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Withdrawal of Notice Regarding Groenkloof Access Control Gate

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Tshwane Metro Council’s decision to withdraw its notice demanding that the access control gate in Baines Street, at the entrance to the Groenkloof Village residential area, be removed within three days. The party had previously expressed its strong disapproval of officials’ conduct who, amid Tshwane’s severe service […]

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Tshwane Officials Party On

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) noted with concern the reports that a year-end function was held for senior municipal officials of the Tshwane Metro last Friday, while residents across the Metro experience daily power outages, water problems and mounting financial pressure. According to information provided to the party, staff were instructed to describe the […]

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Sewage in the Taps Is Not a Technical Fault

Location: News

When a burst sewage pipe contaminates the drinking water of thousands of Tshwane residents, it is not merely a technical fault – it is a clear sign of negligence and poor maintenance. The Tshwane Metro has warned residents in Pretoria Central and surrounding areas to boil tap water thoroughly after a burst sewage pipe contaminated […]

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TMPD’s Actions at Paul Kruger Children’s Home Borders on Criminality

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the actions of officials and members of the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) who unlawfully disconnected the electricity supply of the Paul Kruger Children’s Home in Villieria on Wednesday. Such conduct borders on criminality. The officials forced open the electricity box and violently yanked out the main […]

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Coalition Leaves Critical Infrastructure in Tshwane Unsecured

Location: News

The governing ActionSA/ANC/EFF coalition in the Tshwane Metro has left critical municipal infrastructure and key facilities completely unsecured, just two weeks before the elections. For the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), there is only one sensible conclusion: Security contracts were deliberately, or through gross negligence, allowed to lapse so as to pave the way for […]

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Bronkhorstspruit Water Crisis: Mayor’s Admission of Negligence Not Enough

Location: News

The Executive Mayor of the Tshwane Metro, Nasiphi Moya, openly accepted responsibility for negligence after the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works supplied untreated water to residents for nearly three weeks. Between 24 September and 14 October, the water supply was not treated with chlorine. Consequently, 408 people – most of them children under the age of […]

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Experts Invited to Serve on Advisory Panel to Address Tshwane’s Power Crisis

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus launched an initiative to bring together experienced, retired and working expert technicians and engineers who can offer their expertise by serving on a technical advisory panel to address the power crisis in the Tshwane Metro. This panel will assist the new administration, which will be in power in Tshwane following 4 […]

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Waltloo Fire and Load Reduction Confirm Tshwane’s Power Network Crisis

Location: News

The fire at the Waltloo Substation, the damage to the Njala Infeed Station and the Tshwane Metro’s decision to implement load reduction are not coincidental technical incidents. They are the foreseeable consequences of years of neglect, a shortage of skilled tradesmen and an administration that chooses to ignore warning signs until the lights go out. […]

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Freedom Front Plus Will Not Attend Tshwane’s Special Council Meeting

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) caucus will not attend Tshwane’s special council meeting tomorrow to elect a new chief whip. Last month, the Metro announced that the position of chief whip is vacant after Molatelo Mashola was appointed as the interim Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services. The former Mayoral Committee Member, Frans Boshielo, […]

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Freedom Front Plus Sides With Gezina and Capital Park, Opposing Melgisedek Tent Town

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) will assist the communities of Gezina and Capital Park in an effort to keep these neighbourhoods from turning into crime-infested areas following the relocation of the so-called Melgisedek squatters. It was just announced that the Tshwane Metro Council will soon relocate the illegal occupants of the controversial Melgisedek Centre […]

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Mayoral Candidates to Turn Gauteng Municipalities Around

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today announced its mayoral candidates for Gauteng’s three metro councils, six local municipalities and two district municipalities – a formidable team ready to shoulder the responsibility and make local government work again. Gauteng residents have had enough of crumbling infrastructure, water and power outages, sewage spills, potholes, poor financial […]

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Mega Municipality Will Create Mega Service Delivery Problems

Location: News

The ANC’s latest proposal to possibly merge Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni into one giant mega metropolis demonstrates that the party is still trying to solve the wrong problem. The people of Gauteng do not need bigger municipalities, but rather smaller, more efficient and more accountable local governments. If a resident already finds it difficult to […]

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Tshwane Could Do More to Boost Community Projects

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) commends the communities who have rolled up their sleeves and taken it upon themselves to maintain and gentrify their neighbourhoods under the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative, however, the current administration needs to provide more guidance. This upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals […]

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Transfer of Rebecca Street Crematorium Halted

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) believes that the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Regional Operations and Coordination is already struggling to manage several cemeteries and will not be able to take on a crematorium as well. The Freedom Front Plus on Thursday rejected a proposal to transfer the management of the Rebecca Street Crematorium, located […]

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Groenkloof and UNISA Areas Increasingly Affected by Cable Theft

Location: News

The rise in cable theft in the Groenkloof and UNISA area of the Tshwane Metro can no longer be tolerated. Seeing as this is a common problem in Tshwane, the Metro needs to shoulder the responsibility of protecting critical infrastructure – which it is currently failing to do. Businesses and households frequently affected by power […]

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Ruling Coalition in Tshwane Disregards Importance of Oversight

Location: News

The Tshwane Metro Council’s Oversight Committee on Housing and Human Settlements was unable to proceed with its work last week, as eight members of the ruling coalition representing the ANC, ActionSA and EFF failed to attend an important meeting. Seeing as there was no quorum, four reports that were tabled could not be discussed and […]

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Mbombela: new, crucial policy on student housing postponed

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) kept the pressure on the Mbombela Local Municipality’s Portfolio Committee on Urban Planning and Development to table the long-awaited final policy on student housing to the Council. Executive Mayor Sibongile Makushe-Mazibuko has, however, postponed the policy. This policy is crucial, as the demand for housing near institutions such as […]

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Settlement Between Tshwane and Kleinfontein Welcomed

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the settlement reached between Kleinfontein Share Block and the Tshwane Metro, which has just been confirmed by the High Court in Pretoria and made an order of court. These developments mark the end of a to-and-fro legal battle in the courts between the community and the Metro after […]

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Tshwane Loses Millions

Location: News

The Tshwane Metro’s latest progress report on grants and subsidies for the period ending 30 June exposes serious failures in the spending of development funds. Even though an effort is made to paint a positive picture with summary tables, large amounts intended for basic services such as safe drinking water, sewerage systems and roads remain […]

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Clarity Sought on Tshwane’s Handling of Infrastructure Damage

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls on the Tshwane Metro to provide clarity on how damage to municipal infrastructure – whether caused by crime, accidents or construction work – is handled. At present, criminal charges are not always lodged with the police in all cases of intentional damage, such as cable theft. Consequently, such […]

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Complaint Lodged Against Tshwane Speaker

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) lodged a complaint with the Public Protector (PP) against the Speaker of the Tshwane Metro Council, Mncedi Ndzwanana. The step was taken in an effort to ensure accountability after he was once again accused of undermining democratic processes in the Metro. The complaint follows the urgent court application currently […]

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Action Follows Complaint About Pollution Stemming From Rooiwal Wastewater Works

Location: News

A complaint lodged by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) about the pollution of, among other things, the Brits Dam by the Rooiwal wastewater treatment works north of Pretoria has had the desired effect and has been investigated by the national Department of Water and Sanitation. Mr Theunis Vogel, a local farmer and aspiring Freedom […]

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