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

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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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Labour Court’s Ruling on Rooiwal Five Welcomed

Location: News

The Labour Court’s ruling confirming the legality of the disciplinary steps taken against the so-called Rooiwal Five marks a decisive turning point in the fight against corruption within the Tshwane Metro. This judgment puts an end to years of delay tactics and political interference aimed at derailing the disciplinary process. The Court found that the […]

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Large Hole in Hatfield Left Open After Water Leak Repairs

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) made several calls to the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Water and Sanitation to bring to its attention a large hole at the corner of Hartbeesspruit and Richard Streets in Hatfield, but to no avail. The Tshwane Metro has been doing repairs on the main water pipeline since 2024. The […]

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Tragic Incident in Lynnwood Road

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) submitted an urgent motion to the Tshwane Metro following the tragic death of Mr Hugo van der Berg, who fell into a hole in the sidewalk in front of the Javet Arts Centre in Lynnwood Road on Saturday evening after the Springbok match. It appears that the construction site […]

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Tragedy on Lynnwood Road Following Loftus Spectacle

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) mourns the tragic incident that occurred on Saturday evening on Lynnwood Road in Pretoria following the Springboks’ match against Scotland at Loftus Versfeld. A rugby spectator, who was apparently making his way back to his vehicle, fell into a deep excavation on the pavement outside the Javet Art Centre […]

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Public Protector Requested to Investigate Suspension of Tshwane City Manager

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has approached the Public Protector (PP) to conduct an independent investigation into the process and circumstances that led to the precautionary suspension of Tshwane Metro’s City Manager, Johann Mettler. The party is concerned that the motion of suspension, proposed by EFF councillor Obakeng Ramabodu and supported by the ANC […]

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Tshwane Residents Increasingly Targeted

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Tshwane Metro is increasingly receiving complaints from residents facing unfair fines and alleged intimidation. Numerous homeowners are hit with fines of up to R75 000 for allegedly tampering with prepaid electricity meters. In many cases, residents claim that these fines are unfounded and legally questionable. According to […]

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Decay of Tshwane’s Wastewater Treatment Works Can No Longer Be Swept Under the Rug

Location: News

Tshwane Metro officials can no longer sweep the collapse of the Metro’s waste water treatment works under the rug. It jeopardises residents’ health and violates environmental laws. According to a quarterly oversight report by the Department of Utilities, recently tabled to the Council, it is evident that the main waste water treatment works have continued […]

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Political Hijacking Threatens Tshwane’s Administration

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) rejects the disciplinary report against the city manager of the Tshwane Metro, Johann Mettler, because it is not an administrative decision but a political hijacking. The report is the execution of a calculated strategy by the ANC/EFF/ActionSA coalition to remove an honest and independent administrator and replace him with […]

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Tshwane Metro Council Commits to Unknown Development Expenditures

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) objected during a Tshwane Metro council meeting to four items on the agenda where separate powers of attorney for land use applications in Refilwe, Zandfontein, Kameeldrift, and Atteridgeville Extension 19 were approved. The reports on all four of these items, aimed at formalising existing informal settlements, state that the […]

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