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Merafong Mayor Toots Own Horn as Rubber Bullets Rain Down

Location: News

While the Mayor of the Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela), Nozuko Best, boasted about improved service delivery in her 2025 State of the City Address, police were forced to use rubber bullets to disperse protesting community members outside the Carletonville Civic Centre. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) suspects tempers would have flared even […]

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We Support the Motion to Devolve Policing Powers to City of Cape Town

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wholeheartedly supports the motion to devolve policing powers to the City of Cape Town. This motion was tabled to the City of Cape Town Council yesterday and received overwhelming support. The motion requests national government to transfer investigative powers, crime intelligence and forensic laboratory functions (particularly for firearms) to […]

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Experts, Not Cadres, the Only Hope for Free State Municipalities

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes the ANC’s decision to dismiss the mayors, speakers and chief whips of struggling Free State municipalities such as Mafube, Moqhaka, Letsemeng, Nketoana, Nala, Masilonyana and the Lejweleputswa District Municipality. This is a step in the right direction, but if truth be told, the ANC itself is to blame […]

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Mbombela Keeps Councillors in the Dark

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about the failure of the Mbombela Local Municipality (Nelspruit, Hazyview, White River, Barberton) to keep councillors informed of critical matters, because it is hampering the implementation of council decisions. As the highest decision-making body, the Municipal Council relies on designated departments to execute its decisions. Poor […]

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More Broken Than Working Streetlights in Centurion

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) found only 14 working streetlights out of a total of 109 along an important 4,5 km thoroughfare from Jean Avenue southwards to Lenchen Avenue and the Lifestyle Centre in Centurion. This thoroughfare serves as a main route for the residents of four neighbourhoods, namely Clubview, Hennopspark, Bronberrik and the […]

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Minister Upholds Freedom Front Plus’s Appeal

Location: News

Due to intervention by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), a businessman’s dispute with the Gauteng Department of Transport over the renewal of a business licence was resolved in his favour. The Minister of Transport, Ms Barbara Creecy, heard the Freedom Front Plus’s appeal and ruled that the licence must indeed be issued to the […]

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Illegal Occupation of Lyttelton Town Hall Resolved After Court Order

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the successful execution of the High Court’s order on 20 August 2025 to stop the illegal occupation of the former Lyttelton Town Hall, located on the corner of Napier Road and Fountain Lane in Centurion. This Hall has been illegally occupied since 2019 and used as a shelter […]

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PR Mpephu Airport Does Not Benefit Limpopo or Its People

Location: News

The PR Mpephu Airport does not benefit the Limpopo province or its people. This became evident during yesterday’s oversight visit to the Airport by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and Limpopo’s Departments of Transport, Community Safety and Public Works. Gateway Airport Authority Limited (GAAL) manages the Airport, which is located in Vuwani, just outside […]

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Fresh Produce From Namibia: Level the Uneven Playing Field Harming SA Farmers

Location: News

Farmers on the southern bank of the Orange River in the Vioolsdrif area risk their fresh produce spoiling in storage if the issue of uncompetitive imports from Namibia is not addressed soon. Namibia’s prescribed minimum wage for farm workers is lower than South Africa’s. In addition, the state is leasing land to large agricultural enterprises […]

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Tshwane’s Service Delivery to Informal Settlements Is Unsustainable

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has serious concerns about the Tshwane Metro’s ability to sustainably provide services to informal settlements within the Metro. In her State of the City Address on 10 April, Mayor Nasiphi Moya announced that informal settlements will soon be supplied with electricity. She also introduced a new policy for managing […]

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Life Esidimeni: We Seek Justice for All Victims

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has noted the legal opinion obtained by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) recommending that the former Gauteng MEC for Health, Qedani Mahlangu, be criminally prosecuted. The former Director of Mental Health, Makgabo Manamela, will also be prosecuted. In both cases, the prosecution pertains only to the deaths of two […]

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Joy Over Rand Water Agreement Will Be Short-Lived

