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Ekurhuleni’s Budget Rejected Due to Unrealistic Projections and Exorbitant Tariffs

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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the Ekurhuleni Metro’s revised budget for the 2026/27 financial year as the party’s main objections to the budget have still not been resolved. The assumptions on which the budget is based are simply unrealistic given the current economic climate, high unemployment rate and mounting financial pressure […]

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Msukaligwa’s Budget Is Financially Unsustainable

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the proposed budget of the Msukaligwa Local Municipality (MLM), which includes Ermelo, Breyten, Chrissiesmeer, Lothair and Davel, because it is financially unrealistic and unsustainable. The operating budget has a shortfall of more than R542 million, with expenditure totalling R1,91 billion in contrast to projected revenue of […]

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Drakenstein’s Mayoral Committee Should Be Cut Back

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has repeatedly requested both the previous Mayor of the Drakenstein Municipality, Conrad Poole, and the current Mayor, Stephen Korabie, to reduce the size of the Municipality’s Mayoral Committee. This Committee has taxpayers shelling out thousands of rand every month, while its members are not in the office very often. […]

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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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Nelson Mandela Bay Sinks Deeper Into Administrative and Financial Chaos

Location: News

It is clear from the latest findings of the Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Zolile Williams, and the national Deputy Minister, Dr Dickson Masemola, that the administration and financial management of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) are in free fall. In just two years, irregular expenditure shot up from approximately […]

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Johannesburg Cannot Afford a R10,3 Billion Salary Agreement

Location: News

The R10,3 billion salary agreement between the ANC-led coalition in the Johannesburg Metro Council and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU), to be implemented over the next two years, is simply unaffordable given the Metro’s current financial position. Although Executive Mayor Dada Morero insists that the agreement is necessary to ensure employee satisfaction, the […]

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Coalition Struggles With Ekurhuleni’s Budget

Location: News

The Ekurhuleni Metro will table a revised budget for the 2026/2027 financial year to the Council on Thursday, 11 June 2026. The budget that was initially proposed failed to secure sufficient support during a council meeting on 4 June 2026, after the Freedom Front Plus voted against it. The Freedom Front Plus recognises the Metro’s […]

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Treasury’s Plan for Better Infrastructure Should Increase Accountability – Not Create New Bureaucracy

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) in the Ekurhuleni Metro Council supports, in principle, reforms that improve service delivery and increase accountability, but will oppose any process that creates more bureaucracy without tangibly benefiting communities. The party endorses the Metro Trading Services Reform programme (MTS) launched by the National Treasury. This programme provides metros with […]

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Calls for Transparency Regarding Ephraim Mogale’s Budget

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) expressed grave concern regarding the proposed 2026/27 budget of the Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality (Marble Hall). The budget reflects an operating deficit of more than R68 million, while more than R110 million has been allocated to self-funded capital projects without proof of sufficient cash-backed reserves. The Freedom Front Plus […]

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We Reject Unfunded Govan Mbeki Budget

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality’s budget because it is unfunded and unsustainable. The ANC and EFF approved the budget with a shortfall of approximately R515 million, despite serious concerns about its legality and sustainability in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA). The Municipality itself acknowledges […]

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Johannesburg Metro Discharges Millions of Litres of Untreated Sewage Into Rivers

Location: News

Three of the City of Johannesburg’s waste water treatment works, which are not functioning properly, are responsible for approximately 90 million litres of untreated sewage flowing into rivers every day, ultimately ending up in the Hartbeespoort Dam. These alarming facts were revealed on Wednesday during a meeting of the Environmental Affairs Oversight Committee. Because Johannesburg […]

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Minister Refers Freedom Front Plus’s Complaint Regarding Vote Manipulation to Gauteng

Location: News

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, confirmed in writing that he has taken note of the Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) complaint regarding serious vote manipulation during the Emfuleni Municipality’s adjustment budget process in March this year. He referred the matter to the Gauteng MEC for COGTA, Jacob Mamabolo, for […]

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Trips Abroad vs Leaking Pipes: Where Do Mbombela’s Priorities Lie?

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously questioning the priorities of the Mbombela Local Municipality after approval was sought for the Executive Mayor, Mr Wiseman Khumalo, the Municipal Manager and senior officials to attend the World Water Week conference in Singapore from 15 to 19 June 2026. All while Mbombela’s own taps are running […]

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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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Phala Phala: Governing South Africa Must Be Given Top Priority

Location: News

(Budget Vote Debate: Presidency) President Cyril Ramaphosa should deal with the Phala Phala matter swiftly and honestly so that the focus can shift to what should be the top priority in the interest of all South Africans: properly governing South Africa. Once this has happened, South Africa’s international relations policy should urgently be addressed. The […]

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Drakenstein Budget Fails to Address Residents’ Most Pressing Needs

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the Drakenstein Local Municipality’s budget for the 2026/27 financial year, as the funds are simply not being directed towards addressing residents’ most pressing needs. Despite a total budget of R4,5 billion (of which R3,9 billion is earmarked for operating expenditure and only R569 million for capital […]

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Ray Nkonyeni’s Budget Offers No Viable Solutions

Location: News

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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Tshwane Can No Longer Ignore Poor Service Delivery in Pretoria North

Location: News

The Tshwane Metro can no longer stand idly by and look on as service delivery deteriorates and infrastructure crumbles in Pretoria North. Being stranded without electricity has become a daily occurrence. Residents experience electricity outages lasting hours almost every week, and often over weekends. This power crisis puts enormous financial pressure on households and businesses […]

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More Than R400 Million Later and the R76 Road to Steynsrus Is Still Not Fixed

Location: News

The controversial R76 route linking Kroonstad and Steynsrus, which has been undergoing repairs for more than seven years, has already cost taxpayers more than R400 million, yet the road surface is still not properly fixed and sections are already starting to crumble again. This week, the Free State Legislature’s joint Portfolio Committees on Public Accounts […]

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Tshwane’s R12,2 Billion Asset Crisis

Location: News

The latest official report by Tshwane’s Strategic Asset Management Committee (SAMCO) reveals that an amount of R12,2 billion is trapped in projects that have already been completed, are partially completed, or for which plans and payments were made long ago, but that were never officially loaded onto the Metro’s asset register. These funds – which […]

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