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Ekurhuleni Imposes Unfair Requirements on Residents

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Ekurhuleni Metro’s decision to abolish the reconnection fee for stolen power cables – a significant victory for which the party fought long and hard. However, the new process and requirements for cable replacement are unnecessarily time-consuming and may further inconvenience residents already affected by power outages. On […]

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Centurion Should Be Declared a Disaster Area

Location: News

Centurion in the Tshwane Metro should be declared a disaster area after yet another sinkhole formed in Lyttelton on Sunday. There are currently 64 sinkholes in Centurion, highlighting the urgent need to rehabilitate the area, and maintain or replace water and sewage infrastructure. The latest sinkhole in Jade Avenue, Lyttelton, formed after tree roots grew […]

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Mogale City’s Failure to Protect and Maintain Infrastructure Leads to Total Collapse

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) chairperson of the Gauteng Legislature’s Committee on Environmental Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Development confronted the Mayor of the Mogale City Local Municipality, (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift), Lucky Sele, about the total collapse of this once-prosperous area in the Cradle of Humankind. Mayor Sele appeared before the Committee on Tuesday to […]

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Underperformance and Neglect of Rural Communities Remain a Problem

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejected Mpumalanga’s agriculture budget due to the department’s ongoing underperformance and growing frustration among the province’s rural communities. Although R1,644 billion has been allocated to the department for the current financial year, farmers and residents continue to face a landscape marred by project delays, the squandering of funds and […]

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Nkabane Removal: Accountability or Merely a Calculated Move?

Location: News

In two notable statements, the Presidency recently announced that Mr Buti Manamela has been promoted from Deputy Minister of Higher Education to Minister, and that Dr Nobuhle Nkabane thanks South Africa for the opportunity she had to serve in this role. It is still unclear where the ANC will deploy her next – or whether […]

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Ekurhuleni Mayor’s Promise to Temporarily Scrap Fixed Electricity Tariff Meant to Pacify Tembisa Residents

Location: News

The announcement by the Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, that he will temporarily scrap the fixed electricity tariff of R126 (R109 plus VAT) is merely an effort to pacify Tembisa residents. On Sunday night, residents blocked several main access routes with burning tyres, and heavily armed police and metro police members are still […]

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Support for SOPOA’s Legal Action Against City of Cape Town

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wholeheartedly supports the legal action taken by SAPOA (The South African Property Owners Association) against the City of Cape Town for excessive tariff hikes. SOPOA filed an urgent application with the Western Cape High Court to review and set aside three tariffs implemented by the City of Cape Town […]

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Minister’s Reply Regarding Maternity Leave Payments Should Be Taken With a Heaping Helping of Salt

Location: News

The reply by Minister Nomakhosazana Meth, Minister of Employment and Labour, to a question by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) that all maternity leave claims in South Africa are fully up to date – except for the current year – cannot be taken seriously. The party regularly receives complaints from women across the country […]

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Pressure Mounts in Gauteng’s Rural Safety Landscape

Location: News

Pressure is mounting in Gauteng’s rural safety landscape due to an ever-increasing number of informal settlements, often lacking adequate planning, essential services and job opportunities. This phenomenon unintentionally transforms rural areas into dumping grounds, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and creating new challenges for rural safety. Gauteng’s agricultural sector is under strain despite the allocation of R671 […]

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Councillor Assists in Apprehending Suspect

Location: News

Yesterday morning (17 July), Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) councillor in Kempton Park, Jean Kriek, helped apprehend a suspect attempting to break into a townhouse complex in Birchleigh North. At around 1:30 in the morning, Kriek heard a commotion at a nearby townhouse complex and decided to investigate. He found a man tampering with the […]

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Lack of Consequences for People and Authorities Guilty of Pollution Fosters a Culture of Impunity