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has noted that the Mayor of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), Sipho Radebe, is seemingly overjoyed by the resolution of the deadlock between the Municipality and Rand Water over water debt. In terms of the agreement, Emfuleni paid R660 million to Rand Water to […]

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Wage Dispute Disrupts Service Delivery in Naboomspruit

Location: News

The strike by municipal workers of the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality is causing significant service delivery disruptions in Naboomspruit (Mookgophong). The strike stems from a wage dispute dating back to the merger of the Modimolle and Mookgophong Local Municipalities in 2016. The former workers of the Mookgophong Municipality are striking and demanding that the salary disparities […]

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Green Scorpions in Kimberley Lack Sting

Location: News

The Green Scorpions lack sting – especially in Kimberley. An oversight visit by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) yesterday to the Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs and Land Reform, prompted by issues such as the smuggling of rare plants, revealed numerous problems. The most significant issue is a critical shortage of manpower. […]

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We Warned Against Cuban Doctors

Location: News

For years, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has warned against the South African government’s deployment of Cuban doctors in the country, particularly at the expense of local doctors and medical personnel. Over the past weekend, the United States (US) announced that it intends to revoke the visas of government officials from Brazil, African countries […]

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NMBM Authorities Commended for Successfully Cracking down on Kidnapping Syndicate

Location: News

The relevant authorities in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) are commended for their swift and targeted action, which led to the safe release of 73-year-old kidnapping victim Theresa Minnie. Several suspects were also taken into custody during the subsequent operation. The success of this operation clearly proves that collaboration between various role-players is essential […]

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Mbombela’s Environmental Transgressions Rewarded With Green Municipality Award

Location: News

In a move that starkly contradicts the Mbombela Local Municipality’s ongoing environmental transgressions, the Municipality was awarded the Green Municipality award. This award, presented under the Temvelo programme by Mpumalanga’s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs, which recognises “excellence and dedication to the environment”, is entirely at odds with what is actually […]

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Who Is to to Blame for Free State Municipalities’ Persistent Debt Crisis?

Location: News

The blame for Free State municipalities’ staggering debt levels can only be laid at the door of the ANC for its decades of financial mismanagement, poor policy and misguided priorities. Meanwhile, residents have to shell out even more for municipal services that are simply not delivered. Based on the Free State Treasury’s briefing of the […]

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NERSA in the Dark About Ekurhuleni’s Suspension of Fixed Electricity Tariff Charge

Location: News

There is much uncertainty surrounding the suspension of the Ekurhuleni Metro’s fixed electricity tariff charge. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) can confirm that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has not received a formal notification from the Ekurhuleni Metro regarding the Council’s decision on 31 July to scrap this basic charge. This […]

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Nearly One Month of Kempton Park Power Outages

Location: News

The power outages experienced by Kempton Park since the beginning of the year add up to nearly one month. By middle August 2025, residents and businesses had experienced 594,5 hours of outages – equal to 24 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes. This figure is based on confirmed media reports, community input and records kept […]

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We Are More Than Ready for 2026 Local Elections

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in Gauteng is more than ready to bring stability to coalitions as a bigger and stronger governing partner following the countrywide local government elections in 2026. Sustainable and meaningful progress in coalition governments does not depend on the size of a single party, but on the strength, reliability and […]

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ANC Is Blind to the Country’s Problems, Which It Caused

Location: News

If boycotting the National Dialogue equates to boycotting the people of South Africa, then the conduct of someone such as the country’s Defence Force Chief during his visit to Iran can only be described as sabotage of South Africa and its people. While the Presidency issued a statement strongly condemning those unwilling to participate in […]

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Collaboration With Private Sector in Issuing IDs and Passports Welcomed

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the announcement that the Department of Home Affairs has expanded its digital banking partnerships as additional financial institutions have indicated that they will assist with issuing identity documents (IDs) and passports. Approximately 840 branches of Capitec, First National Bank, Absa, Discovery and Standard Bank are now involved in […]

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