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IEC ordered to gazette BLF’s registration as a political party
The ruling means the BLF will be allowed to contest the 8 May elections until the IEC reviews its decision to allow the FF Plus the opportunity to oppose the BLF’s registration.
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FF Plus heads to Electoral Court to get BLF off the ballot
This follows the IEC’s decision to reject an FF Plus appeal against the chief electoral officers’ decision to register the BLF, which is led by Andile Mngxitama.
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FF Plus blames District Six land restitution delays on BEE
First, it was Eskom, now the Freedom Front Plus is blaming delays in developing District Six on the ANC’s policies around black economic empowerment.
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FF Plus and ANC trade barbs over District Six redevelopment project
FF Plus believes the redevelopment project could have been completed sooner had it been handled locally.
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FF Plus’s Peter Marais: ANC’s affirmative action plans to blame for Eskom crisis
FF Plus premier candidate Peter Marais says white and coloured engineers at the power utility were replaced by lesser-qualified black professionals.
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FF Plus premier candidate wants WC free from rest of SA
Peter Marais is advocating for self-determination in the Western Cape ahead of the general elections in May.
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Maimane accuses FF Plus of being divisive, calls for unity in SA
DA leader Mmusi Maimane is on the campaign trail in Kimberley, Northern Cape, where the party is hoping to unseat the African National Congress.
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Smaller parties fight back, accuse DA of using fear-mongering tactics
The official opposition has managed to form coalition governments in towns across the country with the help of smaller parties, like the African Christian Democratic Party and Freedom Front Plus.
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DA chief whip Steenhuisen labels FF Plus a party of the past
Steenhuisen was one of the speakers at the party’s manifesto launch in the province. He switched to Afrikaans to attack the Freedom Front Plus as he addressed a rally in the competitor’s heartland.
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Ramaphosa misleading SA on nationalisation of banks, says FF+
The party has accused Ramaphosa of lying, alleging that he told investors in Davos that the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) would not be nationalised to safeguard its independence.
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Rename CT Airport to Krotoa International Airport, says FF Plus
The party staged a demonstration at Parliament on Tuesday against the Economic Freedom Fighters draft motion, calling for the airport’s name to be changed.
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EFF won't rest until Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s name given 'honour it deserves'
The party’s motion to get Parliament to back its campaign to have Cape Town International Airport named after the struggle icon was defeated on Tuesday when MPs instead supported an amended version put forward by the ANC.
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FF Plus may gain votes from 'unhappy white' DA supporters, says analyst
The Freedom Front Plus has called for the scrapping of affirmative action and quota policies at universities and other organisations.
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FF Plus calls for scrapping of affirmative action, university quota policies
Leader Pieter Groenewald has slammed the BEE policy labelling it as black elite enrichment.
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FF Plus labels BEE 'black elite enrichment', calls for it to be scrapped
FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald has called for the scrapping of affirmative action and BEE and says race mustn’t be the criteria to help poor people.
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FF Plus: 'We don’t make false promises, what we say, we will do'
The party launched its manifesto this morning at the Rockwood Theatre in Pretoria on Saturday.
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Stop land expropriation without compensation, FF+ tells Ramaphosa
At a dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, Ramaphosa intimated the country had lost almost a decade of growth and development under Zuma.
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FFPlus: 'Marais will keep other political parties on their toes'
Peter Marais, who will be running as the Freedom Front Plus' Western Cape premier candidate, says that he's not only counting on coloured people for support but all those who share the values of self-determination and advancing minority rights.
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Marais says returning to politics at request of minority groups
The party on Tuesday announced that 70-year-old Peter Marais, a former premier and Cape Town mayor, has officially joined the party.
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Peter Marais re-enters political ring as WC premier candidate for FF Plus
The former Western Cape premier and Cape Town mayor has now joined the Freedom Front Plus and will be running as the party’s premier candidate in this year’s elections.
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Opposition parties: Land expropriation fight has just begun
While all parties represented in Parliament support land reform, there are sharp divisions on how this should be done.