Location: News

The lack of decisive consequences for water polluters in Gauteng fosters a culture of impunity and renders environmental regulations ineffective. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly criticised the Department of Environmental Affairs today for failing to take decisive action against pollution to preserve the province’s water resources. Municipalities and industries relentlessly pollute scarce water […]

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Freedom Front Plus Tentatively Supports Premier’s Budget, Votes Against Legislature’s Budget

Location: News

On Thursday, the Northern Cape Legislature debated the budget votes for the Premier and the Legislature. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Legislature’s budget and supported the Premier’s budget, albeit with serious reservations. The entire provincial government revolves around these two budget votes. The Legislature’s primary function is oversight of departments and […]

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Gauteng Premier Should Separate Roles of Premier and Mec for Community Safety

Location: News

(Budget debate on Gauteng Department of Community Safety) The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to appoint a Member of the Legislature as the MEC for Community Safety. Lesufi currently holds both offices, which is not ideal given Gauteng’s high crime rate. Both roles require significant strategic attention, stakeholder engagement and […]

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President Dismisses Proposals to Make South Africa a Winning Country

Location: News

(Budget Vote Debate: Presidency) Since its inception in 1994, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been part of every Parliament, and has always maintained a constructive and positive approach. We will continue in this same vein, because we must find solutions to secure a better future for all. So, it is counterproductive when President […]

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Gauteng Health Department’s Poor Handling of Clinic Doctors’ Employment

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) reproached the Gauteng Department of Health for its clumsy attempt to dismiss clinic doctors and then rehire them as service providers, despite a critical shortage of doctors at clinics and hospitals. During the Gauteng Legislature’s debate on the Department’s 2025/26 budget, the Freedom Front Plus expressed its disapproval of […]

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The Reasons Behind Gauteng Government’s Decline

Location: News

(Budget debate on Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA)) During yesterday’s Budget debate for the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned that the province’s decline is exacerbated by unstable coalitions, a shortage of skills and a lack of funds. These challenges undermine […]

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Report on Parliamentary Petition to Investigate Farm Murders Manipulated to Point the Finger at Farmers

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not vote in favour of a joint report by the parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Police and Agriculture on the situation surrounding farm attacks today. The report was intended to address a petition calling for Parliament to investigate farm murders and attacks on the farming community. The few positive […]

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Widespread Support for Small Modular Reactors Creates Hope for a Cleaner Mpumalanga

Location: News

The widespread support from across the political spectrum for the Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) proposal, during today’s debate in the Mpumalanga Legislature, to utilise pebble bed modular reactors (PBMR) means there is hope for a cleaner province. While the ANC supported the motion, the party expressed concerns about potential job losses in the coal […]

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Human Settlements’ Shrinking Lifeline

Location: News

The R6,061 billion budget allocated to the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements may sound impressive, but a 20% reduction in housing subsidies leaves the province’s indigent getting the short end of the stick once again. This reduction, coupled with an alarming 88% cut in capital asset payments, signals a drastic decline in the Department’s ability […]

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Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development Runs the Risk of Another Hoërskool Driehoek Tragedy

Location: News

(Budget Debate of Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development) During the recent Budget Debate for the new financial year, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development that it is running the risk of another tragedy similar to what transpired at Hoërskool Driehoek. The Freedom Front Plus added that the Department […]

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Indigent Ekurhuleni Residents Ill-Treated

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro is ill-treating indigent residents by charging them higher rates once they exceed the maximum 50 units of free electricity. For years, the Metro has promised to support indigent residents by offering them special tariffs. The facts, however, tell a different story: Monthly Electricity Consumption Indigents Ordinary Consumers Consumption Block: 0 – 50 […]

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Mogale City to Blame for Fire at Jan Lotz Stadium

Location: News

The blame for the massive fire that destroyed the rugby field at the Jan Lotz Stadium in Krugersdorp last night (13 July) can be laid squarely at the door of the Mogale City Local Municipality. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) repeatedly asked the Municipality to cut the grass in and around the Stadium. It […]

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