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Steps Against Corrupt Knysna Officials Welcomed
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the steps taken against political murders by the police’s task team that yesterday arrested three individuals in Knysna in connection with allegations of corruption relating to a municipal security services contract. This involves a former Mayor, Municipal Manager and Chief Financial Officer. Although the police’s official statements only […]
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Africa’s Rocks Hold Ancient Stories. We Need Better Ways to Document and Protect Them
Africa has some of the world’s most important geological landscapes, yet they remain under-represented in digital geoheritage research.
Discovery of Ancient DNA From Antelope Fossils in South Africa Opens a New Window on the Past
Researchers managed to extract DNA from African fossils dating back to the last ice age.
Review Decision Regarding Knysna’s Acting Municipal Manager
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) calls on Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister of Local Government, to urgently approach the High Court with an application to review and set aside the Knysna municipal Council’s unlawful decision to extend Mr Boy Manqoba Ngubo’s appointment as acting Municipal Manager. Mr Ngubo was initially appointed as acting Municipal […]
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Death of 16-Year-Old on N2 Hell Run Serves as Tragic Wake-up Call
The death of a 16-year-old robber on the N2 serves as tragic proof that the so-called “Hell Run” still poses a serious danger to motorists as well as young people exploited by crime syndicates. Although there has been a decrease in incidents after the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) repeatedly demanded stronger security measures, the […]
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Foot-Dragging Hinders Clearing of Grobbelaars River
The successful clearing and repair efforts after the recent floods in Meiringspoort, Middelplaas and the De Rust area prove that decisive action and collaboration between the Oudtshoorn Municipality and the Western Cape government are indeed possible. The same swift response and will are, however, lacking when it comes to Grobbelaars River in Oudtshoorn. The Freedom […]
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South Africa’s Privacy Laws Are Evolving, but Vulnerable People Are Being Left Behind
Privacy protection must also be a conversation that reflects the lived realities of vulnerable communities.
Intended Closure of Tulbagh Canning Factory
Prompted by concern over the intended closure of Premier Foods’ Fruits Products Western Cape (FPWC) plant in Tulbagh, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) initiated talks aimed at saving the facility. This enterprise previously belonged to the Rhodes Food Group, but was acquired by Premier earlier this year and has since been trading as FPWC. […]
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Public Bear the Brunt Amid Western Cape Roads Function Transfer Dispute
The official statement by the Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure, Tertius Simmers, regarding the Garden Route District Municipality’s roads function does not accurately reflect the facts. In addition, he glosses over the impact it has on Garden Route residents. The provincial Department announced in March 2025 that the roads function fulfilled by the Garden Route […]
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18% Pass Rate in the Western Cape
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously concerned about the low pass rate of the computerised learner’s licence test for drivers. An extraordinarily high number of applicants are failing the test because the questions are poorly phrased and difficult to understand, even for people who are familiar with traffic rules. The reply to a […]
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Warnings About Trucks Getting Stuck in Bainskloof Pass Ignored
Even though the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has repeatedly warned and called on the Western Cape provincial government, the Drakenstein Municipality and the Cape Winelands District Municipality to implement more stringent measures to prevent heavy vehicles from using the Bainskloof Pass, its requests have fallen on deaf ears. The Pass had been closed for […]
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Cape Town Budget MK II: Over-Extractive and Under-Explained
The City of Cape Town is making it progressively less affordable for ordinary residents to live here, by choice, while its own books show it doesn't need to.
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Cape Town’s Budget: Neither Reasonable nor Affordable
The City of Cape Town’s revised budget for the 2026/27 financial year, which will be tabled during a council meeting next Monday, 29 June, will put severe financial strain on residents, further impoverishing ordinary salary drawers and loyal ratepayers. Although the City highlights higher thresholds for poverty relief and a modest 2% reduction in the […]
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Minibus Taxi Industry Transformation Championed at Western Cape Summit
GOOD Councillor Ricardo van der Merwe, the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Infrastructure and Planning Services at the Saldanha Bay Municipality, officially attended the Western Cape Minibus Taxi Industry Transformation Summit on Wednesday, 17 June 2026.
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Amendment Bill Withdrawn at the Eleventh Hour
On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the Democratic Alliance (DA) placed a Western Cape Constitution Amendment Bill on the agenda of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for consideration today.
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WC Land Use Management Amendment: Participation Is Not a Luxury
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate. *Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Provincial Parliament sitting on the proposed amendments to the Western Cape Land Use Planning Act (LUPA).
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Oversight Visits: I’m Not Asking Permission to Do My Job
There is no rule, no law, no parliamentary provision that requires a Member of this House to route oversight visits through the very office we are tasked with holding accountable. None.
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Dropouts Don’t Happen in a Vacuum – This Province Is Pushing Children Out
We are facing an education crisis, and we are not treating it like one.
Just yesterday I met with a community in Wesbank.
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Calls for an Investigation Into Municipal Property Transaction Allegations
GOOD Stellenbosch has submitted a motion to the Office of the Speaker and the Stellenbosch Municipal Council calling for the appointment of an independent investigator to investigate serious allegations of irregular municipal property transactions made by former Deputy Mayor, Councillor Mynhard Slabbert.
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Freedom Front Plus Abstains From Voting
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) abstained from voting on the Langeberg Municipality’s 2026/27 budget, because it does not serve residents’ interests, but aims to “milk willing taxpayers” instead. The party is not prepared to ignore the mandate it received from Langeberg voters, namely to ensure responsible financial management. There are a number of reasons […]
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Xenophobic Violence Turns Deadly in the Western Cape
Millions of South Africans are justifiably angry about the poor quality of their lives, the slow progress of post-apartheid redress, and the injustice of deepening inequality.
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The Workers Who Feed Nine Million School Children – And Earn Just R2,300 a Month
The state is using the public works programme to avoid paying them the national minimum wage
Last-Minute Attorney Withdrawal Threatens to Derail PRASA Theft Case
Accused’s lawyer says they have not been paid