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ANC bus crash: FS police to complete investigation before charging drivers
Free State police cannot predict how long investigations will take allowing them to formally charge two bus drivers involved in an accident which claimed the lives of 10 ANC members at the weekend. Five men and five women were killed when the bus, which was taking them home from the…
Nonkululeko Mbatha – Imbizo Focus Week
Nonkululeko Mbatha, spokesperson for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bheki Cele, says Cele emphasised the need for farmers to become active in agro-processing while engaging with communities in the Northern Cape’s Francis Baard Region during an Imbizo Focus Week visit.
Feature: Racism Dialogue
The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality has recently conducted a dialogue on racism in Bloemfontein, in partnership with the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, the Foundation for Human Rights and the Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA). The Anti-Racism Network was also launched in the Free…
Tekens van positiewe groei in toeriste-akkomodasie
Inkomste uit toeriste-akkomodasie het gegroei met ongeveer 15.4 persent in Februarie 2016 vergeleke met dieselfde tyd in 2015. Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste opname oor toeriste akkomodasie vir Februarie 2016 wys ‘n drie persent toename in die getal nagte per verblyfeenheid wat verkoop is. Die tipe akkomodasie wat die hoogste jaar-op-jaar…
Lykskouingsverslag dalk vandag bekend
Die lykskouingsverslag van 'n negejarige seuntjie wie se liggaam die naweek in ‘n verlate steengroef in Barkly-Wes in die Noord-Kaap gevind is, sal na verwagting vandag beskikbaar wees. Gift Makatees se lyk is Vrydagaand deur polisieduikers gevind nadat hy die vorige dag vermis geraak het. Familiewoordvoerder, Malaboga Thetela, het aan…
Little changed five year later in Ficksburg: Rose Tatane
The widow of Andries Tatane, who made international headlines after he was killed by police during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg, says municipal services are still not up to scratch five years after her husband's death. Rose Tatane was speaking after a national bursary fund was launched in commemoration…
Report on possible human rights violations against KhoiSan expected in September
The Northern Cape Education Department is expected to be rapped over the knuckles in a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report on possible human rights violations against KhoiSan communities. This comes after community members laid several complaints during a series of public hearings, which formed part of a national…
Two foreigners to appear today after R70 million drug bust in NW
Two foreign nationals, one from Tanzania and the other from Zambia, are expected to appear in the Zeerust Magistrate's court this morning after they were found with drugs worth R70 million. The suspects were arrested at the Kopfontein border post in Zeerust yesterday, after the drugs were found in their…
Sadtu to march against Free State Education MEC
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Free State will march against the MEC for Education, Tate Makgoe, this week. Sadtu’s provincial secretary, Makholoane Moloi, says they have already embarked on a ‘work-to-rule’ campaign, since the schools reopened last week for the second term. Moloi says the union…
Feature: Public Hearings in Northern Cape
Cathy Dlodlo spoke to Human Rights Commission Danny Titus about the hearings and the process that is now coming to an end before a report is tabled in parliament later this year…
DA expecting close to 10 000 people to join march to Concourt
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it's expecting close to 10 000 people to join its march to the Constitutional Court today. The official opposition will be demonstrating in Johannesburg to highlight the importance of the landmark Nkandla ruling. The Constitutional Court found both President Jacob Zuma and Parliament violated the…
Free State Sadtu members "have had enough"
Members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the Free State say they have had enough of the many issues crippling progress within the department of education. Sadtu’s provincial secretary, Makholoane Moloi, says these include unpaid school subsidies. He says schools which obtain a pass rate of less…
Groot name is bevestig vir die eerste O.R. Tambo Vrystaat Marathon
Van die grootse padwedloop-name sal eerskomende Saterdag deelneem aan die eerste O.R. Tambo Vrystaat Marathon wat in die Bloemfontein plaasvind. Dit is volgens die departmentshoof van die Vrystaatse Departement van Sport, Kuns, Kultuur en Ontspanning, Tsoarelo Malakoane. Die marathon waarborg aan die mans- en vrouewenner van die 42.2km volle marathon…
Sunwolves captain Shota Horie and coach Mark Hammett speak to OFM Sport
Sunwolves coach Mark Hammett made a few changes to his team which will face the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this weekend. Last week the side from Japan lost 46-19 to the Stormers in Cape Town. Flyhalf, Tusi Pisi, is back at flyhalf after being rested last week and he will…
Feature: Free State University graduation season filled with inspiring stories
Moeketsi Mogotsi spoke to one of the students who is an example of reaching his dream, despite a difficult upbringing…
Walus-paroolaansoek: NVG gaan appelleer
Die staat se aansoek om te appelleer teen die vrylating van Janusz Walus op parool is vanoggend van die hand gewys. Walus dien lewenslange tronkstraf uit vir die moord op die voormalige SAKP-leier, Chris Hani. Die minister van justisie en korrektiewe dienste, Michael Masutha, het verlof gevra om te appelleer…
Walus-paroolaansoek: Limpho Hani vaar uit teen regter
Limpho Hani, die weduwee van die vermoorde SAKP-leier Chris Hani, het uitgevaar teen die regter wat die staat se aansoek om te appelleer teen die vrylating van Janusz Walus op parool vanoggend van die hand gewys het. Walus dien lewenslange tronkstraf uit vir die moord op Hani in 1993. Regter…
Aanlyn-registrasieproses by GP-skole kan in ander provinsies gedupliseer word
Fedsas sê die nuwe aanlyn-registrasieproses vir toelating by Gautengse skole kan in ander provinsies in die land gedupliseer word indien dié stelsel effektief en alle probleme rondom dit opgelos is. Die Federasie van Beheerliggame van Suid-Afrikaanse Skole sê daar is nog uitdagings met die aanlyn-registrasieproses in Gauteng. Die stelsel, wat…
SMS-bedrogspul: Inwoners van VS en NW ook ingeloop
‘n Nasionale ondersoek deur die Valke na voorvalle waarin waarin mense oor die land heen al ingeloop is, is ook na die Vrystaat en Noordwes uitgebrei. Valke-woordvoerder, Hangwani Mulaudzi, sê die skelmstreek behels dat mense ‘n sms-boodskap ontvang waarin hulle ingelig word dat ‘n saak in verband met ‘n verkeersoortreding…
Uitspraak in aansoek om appél teen parool vir Walus verwag
Uitspraak in die Minister van Justisie se aansoek om appél teen parool vir Janusz Walus word vandag in die Pretoriase Hooggeregshof gelewer. Walus dien lewenslange tronkstraf uit vir die moord op die voormalige SAKP-leier, Chris Hani. Die minister, Michael Masutha het aangevoer dat die skeiding van magte geskend is toe…