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The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, has published the guidelines for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. These guidelines partially remove the sting of ...
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) encourages pensioners in the Ekurhuleni Metro to apply for a rebate on their property taxes before the new property valuations take effect on 1 July 2025. The new ...
Farm murders are a serious problem in South Africa and cannot be ignored. The memorial wall at Nampo, bearing the names of over 2 800 murdered farmers, is a heartbreaking testament to this. To ...
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has urged the Ekurhuleni Metro to review the funding it allocates to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to increase support for animal care.
The ANC was dealt a severe blow yesterday in the National Assembly (NA) as it was forced to refer a report back to the relevant Portfolio Committee after it became apparent that the report would be ...
The news that Goodyear South Africa is closing its manufacturing plant in Uitenhage/Kariega comes as a severe blow to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) and the local economy. More than a thousand ...
One of South Africa’s largest feedlot groups, Karan Beef, informed its suppliers yesterday that it is imposing a temporary moratorium on purchases after foot-and-mouth disease was detected at one of ...
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) noted with concern the Ekurhuleni Metro’s so-called “special adjustment budget” for the 2024/25 financial year, which was approved in today’s council meeting. This ...
It has come to the attention of the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) that the Free State Department of Labour has closed Wards 9 and 10 at Universitas Hospital following complaints about unhygienic and ...
The Govan Mbeki Local Municipality’s (GMM) non-compliance with the Municipal Property Rates Act, again confirmed during the latest council meeting, is unacceptable. The Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) ...
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) demands that the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) take immediate action after a second high-voltage transmission tower collapsed in Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha in less than ...
Report compiled by the FF Plus of complaints and accounts received from victims of horrific treatment in the hands of South African hospitals. The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is possibly ...