Tanzania’s Ruling Party Has Crushed the Opposition – The Elections Are a Mere Formality
The 2025 election will primarily serve to legitimise President Samia Suluhu’s new mandate.
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South Sudan Is Unstable: How a Weak State Benefits the Ruling Elite
Instability has allowed South Sudan’s elite to undermine the justice system and suppress efforts at reconciliation.
Here’s What the Government Plans to Do About Plastic Pollution
Global Plastic Treaty reached a deadlock in August, but South Africa is pushing ahead with regulations
Malawi Can End Hunger After the 2025 Elections if Bold Steps Are Taken to Transform Food Systems
After the elections, Malawi’s government will need to confront deep-rooted structural challenges to secure lasting food security and drive inclusive economic growth.
Angolans Are Fed up With Broken Promises: Why the Ruling MPLA Keeps Stalling Local Elections
Following weeks of protest, Angola’s parliament quietly wrapped up the legislative year. Once again, local elections were absent from its agenda.
Modimolle-Mookgophong’s municipal manager crisis
The Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality (Nylstroom, Alma, Vaalwater, Naboomspruit, Roedtan) faces a period of administrative uncertainty following the Council’s decision to appoint yet another acting municipal manager. During a special council meeting on Friday (5 September), the Council noted the recommendation by Limpopo’s Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) that the Municipality should not […]
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Buffalo City Wastes Millions on Vanity Projects While Essential Infrastructure Crumbles
More than R200-million blown on mismanaged tourist attractions while beaches are polluted by sewage
Democracy Undermined by Online Platform as 50 Councillors’ Votes Go Missing
Cape Town deserves a Council that is functional, transparent, and accountable. Instead, yesterday’s sitting revealed a shocking failure of governance. 50 councillors’ votes simply vanished during one of the most important decisions on the agenda.
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DA Protects Their Own
Today, the Democratic Alliance once again put its party interests ahead of the people of Cape Town when it voted against the motion of no confidence in Speaker Felicity Purchase.
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Who Is to to Blame for Free State Municipalities’ Persistent Debt Crisis?
The blame for Free State municipalities’ staggering debt levels can only be laid at the door of the ANC for its decades of financial mismanagement, poor policy and misguided priorities. Meanwhile, residents have to shell out even more for municipal services that are simply not delivered. Based on the Free State Treasury’s briefing of the […]
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Cape Town Council Speaker Must Go
The GOOD Party has formally submitted a Motion of No Confidence in Cape Town Speaker, Alderman Felicity Purchase, in terms of Rule 18 of the Rules of Order Regulating Council Meetings, Section 160(1)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, and Sections 36 to 40 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (Act 117 of 1998).
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Decades Later Primrose Modisane Finally Receives Her Birth Certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials
“Dishonest” Judge Makhubele Faces Impeachment
JSC upholds Tribunal ruling. Now Parliament will have to decide Makhubele’s fate
People Have to Relieve Themselves in Open Fields in This Eastern Cape Town
Centane does not have enough working public toilets
Freedom Front Plus Tentatively Supports Premier’s Budget, Votes Against Legislature’s Budget
On Thursday, the Northern Cape Legislature debated the budget votes for the Premier and the Legislature. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) voted against the Legislature’s budget and supported the Premier’s budget, albeit with serious reservations. The entire provincial government revolves around these two budget votes. The Legislature’s primary function is oversight of departments and […]
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President Dismisses Proposals to Make South Africa a Winning Country
(Budget Vote Debate: Presidency) Since its inception in 1994, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been part of every Parliament, and has always maintained a constructive and positive approach. We will continue in this same vein, because we must find solutions to secure a better future for all. So, it is counterproductive when President […]
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Report on Parliamentary Petition to Investigate Farm Murders Manipulated to Point the Finger at Farmers
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not vote in favour of a joint report by the parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Police and Agriculture on the situation surrounding farm attacks today. The report was intended to address a petition calling for Parliament to investigate farm murders and attacks on the farming community. The few positive […]
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Treasury Hands HIV Response a Lifeline, but It’s Probably Too Little
UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy
Self-Determination More Important Than Ever
During the Budget Vote Debate of the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development, a bias against all white people, particularly Afrikaners, became glaringly obvious. To secure a future in Africa, Afrikaners will need to reconsider their options. The Minister, Mr Mzwanele Nyontsho, began his speech by promising that the proposed Equitable Access to Land […]
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R198,000 Irregular Spend Can’t Be Buried
GOOD statement by Bongani Sonqwenqwe,GOOD Overberg District Councillor 30 June 2025 The Overberg District Municipality’s decision to write off R198,646 in irregular expenditure without consequence or accountability sets a dangerous precedent for fiscal governance and transparency. During today’s Ordinary Council Meeting, GOOD voted against the recommendation to write off irregular expenditure, as disclosed in the […]
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Cape Town Budget of Burdens, Not Benefits
GOOD Statement by Anton Louw,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 *Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during today’s City of Cape Town Council meeting, Budget Vote Madam Speaker While the DA vocally opposes tariff hikes in Johannesburg and Tshwane, the 2 metros we like to compare ourselves with and both governed […]
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Budget: Cape Town’s Deadly Divide
GOOD Statement by Axolile Notywala,GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor 26 June 2025 *Note to Editors: This speech was delivered during today’s City of Cape Town Council meeting, Budget Vote Speaker, I RISE today, on behalf of the GOOD Party, to dispel the DA’s pro-poor myth, to call out the DA lies and to highlight […]
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