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VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS

A party as the official results list it (VF Plus, VF PLUS). Listed in 10 general elections, from 2000 to 2024.

General elections: 10
First listed: 2000
Latest: 2024
Abbreviation: VF PLUS

Logo and colours

Party logos: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)

Colours: no verified record. The IEC’s results dashboards draw parties in display colours of their own choosing; they are not the party’s statement and are not used.

Leadership

No verified record currently available. Party office is recorded only where the party or an official register states it, with the date it states.

Electoral history

Votes and share in every election this record appears in

National & Provincial elections · national ballotShare of valid votes nationally. A dash: not listed on that ballot. Scale 0–10%.

–1994: not listed1994
–1999: not listed1999
0,9%2004
0,8%2009
0,9%2014
2,4%2019
1,4%2024

Local Government elections · municipal PR ballotShare of all valid PR votes nationally, including municipalities where it was not listed. Scale 0–10%.

0,1%2000
1,0%2006
0,4%2011
0,8%2016
2,3%2021

Results in every election recordedShare of valid votes on all ballots of that type in the election, including where the party was not listed. Changes compare elections of the same type on the same ballot.
Election	Ballot	Votes	Share	Change	On the ballot
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	223 069	1,4%	−0,6 ppsince 2019	9 of 9 provinces
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Regional ballot	236 604	1,5%	–	9 of 9 regions
2024 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	219 053	1,4%	−1,0 ppsince 2019	national ballot
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	District council PR ballot	161 062	2,3%	–	39 of 44 districts
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	276 370	2,4%	+1,6 ppsince 2016	3 158 of 4 468 wards
2021 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	273 757	2,3%	+1,6 ppsince 2016	145 of 213 municipalities
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	345 798	2,1%	+1,2 ppsince 2014	9 of 9 provinces
2019 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	414 864	2,4%	+1,5 ppsince 2014	national ballot
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	115 805	0,8%	+0,3 ppsince 2011	2 659 of 4 392 wards
2016 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	113 124	0,8%	+0,4 ppsince 2011	121 of 213 municipalities
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	144 341	0,8%	−0,1 ppsince 2009	9 of 9 provinces
2014 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	165 715	0,9%	+0,1 ppsince 2009	national ballot
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	66 588	0,5%	−0,4 ppsince 2006	1 964 of 4 277 wards
2011 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	53 931	0,4%	−0,6 ppsince 2006	83 of 234 municipalities
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	152 134	0,9%	0,0 ppsince 2004	9 of 9 provinces
2009 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	146 796	0,8%	−0,1 ppsince 2004	national ballot
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	92 039	0,9%	+0,8 ppsince 2000	1 716 of 3 895 wards
2006 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	94 140	1,0%	+0,9 ppsince 2000	92 of 237 municipalities
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	Provincial ballot	139 282	0,9%	–	9 of 9 provinces
2004 National and Provincial ElectionsNational & Provincial	National ballot	139 465	0,9%	–	national ballot
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Ward ballot	7 935	0,1%	–	194 of 3 754 wards
2000 Local Government ElectionsLocal Government	Municipal PR ballot	7 436	0,1%	–	11 of 237 municipalities

Promises and actions

What the party promised and what it did, each with evidence and a review date — a separate, editorial layer beside the official record

Open the tracker

None published yet. Promises and party activities appear here only after editorial review — this is not a statement that the party made no promises or did nothing.

Ward by-elections

14 June 2017 – 24 June 2026 · IEC results

Wards contested: 104
Seats awarded: 3

Seats awarded, of wards contested3 of 104The IEC's seat award at each by-election — not a statement that the candidate holds the seat today.

Every by-election day

Latest seat awards

Newest first · as the IEC's results award them

People

Members official rosters list for this party now, and its 2024 candidate lists — two different things

Listed as current members

Member of the National Assembly6 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	List
Wynand Johannes Boshoff	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	National
Heloise Denner	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	National
Petrus Johannes Groenewald	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	National
Cornelius Petrus Mulder	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	Regional · Western Cape
Philippus Adriaan Van Staden	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	Regional · Gauteng
Wouter Wynand Wessels	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	National

Member of the Provincial Legislature — Eastern Cape1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	Role (as listed)
Pieter Mey	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “Freedom Front Plus”	Leader of the FF Plus

Member of the Provincial Legislature — Free State1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	Role (as listed)
AB Cloete	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	–

