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Lesotho Dam Project Misses Deadline to Pay Multi-Million Compensation Claim
Following a landmark appeal case, dozens more community associations have come forward to demand compensation that the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was meant to pay in 2013.
Nigel Homeowners Take to the Streets Over Water Outage
The area has experienced an intermittent water supply for years and taps have been dry since last week
Aberdeen Residents Suffer Damage Due to Municipality’s Failure to Maintain Storm Water Drainage
The recent 55 mm rainfall in Aberdeen initially brought relief, but it quickly turned into frustration and damage for residents due to the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality’s failure to maintain storm water drains and irrigation canals. Despite repeated complaints and formal requests to the Municipal Manager, Mr Bennie Arendse, no meaningful action was taken. […]
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What Cape Town Can Do to Save Water
More is needed than asking residents to use less. The municipality has to fix its sewage treatment plants.
Drakenstein’s “Luxury Frenzy” Threatens to Price Out the Poor
The GOOD Party in Drakenstein is concerned about the ever emerging and development of luxury residential, rental, and commercial estates appearing almost overnight in Drakenstein.
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Ekurhuleni Should Investigate Germiston’s Underground Infrastructure Following Formation of Sinkhole
The Ekurhuleni Metro’s Department of Roads and Storm Water should immediately thoroughly investigate Germiston’s underground infrastructure following the formation of a sinkhole. This is essential to determine whether the city’s underground systems have been damaged and to prevent further sinkholes. The request follows the formation of a sinkhole last week at the corner of Rissik […]
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Emfuleni’s Failure to Meet Debt Relief Obligations Exposed
The latest assessment report by the Gauteng Provincial Treasury confirms that the Emfuleni Local Municipality is still failing to fulfil its basic financial and governance obligations. This is despite extraordinary government intervention and debt relief measures since June 2023. Compliance deteriorated further in the reported period (October to November 2025), from 78% to 76%, seriously […]
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Merafong Residents Face Prolonged Water Crisis
The ANC-controlled Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela) has plunged residents into a prolonged and disastrous water crisis. Two reservoirs are completely empty while others are critically low, with an average water level of only 35%. This is not a natural disaster, but the direct consequence of years of reckless maladministration, R1,6 billion in debt […]
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Melville Enters Third Week Without Water
Volunteers work shifts to provide 50 litres of water per person per day
Emfuleni Finally in Court for Years of Polluting Vaal River
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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Water Tanker Disappears Without a Trace in Mogale City
A municipal water tanker with a replacement value of between R1,6 million and R2 million has disappeared without a trace from the fleet of the Mogale City Local Municipality (Krugersdorp, Magaliesburg, Muldersdrift). To date, there is no information available on where, when or how the vehicle was stolen. In the 2024/25 service delivery performance report, […]
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Dipaleseng’s Financial Crisis Continues – Residents Pay the Price
Although the Dipaleseng Local Municipality received an unqualified audit report for the 2024/25 financial year, it is by no means cause for complacency. The report does show slight improvements compared to previous years, but the main findings of the Auditor-General (AG) and the Audit and Performance Audit Committee reveal that the Municipality remains trapped in […]
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Learners Taught in Mud Brick Classrooms Built by Parents in 1958
Overcrowded school in Limpopo has waited years for new classrooms
Cape Town Project Tests What Hydroponic Farming Can Do in Urban Spaces
Hydroponic farming is a good way to grow fresh fruit and vegetables in South African cities where high levels of unemployment and poverty make these unaffordable.
Merafong Receives Qualified Audit Due to Poor Governance
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is not surprised that the Auditor-General (AG) issued a qualified audit opinion to the Merafong Local Municipality (Carletonville, Fochville, Wedela) for the 2024/25 financial year. Merafong’s financial and governance crisis is plainly evident. The Municipality currently owes Rand Water and Eskom a combined R1,6 billion. Due to repeated failure […]
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Nkandla Villagers Share River Water With Livestock
Communal water tanks installed in 2024 frequently run dry for weeks or months
Midrand Residents Protest Six-Day Water Outage
Large parts of Johannesburg have been without water
Nigel Pensioners Unable to Pay Municipal Arrears
Alra Park pensioners want indigent relief and debt cancellation
Community Restores Water Supply to Kampersrus Following Floods
The water supply to Kampersrus has been successfully restored after two weeks of severe disruption caused by flash floods. The floods damaged the main pipeline at a natural spring, plunging the town into an emergency situation. What initially appeared to be a paralysing crisis was overcome through remarkable cooperation between the local community, farmers and […]
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Cape Town’s Water Use Remains Too High Despite Day Zero Lessons
The city consumes over a billion litres per day, equating to over 210 litres per person, well above the world average of 120 to 160 litres
Medicinal Plants Support Men’s Health in South Africa: Why This Knowledge Needs Safekeeping
Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.
Mayor Dismisses Millions Squandered in Lekwa as “Typos”
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) scrutinised and questioned the procurement report for the last quarter of 2025 during the most recent council meeting of the Lekwa Local Municipality (Standerton and Morgenzon). This is after the ANC Mayor, Sifiso Mngemezulu, and the Mayoral Committee Member for Budget and Treasury, Thabang Motaung, dismissed excessive expenditure as […]
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Emfuleni Is Going Under, Whilst Mayor Shops for New Official Vehicle
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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