The fire at the Waltloo Substation, the damage to the Njala Infeed Station and the Tshwane Metro’s decision to implement load reduction are not coincidental technical incidents. They are the foreseeable consequences of years of neglect, a shortage of skilled tradesmen and an administration that chooses to ignore warning signs until the lights go out. Njala is crucial for Tshwane’s bulk power supply. When it loses transformer capacity, the Metro has to ration electricity between wards to prevent …
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The Tale of Tshwane: Turning the Page on Failed Government in Our Capital
These remarks were delivered today in Johannesburg by ActionSA Tshwane Joburg Mayoral Candidate Dr Nasiphi Moya at the launch of ActionSA’s 2026 Local Government Elections Manifesto. President Mashaba, members of our national leadership, our candidates, and most importantly, our ActionSA activists from across South Africa. It is a privilege to stand before you today as we launch ActionSA’s manifesto for the 2026 Local Government Elections. This is an important moment for our party, and I am …
South Africans and Migrants: Study Tracks the Barriers to Being Good Neighbours
South Africa has made strides in integrating immigrants into local communities. The country is home to an estimated 2.4 million to 3.1 million foreign-born residents. This represents roughly 4% to 5.1% of the total population. Acceptance of immigrants as neighbours in the neighbourhoods where they live and work is, however, not a given. Suspicion and tensions between locals and immigrants remain common. Evidence of this was the sharp surge in xenophobic violence and anti-immigrant protests in …
Freedom Front Plus Will Not Attend Tshwane’s Special Council Meeting
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) caucus will not attend Tshwane’s special council meeting tomorrow to elect a new chief whip. Last month, the Metro announced that the position of chief whip is vacant after Molatelo Mashola was appointed as the interim Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services. The former Mayoral Committee Member, Frans Boshielo, was unexpectedly removed from his office without an explanation. In the Freedom Front Plus’s view, it is senseless and needless to appoint a new …
It Is Time to Turn the Vaal Around
This week, the Freedom Front Plus leader, Dr Corné Mulder, visited the Vaal and southern Gauteng as part of his “It is Time” Tour. Public meetings were held in Heidelberg, Walkerville, Evaton and Vanderbijlpark, and his tour of the province was concluded on Thursday evening at Stonehaven. The visit focused the spotlight on the serious challenges faced by Vaal communities. In Emfuleni, in particular, poor service delivery, crumbling infrastructure and financial problems have reached a critical …
“It Is Our Time” Manifesto Launch Provides Direction Through Practical Solutions for Local Government
Local government can be restored and municipalities’ decline can be turned around. This is the gist of the message conveyed by the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) with its Manifesto Launch under the theme “It is Our Time”. (Manifesto attached) The Manifesto, which was unveiled at the Silver Lakes Farm Hotel in Pretoria East, marks a new beginning and provides practical solutions to restore local government, uplift communities and offer them hope for the future. The Freedom Front Plus’s theme …
Brink’s Fire Engine Lies Are Reckless Fearmongering
Cilliers Brink’s latest attempt to manufacture a crisis in Tshwane demonstrates how far the DA’s mayoral candidate is prepared to go to mislead residents for his own political benefit. Brink has taken to social media claiming that Tshwane’s fire engines have been “repossessed” because the City cannot pay its bills. This is false. As the City has confirmed, no Emergency Services vehicles have been repossessed as a result of non-payment. The vehicles Brink filmed are at a repair facility …
eThekwini City Manager Referred to NPA Over Phoenix Housing Corruption
ActionSA has today taken eThekwini City Manager Musa Mbhele to the National Prosecuting Authority, submitting a Section 27 affidavit to the Investigating Director over an alleged criminal contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and failure to act on evidence of corruption in the deeply tainted Phoenix Infill Housing Project. This follows a damning final report of Special Investigating Unit (SIU) proclamation R9 of 2021, issued in March 2023. This found evidence pointing to the …
“5 More Years” Election Posters in Tshwane
Today, I launched my election posters in Tshwane with a simple message to residents: give ActionSA five more years to continue the work we have started and restore our Capital City. When I accepted ActionSA’s nomination as Mayoral Candidate in May, I said that my vision was to build a Capital City we can all be proud of again. I also set out the five priorities that will guide my programme for the next five years: economic prosperity and opportunity, financial stability and responsible …
Tshwane Could Do More to Boost Community Projects
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) commends the communities who have rolled up their sleeves and taken it upon themselves to maintain and gentrify their neighbourhoods under the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative, however, the current administration needs to provide more guidance. This upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals and businesses to maintain council property such as streetlights, road signs and parks, and to install …