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No State Funding for Emfuleni Until Maladministration Stops

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The decision by the National Treasury (NT) to withhold a portion of the July equitable share from the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) puts the Municipality under strict financial oversight. If the Municipality fails to meet the stipulated conditions, more funds will be withheld. This will further erode service delivery and […]

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Emfuleni Plans to Penalise Solar Power Users

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will do everything in its power to oppose the application fee and monthly levy on solar panels proposed by the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging). During the latest council meeting, the Council approved, in principle, a proposal allowing an application fee of approximately R2 […]

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Emfuleni Council Adopts Unfunded Budget – Again

Location: News

The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) has adopted an unfunded budget for the ninth consecutive year. Although the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the budget for the 2026/27 financial year, the ruling ANC/EFF coalition steamrolled it through. In terms of Section 18 of the Municipal Finance Management Act […]

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Councillors to Miss Emfuleni Council Meeting for Second Time Due to Infighting

Location: News

Infighting within the ANC in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) derailed two consecutive council meetings due to a lack of quorum. During the council meeting on 28 May, quorum could not be reached because ANC councillors failed to attend. The meeting was postponed to today (2 June), but quorum could […]

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Emfuleni Kicked out of OK Building for Good

Location: News

The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) has been kicked out of the OK Building in President Paul Kruger Street, Vanderbijlpark, for good with the owners finally terminating the lease due to the Municipality’s failure to pay rent. The Building housed the Department of Finance, and the owner notified the Municipality in […]

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Emfuleni’s Denial That Sewage Is Polluting Water Sources Is Dishonest

Location: News

The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) is being dishonest by claiming that allegations of raw sewage spilling into the Vaal River system are untrue and that the City Council adheres to environmental laws. Municipal Manager April Ntuli appeared briefly in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court today on seven charges of water pollution […]

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Emfuleni Sends Office-Bearers Abroad Amid Dire Financial Situation

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is strongly opposed to the decision by the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging) to send five delegates to this year’s World Cities Summit, scheduled to take place in Singapore from 14 to 16 June. The international trip was enabled by the ANC, which steamrolled […]

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The ‘No Hope’ Local Municipality

Location: News

There is clearly no hope left for the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging). Rand Water’s latest attachment of the Municipality’s bank account is the final nail in the coffin for this administration. Rand Water took this drastic step last week after Emfuleni failed to fully settle a debt of R300 million […]

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Freedom Front Plus Lodges Complaints on All Levels Over Vote Manipulation With Emfuleni’s Adjustment Budget

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) lodged complaints on municipal and provincial level in addition to lodging a criminal case with the police following a council meeting of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) on 17 March 2026 where the party believes votes were deliberately manipulated. The meeting dealt with the […]

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Emfuleni Fails to Adopt Adjustment Budget for a Second Time

Location: News

The Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) failed to adopt its adjustment budget for a second time today. Matters came to a head when the Speaker, Sibongile Soxuza, insisted on a secret ballot. In response to this, opposition parties decided to walk out of the meeting as taxpayers’ money cannot be managed […]

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Residents Should Query Emfuleni’s Valuation Roll

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls on residents to lodge objections to the new property valuation roll of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) before 17 April 2026. This valuation roll – which will apply for the period 2026 to 2031 and comes into effect on 1 July – will […]

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Emfuleni’s Municipal Manager in Court for Pollution

Location: News

The Municipal Manager of the Emfuleni Local Municipality, Mr April Ntuli, appeared in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on behalf of the Municipality on five charges relating to serious environmental pollution and contraventions of the National Environmental Management Act and the National Water Act. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) had conducted an investigation […]

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We Are Not Convinced That Leasing 145 New Vehicles Will Improve Emfuleni’s Service Delivery

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is not convinced that the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s leasing a fleet of 145 new vehicles will resolve the service delivery crisis. The vehicles will certainly come in handy, but the concern is that this is just an election gimmick by the ANC-led administration, less than a year before the […]

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Emfuleni Finally in Court for Years of Polluting Vaal River

Location: News

After more than five years of constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) will finally appear in court on 3 March 2026 to explain why millions of litres of untreated sewage are ending up in the Vaal River every day. The Freedom Front […]

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Emfuleni Is Going Under, Whilst Mayor Shops for New Official Vehicle

Location: News

During the latest council meeting of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) put a stop to the proposal by the Speaker, Sibongile Soxuza, to procure a new official vehicle for the struggling Municipality’s Mayor. The party insisted that the item be referred back and that […]

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Employment Inequality in Emfuleni Municipality

Location: News

During the latest council meeting of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly objected to the blatant inequality in the Municipality’s employment and promotion practices. According to the official employment report, the Municipality employs a total of 1 782 people, of whom only 71 are […]

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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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We Are Cautiously Optimistic About Emfuleni’s New Water Management Entity

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with cautious optimism the launch of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to help address water problems in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging). The SPV is a new legal entity specifically established to manage the Municipality’s water-related services. Rand Water will hold 75% and […]

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Emfuleni Residents Warned Against Illegal Electricity Connections

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warns residents of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) to avoid the practice of illegal electricity connections. A contractor employee was recently arrested as he had allegedly made an illegal electricity connection. The suspect from Zimbabwe, however, appeared in court charged only with illegal immigration […]

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Sewage Floods OK Building in Vanderbijlpark’s Parking Area

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has warned residents of the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging) to temporarily avoid the Municipality’s Customer Service Centre on the ground floor of the OK Building in Vanderbijlpark after the parking lot was flooded with sewage. The sewage spill is causing an unbearable stench, rendering […]

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Emfuleni’s Dysfunctional Smart Meters

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) submitted a motion regarding malfunctioning BXC smart meters in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (Evaton, Sebokeng, Vaal Oewer, Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging), which will be tabled to the Council on 27 November. BXC is a national company that supplies smart meters to various municipalities. The party has received numerous complaints from residents […]

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