ANC, unions causing unrest in the Cape
The established order of the Western Cape’s traditionally white and coloured communities is increasingly being disrupted by land occupations and violent protest actions that have spread through the province like wildfire. It seems as if the events that transpired in Mitchells Plain at the beginning of May had a domino effect that spread far and […]
Debate in parliament: Africa Day – Mandela’s legacy of human rights and non-racialism trampled underfoot
Former President Nelson Mandela tried to establish a legacy of integrity and respect for human rights. Today, this legacy is being trampled underfoot – by the ANC government as well. Mandela was willing to stand up to an African country, Nigeria, and express his disdain for the government of President Sani Abacha as a result […]
Budget vote debate: Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration – Judicial system must move away from using only English
South Africa’s judicial system will serve the country’s people a lot better if it moved away from mainly using English and if it incorporated all 11 official languages into the system on all levels. A report by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for the Office of the Chief Justice only mentions language in a single sentence […]
Budget vote in parliament: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (Minister in the Presidency) is superfluous and is failing as 93% of municipalities are dysfunctional
Opposition parties all agree that there is no need for the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. One of the Department’s functions is to monitor the service delivery of national and provincial governmental departments and municipalities. It is known that 93% of our municipalities are dysfunctional or in big trouble and urgently need help. It […]
ANC, DA must both bear the blame for clashes and violence between black and coloured people in Cape Town
The FF Plus agrees with the coloured community of Mitchells Plain who blames the ANC for the violence of the past few days. Yesterday, the community voiced the opinion, which the FF Plus also holds, that large numbers of people from particularly the Eastern Cape are allowed to stream into the Cape Metro, where they […]
Political Party Funding Bill will promote multiparty democracy
The Political Party Funding Bill underscores Section 236 of the Constitution, which stipulates that parties must be funded to promote multiparty democracy. This should be welcomed seeing as the previous funding model fell short in this regard. The existing act has many shortcomings, the greatest of which is the unequal formula for distributing funds amongst […]
FF Plus will request Speaker to take action against Shivambu for attacking journalist
The FF Plus strongly condemns this morning’s incident during which Floyd Shivambu from the EFF attacked a journalist at Parliament and will immediately address a written request to the Speaker of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, to take action against Shivambu. According to reports, the journalist, Adrian de Kock who is a videographer at Network24, indicated that […]
Government must stop playing political games with water and make use of Israel’s expertise
The water scarcity in South Africa is a national crisis and politicians like Shaik Emam of the NFP and the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Ms Pamela Tshwete, may not use it to try and score cheap political points. South Africa is a dry country and, therefore, we must make use of every opportunity […]
Tragic death of hiker at Muizenberg was to be expected
Seemingly no additional safety measures were implemented to protect people after the unsettling increase in the number of serious attacks on hikers, beach-goers and cyclists in and around Cape Town over the last few months, so it was only a matter of time before one of the attacks would eventually claim a life, says Dr […]
Dag Zero: VF Plus vra optrede teen watervermorsing
Die VF Plus versoek in ‘n skrywe die premier van die Wes-Kaap, mev. Helen Zille, om maatreëls in plek te stel en streng op te tree om die vermorsing van water stop te sit, sê dr. Corné Mulder, leier van die VF Plus in die Wes-Kaap. ‘n Videogreep ( https://www.facebook.com/GershOne1/videos/1662558587141699/ ) doen tans die rondte […]