Langeberg Water Restrictions Caused by Lack of Planning
Summer water restrictions in Robertson and surrounding towns are not due to a lack of water
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease Poll Reveals Complete Loss of Confidence
A recent poll conducted by the agricultural organisation Saai among farmers on the foot-and-mouth disease crisis unequivocally shows that farmers have completely lost confidence in the Department of Agriculture’s bureaucratic as well as political leadership. This should spark renewal within the department. The poll, with more than 2 000 individual participants, shows that 95% or […]
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Court Order Stops Shacks From Being Built on District Six Land
State-owned land is reserved for land claims that will take several years to process
Phalaborwa Water Crisis: State Infrastructure Collapses
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is concerned about the condition of critical infrastructure in the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (Phalaborwa, Lulekani, Boelang) following devastating floods in January. The Freedom Front Plus MPL and provincial leader for Limpopo, Mr André Moss, accompanied by local Freedom Front Plus councillor Giel van Niekerk and prospective candidate Ms Jane […]
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Emakhazeni’s Smart Meter Chaos
Residents of the Emakhazeni Local Municipality (Belfast, Machadodorp, Dullstroom, Waterval Boven) are experiencing serious financial and other hardships due to the flawed roll-out of new smart electricity meters. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is aware of numerous complaints about prepaid units running out too fast, and power being disconnected suddenly and without any warning. […]
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Water in the Dams, but South Africa’s Taps Are Dry: Essential Reads on a History of Bad Management
The answers to what needs to be done to solve the chronic water crisis in South Africa’s towns and cities have been known for some time.
How Rural Communities Can Help Fix Their Water Supply
Communities do not have to be passive victims of municipal failures
What Cape Town Can Do to Save Water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
The Man Who Helped Expose Lottery Corruption Has Died
Ado Krige supplied key documents that blew corruption at the NLC wide open
East Africa’s Dismal Football Record Doesn’t Match Its Passion – What Needs to Happen
Why has international success evaded a region that’s so in love with the game?
New Rugby Rules for South African Kids Aim to Keep Them Safe: What Does the Research Say?
Tackling and contact in rugby should be slowly introduced to children to teach them how to do it safely.
Lights. Camera. But Very Little Action. Why?
Film sector in free fall as government scores own goal
Johannesburg Metro’s Billing System Offline – Residents Advised to Keep Record of Payments
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) advises residents of the Johannesburg Metro to keep detailed records of any municipal account payments, as the Metro’s billing and payment system has been offline since 2 February. Payments made by residents and businesses since 19 January are also not reflecting on account statements or the e-Joburg portal. This […]
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Touring Cape Town’s Secret Underground Tunnels
The water flows all year round in the historic canals under the city’s streets
Cape Metropolitan Transport Fund Deficits Raise Serious Accountability Concerns
The recent Annual Financial Statements of the Cape Metropolitan Transport Fund reveal a troubling reality: the Fund is operating at a structural deficit, raising serious concerns about sustainability, transparency, and accountability.
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Lesotho’s Failed Multi-Million Rand High-Altitude Sports Centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.
State is blocking access to SASSA grants, argue activists
The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and the #PayTheGrants campaign want the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss government’s appeal
Good Support for the Revitalisation of the Fairmount High School Tartan Track Development
The GOOD Party welcomes and fully supports the principled stance taken by the Parkwood Sports Complex Municipal Facility Management Committee (MFMC) at today’s City of Cape Town Sub-council 18 meeting to insist on the revitalisation and completion of the long-abandoned tartan athletics track at Fairmount High School.
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Fired Lottery Employee’s Pension Frozen by Special Tribunal
Former NLC KwaZulu-Natal client liaison officer Sibonelo Vilakazi used his position to obtain tens of millions of rands for himself and his wife
State Attorney Calls for a New Road Accident Fund Tribunal
Courts are clogged with thousands of RAF cases
Rescuers Search for Two People Swept Away in Limpopo Floods
Villages cut off by roads and bridges damaged by rainfall
Ethics Company Told to Pay back Lottery Money
ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article
Trains Will Be Back on This Joburg Line Soon
Trains on the Vereeniging line stopped running during the covid lockdown
Komani School Where Learners Use Playground as a Loo
Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week