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Image: courtesy of FF Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Electoral Court’s decision to dismiss the ANC’s appeal to reopen the candidate registration process, and the party hopes that voters will follow suit and punish the ANC's incompetence at the polls during the upcoming elections. This judgment sends a clear message that the ANC can no longer use such tactics to bully or intimidate state institutions in order to make up for its own shortcomings. With its ap

Image: courtesy of FF Plus The contempt that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his administration have demonstrated in ignoring the conditions set by the United States (US) for normalising relations between the two countries for more than a year is now leading to serious and direct consequences. The new policy recently announced by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, aimed at, among others, government officials involved in any form of race-based discrimination against members

Image; Supplied US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting South African individuals accused of engaging in “government-sponsored discrimination” against Afrikaners and other minority communities. The restrictions will specifically penalize those deemed responsible for implementing race-based discriminatory legislation, threatening land expropriation without compensation, or inciting racial violence through dehumanizing chants a

Image: IEC on Facebook Political drama has hit fever pitch in South Africa as the African National Congress (ANC) finds itself staring down the barrel of a major electoral disaster. With local government elections looming on November 4, the governing party is dangerously close to being locked out of municipal races across several key regions all because it couldn't hit "submit" in time. The controversy kicked off when the clock struck 17:00 on Friday, August 28. As the dea

Image: Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) today announced its mayoral candidates for Gauteng’s three metro councils, six local municipalities and two district municipalities – a formidable team ready to shoulder the responsibility and make local government work again. Gauteng residents have had enough of crumbling infrastructure, water and power outages, sewage spills, potholes, poor financial management and political instability. Municipalities should be eco

Image: courtesy of FF plus The ANC’s latest proposal to possibly merge Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni into one giant mega metropolis demonstrates that the party is still trying to solve the wrong problem. The people of Gauteng do not need bigger municipalities, but rather smaller, more efficient and more accountable local governments. If a resident already finds it difficult to have problems such as water leakages, sewage spills, potholes and refuse removal resolved, th

Image: Freedom Front Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has been drawing large crowds in KwaZulu-Natal with its series of public meetings across the province. The meetings are part of the “It is Time” tour of the country led by party leader Dr Corné Mulder, who recently also visited areas on the South Coast, the Natal Midlands and the North Coast. In Shelly Beach on the South Coast, Howick in the Midlands and Ballito on the North Coast, the halls were packed and, on sever

Image: courtesy of FF Plus During today's special session of the North West Provincial Legislature, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) abstained from voting to elect a new Speaker. The election was necessitated by Dr Desbo Mohono's resignation from the office and her subsequent appointment as the new MEC for Education last week. During the session, Ms Viola Motsumi of the ANC was elected as the new Speaker with an overwhelming majority vote – with the support of ANC and DA MPL

Image: Supplied Civil rights organisation AfriForum has launched a contempt of court application against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his party following continued calls for illegal land occupations. AfriForum Chief Executive Kallie Kriel confirmed that the application was filed at the High Court in Pretoria. The move comes after Malema and the EFF made renewed calls encouraging members of the public to occupy land illegally. Speaking during a lect

Image: courtesy of FF Plus The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is once again making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The issues, which were raised this week in the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, include allegations of unauthorised remuneration of consultants, problems with the payment of accommodation allowances and general poor administration. It casts a harsh light on the remarks of the former Minister of Education, Dr Naledi Pandor, about the in

Image: Courtesy of FF Plus Is Afrikaans a dialect? This is the question that DF Malherbe sought to answer in 1907 with his doctoral thesis at a German university; 32 years after the founding of the "Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners" (Society of True Afrikaners), which is commemorated today on Afrikaans "Taaldag" (Language Day). It was but one of many small steps toward the official recognition of Afrikaans as a language – and everything that followed, for recognition is merely

Image: courtesy of FF Plus The news that the former DA leader, Mr John Steenhuisen, would be replaced as Minister of Agriculture did not come as a surprise. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) wishes his successor, Mr Willie Aucamp, all the best. Steenhuisen failed to successfully contain foot-and-mouth disease and to top it all his inner circle's insensitive communication sparked public outrage. The situation had clearly become untenable. And now the question on everyone's li

Image: courtesy of FF Plus South Africa’s Constitution does indeed provide protection against abuses. The fact that there are so many attempts to amend it – for example, to make expropriation without compensation possible – serves as proof. The Constitution is not set in stone. It is a living document and if it is fully applied in both letter and spirit, it will accommodate and protect everyone. For too long, the ANC has been allowed to manipulate the Constitution to suit its

Image: courtesy of FF Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes today’s Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Certificate of Need (CoN), as contained in the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act, unconstitutional. This was one of the cornerstones of the NHI. In the matter brought by Solidarity, the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) and the Alliance of South African Independent Practitioners’ Associations and others against the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron M

Image: GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa's back is against the wall. His decision to challenge the findings of the Section 89 Independent Panel, nearly four years later, is clearly a desperate attempt to save himself. His effort to fight back follows last week's ruling by the Constitutional Court, which removed the protection previously afforded to him by the ANC majority in Parliament. The President clearly realises that the shield that the ANC provided to him in December 2022

Image: Gemini generated For years, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned Johannesburg's ANC administration that exorbitant salary negotiations and a culture of non-payment would steer the City straight into bankruptcy. These warnings fell on deaf ears, though, and the consequences are now evident. The controversial R10,3 billion salary increase offered to workers last year to avert labour action ahead of the G20 Summit was a turning point. At the time, the Freedom Front Plu

Image: Gemini generated The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of applications for leave to appeal by two construction companies seeking to overturn the Special Tribunal’s ruling regarding the Beit Bridge border fence scandal. The Tribunal ruled that all proceeds must be repaid. The Constitutional Court found that the merits of the appeal by Profteam cc and Caledon River Properties, trading as Magma Construction, do not engage its juris

Image: Gemini generated The fact that the Minister of Higher Education once again placed the student financial aid scheme NSFAS under administration yesterday underscores the need to thoroughly overhaul the scheme – or even abolish it, according to the Minister of Finance. The Minister of Higher Education, Mr Buti Manamela, cited poor corporate governance as the reason. Since this relatively small bursary scheme was transformed, overnight and without proper preparation, into

Image: courtesy of FF Plus The ongoing water crisis affecting the Rooiwal area will be driven to a head now that the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has stepped in. The party has undertaken to provide legal assistance to Mr Theuns Vogel, a local farmer, in order to compel the City of Tshwane to comply with a 2019 court order. The lawsuit revolves around the Metro's continued failure to comply with the 2019 court order instructing it to urgently upgrade the Rooiwal Waste Water T

Image: courtesy of FF Plus Public participation on the attempt by MK MP, Mr Mzwanele Manyi, to have section 235 removed from the South African Constitution has evidently prompted him to provide more personal commentary on the process. It is, however, a feeble attempt at resuscitating the initiative. A recurring theme in his statement on Wednesday is that section 235 was never intended to be permanent, but merely a transitional provision. He is wrong. Schedule 6 of the Constit