Protesters Express Solidarity With Palestine Action Hunger Strikers
“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine
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Millennials Enjoy Creative Tourism – New Research Uncovers a Business Opportunity for South Africans
Younger South Africans who have the money to travel locally are keen on learning culturally relevant and creative skills while on holiday.
Literacy Crisis: Why Makhanda Matters
Two interventions show what can and what can’t be done
Thabo Bester Delays Trial With Six Court Cases
Prison escape trial, originally set down for February 2025, postponed to July 2026
Who Was Albert Luthuli? The Murdered South African Leader Who Put His People Above Himself
His image is the watermark in South African passports, but he is not as widely known as leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Naidoo Family Breaks Down in Court as Police Brutality Case Postponed Yet Again
National Director of Public Prosecutions comes under fire for causing delay
Ekurhuleni’s R10.4 Billion Creditors Crisis and Allegations of Falsified Invoice Dates
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is deeply concerned about escalating financial mismanagement in the Ekurhuleni Metro, particularly regarding the R10,4 billion owed to creditors, the chaotic payment system and shocking allegations that officials have reportedly asked service providers to alter invoice dates to conceal overdue accounts. According to the Department of Finance’s report for […]
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Writing Exams in Leaking Classrooms With No Electricity
The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027
Ekurhuleni Pays R664 Million Annually for Chemical Toilets
The Ekurhuleni Metro’s expenditure on 46 321 chemical toilets for informal settlements amounts to an astronomical R664,7 million per year (VAT excluded). The Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, confirmed this amount in writing to the Finance Committee. This is not merely poor management, but a sanitation scandal with the Metro squandering taxpayers’ money […]
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Unknown Judge in Unknown Court Gags Open Secrets From Saying …
This appears to be the most draconian pre-publication interdict we have come across
Fire at Wingfield Refugee Camp
Hundreds of refugees, who were already facing eviction, have lost their shelter
Judge Denise Fisher Succeeds in Clearing Her Name
She had been reprimanded for referring attorneys involved in Road Accident Fund claims to their professional bodies
Ekurhuleni Is Dangerously Close to Fiscal Edge
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is justifiably alarmed by the Ekurhuleni Metro’s report on the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year. The financial report confirms that the Metro is dangerously close to the fiscal edge of ruin. Although the Metro claims its collection rate is 96,26%, previous reports indicate that collection levels in […]
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Glenharvie Without Water for 23 Days
The water crisis plaguing Glenharvie in the Rand West Local Municipality (Randfontein, Westonaria) for the past 23 days is now spreading to surrounding areas. Today, Venterspost and Zuurbekom’s taps have begun to run dry as well. On Tuesday, frustrated residents held a protest march on the N12 between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom to express their dissatisfaction […]
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DA Goes Down on Bended Knee to the EFF
The DA is seeking to woo the EFF in the Theewaterskloof Municipality to support the unlawful summary dismissal of a senior manager without implementing regulated disciplinary processes.
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SNAFU: Minister’s Promise To Probe Followed By Deafening Silence
Several teachers at Dr Böhmer School in Bloemfontein claim that their careers were destroyed after they blew the whistle on financial mismanagement. And the undertaking by the national Minister of Education, Siviwe Gwarube, to probe the matter has come to nothing but a deafening silence. The teachers claim they were accused of racism and sexual […]
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Zoë Wicomb, the South African-Scottish Writer Who Told Powerful Stories About Belonging
A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
How to Get out of the Debt Trap
There are institutions which can help if you’re in debt
Pharmacists Can Treat People With HIV, Appeal Court Rules
“Legitimate and compelling public interests” to allow pharmacists to initiate antiretroviral treatment, says judge
Mbombela’s 90-Day Amnesty Plan Rejected
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) was the only party to vote against the decision by the Mbombela Local Municipality (Mbombela/Nelspruit, Barberton, Hazyview, Kaapschehoop, Skukuza, White River) to grant a 90-day amnesty to residents with illegal water and electricity connections as well as tampered meters. The proposal, approved during the Municipality’s latest council meeting, allows […]
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Ekurhuleni Turns Blind Eye to Decay of Elderly Housing Centre
The Ekurhuleni Metro refuses to take responsibility for maintaining the elderly housing centres it owns to ensure that elderly residents do not have to live in dilapidated buildings. This week, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) conducted an oversight visit to the Andries Scribante Haven in Cason Street, Boksburg, to investigate whether the Metro had […]
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A Spectacular Reset of Relations Between South Africa and the US Is Possible
There are currently three Afrikaners in Washington who believe there is a unique opportunity for a spectacular reset of relations between South Africa and the United States (US). The full provisional document is attached herewith: Let us Make Critical Minerals the Centerpiece of a New U.S.–South Africa Partnership Agreement As Afrikaners responsible for a multi-million-dollar […]
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Travel as Activism: 6 Stories of Black Women Who Refused to ‘Stay Put’ in Apartheid South Africa
The stories of six South African women who travelled to fight for workers and for women’s rights, and risked it all.
Legal Aid Helps Scores of People, Mostly Pensioners, for Free in Wills Week
The Master of the High Court estimates that more than 70% of working South Africans do not have wills