FF Plus launches 2026 election manifesto [SOUND]

# The Freedom Front Plus has launched its local government election manifesto under the theme, It is Our Time in Pretoria East. The party says South Africa had one-thousand-262 local municipalities in 1994, compared to 213 today, while rapidly growing urban populations have placed increasing pressure on municipalities. The FF Plus, Corne Mulder says many municipalities are now struggling to provide adequate services across increasingly large service areas. He says the manifesto proposes a recovery plan to reverse what it describes as the decline of local government: