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Ekurhuleni Revokes Basic Charge

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Ekurhuleni Metro Council’s decision to formally revoke the controversial Tariff A.2 basic charge. This levy imposed a fixed monthly electricity charge on households, pensioners and low-consumption users. From the moment the tariff was introduced, the Freedom Front Plus warned that it was unaffordable, that public participation had […]

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Tshwane’s Draft Rural Development Plan Fails Legal Test

Location: News

The City of Tshwane’s draft Rural Development Plan does not comply with the requirements of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and risks being a dangerous unfunded mandate that undermines fiscal discipline. Although the Plan has noble objectives, such as integrating rural communities, protecting agricultural land and upgrading infrastructure, the Metro is clearly ignoring statutory […]

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Police Crime Statistics Cannot Be Taken Seriously

Location: News

Crime can only thrive in a country where the same high-ranking officials tasked with protecting the public from criminals are also involved in some of the country’s biggest crime syndicates. A report released today by the Institute for Security Studies shows that only 22% of South Africans still trust the police. Moreover, crime statistics increasingly […]

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Petition for Rehabilitation of Rivers Affected by Continuous Sewer Spillage by Mogale City Local Municipality

Location: News

TO: The Executive Mayor, Mogale City Local Municipality Civic Centre, Krugersdorp AND The Honourable MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Gauteng Provincial Government AND The Honourable Minister of Water and Sanitation, Republic of South Africa FROM: Concerned residents, business owners, environmental organisations and property owners of Mogale City and surrounding areas SUBJECT: Petition for […]

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Mediating Talks Between Tshwane and Kleinfontein

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) facilitated a constructive meeting between Tshwane’s Deputy Mayor, Eugene Modise, and the board of directors of Kleinfontein Aandeleblok (Pty) Ltd. The discussion, attended by Kleinfontein’s officially elected chairperson, Rian Genis, and deputy chairperson, Dannie de Beer, was characterised by a positive and cooperative spirit. All parties agreed that a […]

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Tshwane Metro’s Water Partnership May Be Doomed to Failure

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes the Tshwane Metro’s recent partnership with the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN), announced on 17 October 2025. This partnership entails rolling out a digital “water balance dashboard” designed to reduce water losses, detect leakages and improve demand management. While the initiative is commendable on paper, the Freedom Front […]

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Herron: “Land & Building Occupations: Two-Track System Protects Historic Inequality”

Location: News

What does the dramatically different way the province responds to land occupations versus occupations of vacant buildings tell us about the Western Cape’s commitment to spatial integration? 

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Kenneth Kaunda Councillor Obtains Doctorate With Mental Health Programme for Preschool Children

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) congratulates Mariska Oosthuizen-van Tonder, a Freedom Front Plus councillor in the Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (JB Marks and Matlosana, Maquassi Hills), on obtaining her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Health Sciences with Nursing from the North-West University. Dr Oosthuizen-van Tonder obtained her degree for developing the holistic Bloom Socio-Emotional […]

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Helping Namakwa Residents Gain Access to Brazil for the Holidays

Location: News

Namakwa residents who have, for more than sixty years, spent their year-end holidays on a stretch of beach near Kleinzee known as “Brazil” are no longer welcome there – and even diamond smuggler Louis Liebenberg has now been dragged into the saga. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) plans to act as mediator between the […]

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Tshwane Metro Council’s Spiteful Litigation Against Private Emergency Services

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) regards the Tshwane Metro’s court application to curtail the role of private fire-fighting services as a catastrophic governance failure and an act of procedural recklessness that needlessly exposes the community to danger. This legal case, currently being pursued against Fidelity SecureFire and the Sinoville Fire-Fighting Association, is based on […]

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Residents Pay the Price for Mbombela’s Failure to Replace Faulty Electricity Meters

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is inundated with complaints from residents who are receiving fines because the Mbombela Local Municipality (Nelspruit, Barberton, White River) has failed to replace faulty prepaid electricity meters that the Municipality itself bypassed. The fines stem from the Municipality’s tariff policy, which treats any form of bypassing as tampering – […]

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Nthatisi and Mangaung Deserve a Red Card

Location: News

Bloemfontein is losing millions because the Mangaung Metro is dragging its feet in finalising an agreement with the Free State Rugby Union (FSRU) for using the Free State Stadium. In addition, the city is being robbed of the opportunity to host test matches. Executive Mayor Gregory Nthatisi was supposed to report on the progress with […]

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Tribute to Babita Deokaran: Mafia State the Greatest Threat to Country’s Sovereignty

Location: News

During a recent Gauteng Legislature session, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supported a motion paying tribute to the murdered whistle-blower Babita Deokaran while emphasising that the criminal mafia state poses the greatest threat to South Africa’s sovereignty. Deokaran’s actions serve as a moral compass laying bare Gauteng and the country’s failings. Her ultimate sacrifice […]

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Lesufi Welcomes Freedom Front Plus’s Proposed Legislative Solution

Location: News

Today in the Gauteng Legislature, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) proposed a constitutional and sustainable solution to the current dilemma with the crime prevention wardens, or AmaPanyaza. This follows the recent finding by the Public Protector (PP) that the programme was not implemented within the exiting regulations and legal constraints, and after Lesufi narrowly […]

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Tweedy Park Gets Solar Lights After Lights Are Stolen

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) recently handed over 60 donated solar lights to residents of the Tweedy Park retirement village in Brakpan after many of the lights previously donated by the party were stolen. This is the second time that the Freedom Front Plus, in collaboration with a generous donor, stepped in after vulnerable […]

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City of Cape Town’s Denial of Plans to Construct 10 000 Units in Fish Hoek Is Blatantly Dishonest and Misleading

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is in possession of irrefutable evidence that the construction of 10 000 low-cost housing units is indeed part of the DA-controlled City of Cape Town’s planning for the Masiphumelele expansion in Fish Hoek. This figure is detailed in the City’s draft Masiphumelele Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF) which previously […]

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Kempton Park Rallies Behind Animal Food Project

Location: News

Residents have enthusiastically supported the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) food drive for the Kempton Park SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). This initiative has once again demonstrated that Kempton Park is a community that stands together when it matters most, such as protecting the town’s most vulnerable animals. The donations make […]

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Ekurhuleni’s R10.4 Billion Creditors Crisis and Allegations of Falsified Invoice Dates

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about escalating financial mismanagement in the Ekurhuleni Metro, particularly regarding the R10,4 billion owed to creditors, the chaotic payment system and shocking allegations that officials have reportedly asked service providers to alter invoice dates to conceal overdue accounts. According to the Department of Finance’s report for […]

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Emfuleni Residents Expose More Corruption

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes any steps to root out corruption and maladministration in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), but finds it regrettable that drastic intervention was only requested after the community demanded it. The latest whistle-blower exposé follows a public confrontation between the Roshnee community and the […]

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Mossel Bay Residents Heavily Burdened by Poor Service Delivery and Sky-High Tariffs

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in Mossel Bay is inundated with complaints about poor service delivery and the unsustainability of sky-high tariffs. The party learnt of a recent case where the Municipality imposed a levy of R22 million on an Afrikaans school to be constructed in the Hartland estate in Hartenbos. This is the […]

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