Member of the Provincial Legislature — Mpumalanga1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	Role (as listed)
Werner Ludolf Weber	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF Plus”	Member – Agriculture, Rural Development, Land & Environmental Affairs · Community Safety · Social Development · Culture & Recreation · Women, Youth & Disabilities · SCOPA & Public Participation (Alternate) · Oversight (FF Plus)

Member of the Provincial Legislature — Western Cape1 listed as a current member, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	Role (as listed)
Grant Marais	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “Freedom Front Plus”	–

Permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces2 listed as current members, as at 8 October 2026
Name	Party (as listed)	Province
Tamarin (Tammy) Breedt	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	Free State
Hendrik Jacobus Van Den Berg	VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSListed as “FF PLUS”	Northern Cape

As each body’s roster lists them, under this party’s name or label, on the date it was read. Rosters of some provincial legislatures are not yet in the record. All members listed for this party

Ward councillors

The IEC lists 7 current ward councillors for this party in 7 municipalities, as at 9 October 2026. PR councillors are not yet in the record. See them by name

2024 candidate lists

Candidate lists, 2024 National and Provincial ElectionsThe IEC's final lists as at 10 April 2024 — who stood, not who was elected
List	Candidates
National list	200
Regional list · Eastern Cape	16
Regional list · Free State	10
Regional list · Gauteng	47
Regional list · KwaZulu-Natal	16
Regional list · Limpopo	20
Regional list · Mpumalanga	15
Regional list · North West	13
Regional list · Northern Cape	5
Regional list · Western Cape	24
Provincial list · Eastern Cape	17
Provincial list · Free State	30
Provincial list · Gauteng	61
Provincial list · KwaZulu-Natal	16
Provincial list · Limpopo	31
Provincial list · Mpumalanga	20
Provincial list · North West	38
Provincial list · Northern Cape	22
Provincial list · Western Cape	42

By province, 2000

Areas as that election's official results list them — never mapped onto today's boundaries

2000 Local Government Elections · selected election

By province — 2000, municipal PR ballotVotes and share of valid votes per province, as named on polling day
Province	Votes	Share	Valid votes
Eastern Cape	Not listed		1 392 593
Free State	Not listed		589 132
Gauteng	4 750	0,3%	1 854 963
KwaZulu-Natal	Not listed		1 600 449
Limpopo	Not listed		728 902
Mpumalanga	556	0,1%	617 825
North West	2 130	0,4%	550 570
Northern Cape	Not listed		248 053
Western Cape	Not listed		1 108 592

All parties in the 2000 Local Government Elections

Names as listed

Exactly as the official results and reports print them

Names and abbreviations as listedA different name in a later election would be a separate record unless a source links them
Name	As	Elections
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS	Name on the results	2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
VF Plus	Abbreviation in the results reports	2004, 2009, 2014, 2019
VF PLUS	Abbreviation in the results reports	2024

Manifestos

The party's own election manifestos, searchable by page

Search this party’s policies

FF Plus Manifesto 2024 (web page)2024 National and Provincial Elections · 1 page
Searchable
Published as a web page: its text is kept as one page.
The party’s own copy · retrieved 15 October 2026 · SHA-256 01a1e3f5a99d…

Declared donations

As the Electoral Commission's published declarations reports print them; above the disclosure threshold only

All declarations

VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS declared R 1 385 038 in 6 donations over 2021/22–2023/24. Donors declared 5 of these from their side; those are shown but not added.

Donations declared by VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUSLatest first; rands as published
Period	Donor, as published	Received	Amount	Type
2023/24 · Q4	AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED	18 March 2024	R 300 000	Monetary
2023/24 · Q4	HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED	22 March 2024	R 300 000	Monetary
2023/24 · Q4	ROBERT HERSOV	25 March 2024	R 169 600	Monetary
2023/24 · Q2	TAIPEI LIAISON OFFICE IN CAPE TOWN	10 August 2023	R 131 000	In kind
2021/22 · Q3	AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED	5 October 2021	R 242 219	Monetary
2021/22 · Q3	HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED	19 October 2021	R 242 219	Monetary

Donors other parties also declared

By the same published name, a name match rather than proof of one person or company. Each opens the donor’s declarations to every party.

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED · also AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE, ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS, AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED · also AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS, INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY, AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Sources

Every figure on this page is read from the approved official results of each election; nothing is entered by hand. Each election’s page lists the Electoral Commission’s files it was loaded from, with their fingerprints and how the totals were checked: 2000 local, 2004, 2006 local, 2009, 2011 local, 2014, 2016 local, 2019, 2021 local, 2024.

Record first created from IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Eastern Cape (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026 · approved 19 October 2026

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