayisela, has repeatedly been contacted for clarity and urgent action, no satisfactory feedback or plan of action […]

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City Power’s Refusal to Communicate With Johannesburg Councillors

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in Johannesburg condemns City Power’s decision, effective from Monday, to no longer communicate with councillors, allowing them to report service delivery issues. Until now, councillors have been actively involved in relaying complaints about power outages and water problems received from residents to City Power. City Power’s explanation that it […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: State of Disaster Request Begins

Location: News

After the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) on Monday called for a state of disaster to be declared in response to the widespread outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr John Steenhuisen, today announced that he will table this request with the next Cabinet meeting. It would unlock additional resources to combat the […]

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Ekurhuleni’s Fixing the Frontline Programme – Results Count

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Ekurhuleni Metro’s new Fixing the Frontline programme, launched today by the newly appointed City Manager, Mr Kagiso Lerutla. The party wants to emphasise, however, that the measure of success is not announcing initiatives, but achieving tangible results on grass-roots level. The initiative aims to restore efficiency and […]

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Johannesburg Sabotages Solar Users

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the Johannesburg Metro’s intention to force residents with prepaid meters who have invested in solar power to switch back to conventional meter readings and billing systems. Should the ANC-led Metro administration proceed with this plan, it may be time to approach the courts. This amounts to consumer […]

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South African Trade Under Pressure Following Naval Exercise

Location: News

South Africa’s economic interests were dealt a severe blow by the ANC’s decision to host a joint naval exercise with Iran, Russia and China in Simon’s Town. This step was not neutral diplomacy, but a deliberate geopolitical signal that further alienated the country from its second-largest trading partner, the United States of America (US). The […]

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By-Laws Needed to Manage Outbreak Are Not in Place

Location: News

Seeing as there have been a number of confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality (Nylstroom, Naboomspruit, Alma, Vaalwater, Roedtan), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) finds it seriously alarming that the by-laws needed to manage the outbreak are not in place. A major cause for concern is that, since the merger […]

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Foot-And-Mouth Disease: Government’s Years of Dereliction of Duty

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) insists that a state of disaster be declared to contain the crisis of foot-and-mouth disease in the beef industry. This drastic step is warranted, because ministerial task teams’ recommendations have not been implemented since 2016. Foot-and-mouth disease is like any other contagious disease: if it is detected early and […]

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Matric Results: Congratulations Are in Order for Last Year’s Matrics Who Are This Year’s Junior Students or Jobseekers

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) congratulates all successful matriculants on their achievements, and encourages those whose exam numbers will not appear in Tuesday’s newspaper not to lose heart and rewrite the subjects which they did not pass. There are three examination authorities that examine the National Senior Certificate in South Africa. They are the […]

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DA’s Underhanded Campaigning Tactics in Ward 57 By-Election

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Greater Pretoria region today lodged a formal complaint with the Municipal Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) against DA representatives following incidents possibly constituting serious violations of the Electoral Code of Conduct. These occurred during campaigning for the upcoming by-election in Ward 57 (Lyttelton, Die Hoewes, Lyttelton Manor and […]

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Residents Punished

Location: News

It is unacceptable that residents have to bear the brunt of the ongoing mismanagement and administrative decline at Lekwa Local Municipality (Morgenzon, Standerton). Although residents personally submit meter readings to the Municipality to prevent being issued incorrect and exorbitant estimated bills, this still occurs. The same goes for payments. The Municipality fails to properly reconcile […]

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Kempton Park Darkness Persists Into the New Year

Location: News

Several neighbourhoods in Kempton Park are still without electricity after a festive season and new year overshadowed by prolonged power outages. This is a clear collapse of basic service delivery in the eyes of the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus). While power supply has been restored to Esther Park, Spartan, Van Riebeeck Park, Birch Acres, […]

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Investigation Into Suspicious Fires in Nelson Mandela Bay Requested

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), Babalwa Lobishe, to launch a thorough investigation into the series of fires plaguing the Metro over the past two months. Although hot and dry summer conditions increase the risk of veld and bush fires, the nature and timing […]

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EMPD Seize Drugs in Kempton Park

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) drug unit’s seizure of drugs worth more than R200 000 in Kempton Park during the past week. Removing such a large quantity of drugs from circulation directly contributes to protecting families and saving lives. According to available information, EMPD officers conducted the […]

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Urgent Intervention Needed to Curb Foot-And-Mouth Disease

Location: News

The sharp increase in cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Gauteng, and surrounding provinces, has reach a critical point and the executive authority has to take immediate and decisive action to curb it. There has been a particularly marked rise in West Gauteng around Tarlton. Government is responsible for controlling foot-and-mouth disease, but it is clear […]

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Steps Against Violence on Roads Around Cape Town Airport and Recent Arrests of Suspects Welcomed

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is pleased that its awareness campaign has contributed to motivating the City of Cape Town, SANRAL and the police to address the severe wave of violent crime, attacks and robberies on the roads around Cape Town International Airport – particularly the N1, N2 and R300. The party particularly welcomes […]

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Gauteng Administration Fails to Enrol Learners

Location: News

The failure of the Gauteng government, led by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, to enrol all learners in schools before the 2026 school year commences is unacceptable. A mere 606 of the more than 5 000 Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners have been enrolled over the past two weeks, leaving 4 858 learners without any idea […]

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ANC Cannot Speak on Behalf of South Africa Regarding Venezuela

Location: News

The ANC cannot speak on behalf of South Africa regarding the events in Venezuela or its foreign policy. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has repeatedly pointed out that the ANC’s ideologically driven anti-Western policy does not reflect the sentiments of all South Africans. The Freedom Front Plus welcomes the actions of the United States […]

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