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Ray Nkonyeni’s Budget Offers No Viable Solutions

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The 2026/27 budget of the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality (Hibberdene, Margate, Port Edward, Port Shepstone, Southbroom) fails to prioritise residents’ interests while offering no viable solutions to the Municipality’s growing problems. The budget is simply not sustainable. It projects a meagre 2,3% in revenue growth, while expenditure keeps rising sharply. Approximately 95% of all revenue […]

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Dipaleseng Plans and Budgets for Failure

Location: News

The 2026/27 budget and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of the Dipaleseng Local Municipality (Balfour, Grootvlei, Greylingstad) do not meet the basic requirements for sustainable service delivery, as expected by residents. The Municipality is still plagued by regular power outages, sewage spilling into surrounding rivers and unsafe drinking water. This decline has already led to a […]

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Emalahleni Budget Unfunded

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Emalahleni Local Municipality’s 2026/27 budget as well as the Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF), applicable until 2029. This budget is unfunded to the amount of R10,1 billion, reckless and violates the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA). The ANC-controlled Council acknowledged that the Municipality’s enormous Eskom […]

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Infrastructure Investment Welcomed in Johannesburg Budget

Location: News

GOOD notes the approval of the City of Johannesburg’s 2026/27 Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Budget, including a significant multi-year infrastructure investment programme aimed at stabilising and rebuilding the city’s deteriorating systems.

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Lesedi Municipality Sells Half-Completed Mayoral Residence for a Mere R360 000

Location: News

The failure of the Lesedi Local Municipality (Heidelberg, Devon and Vischkuil) to complete a mayoral residence project has resulted in the property being auctioned off for only R360 000, which is a massive financial loss. In 2017, the Municipality decided to build a new mayoral residence in Bergsig, Heidelberg, for an estimated cost of R3,5 […]

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Groenkloof Petition Against Cable Theft

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) met with community leaders in Groenkloof yesterday and assisted them in drafting an urgent petition to the Tshwane Metro. This follows two weeks of constant power outages in the area as a result of cable theft. The petition focuses on the area along the UNISA fence near the Fountains […]

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“RATES CUT” WAS NEVER REAL

Location: News

Today’s announcement by the City of Cape Town confirms what many of us have warned all along: the much-publicised 10.2% property rates reduction was never a genuine relief for residents – it was built on a flawed and unlawful tariff model that has now collapsed under court scrutiny.

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Cape Town Tariffs: Replace City’s “Redistribution” Charade With Super-Tax on High-Value and Second Homes

Location: News

If Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is serious about protecting lower-income households from higher tariffs, he must introduce a progressive tariff system that spares the struggling working and lower-middle classes and targets those who can really afford to pay.

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Municipal Negligence Nearly Claims Lives in Govan Mbeki

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the confirmation that the Office of the Public Protector (PP) has received a formal complaint from the party against the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality. The complaint stems from the municipality’s ongoing failure to respond to formal warnings and complaints lodged since August 2025. The complaints relate to illegal […]

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Cloetesville Flooding Crisis – Swift Municipal Response and Commitments to Resolve

Location: News

The GOOD Party welcomes the swift response by senior officials of Stellenbosch Municipality following the formal submission of an urgent letter regarding the ongoing structural damage and flooding crisis affecting residents of Fontein Street in Cloetesville by GOOD Councillor Robin Hendrikse.

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Failure to Transfer Home Ownership to Refilwe Residents Robs Tshwane of Revenue

Location: News

The failure to transfer ownership of residential properties in Refilwe, near Cullinan, to residents means that they are not paying property rates, which essentially robs the Tshwane Metro of much-needed revenue. An investigation by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) revealed that around 10% of these properties are still registered in the Tshwane Metro’s name. […]

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Hijacking of Municipal Vehicle Focuses Spotlight on Asset Losses in Emalahleni

Location: News

The recent armed hijacking of a municipal bakkie has once again focused the spotlight on the rate at which Emalahleni’s assets are disappearing. In the view of the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), this is not an isolated incident, but simply more proof that the safeguarding of public property has totally collapsed. The party sent […]

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Tshwane Metro Cuts Public Schools’ Power Due to Outstanding Property Rates

Location: News

The latest crisis in the City of Tshwane, where electricity supply to public schools has been disconnected due to outstanding property rates, has a direct and devastating impact on learners and educators. This step is reckless and inhumane, as schools themselves are not responsible for paying property rates. The responsibility rests on the shoulders of […]

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City of Cape Town Must Return Tariff Over-Charges to Residents

Location: News

The GOOD Party is procuring legal advice on the appropriate next steps to force the City of Cape Town to comply with last week’s Western Cape High Court finding that its fixed tariff regime is unlawful – and return over-charges to residents.

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