The Free Stater

14/10/2025

The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), through its Product Development Technology Station, has entered into a landmark collaboration with the University Of Venda to accelerate technological innovation, product development and intellectual property generation in South Africa’s higher education sector.

THE Central University of Technology (CUT), through its Product Development Technology Station (PDTS), has entered into a landmark collaboration with the University of Venda to accelerate technological innovation, product development and intellectual property generation in South Africa’s higher ed...

14/10/2025

The Free State Legislature has summoned all municipalities across the province to appear before its oversight committees starting this week, amid a dire state of local government entities.

THE Free State Legislature has summoned all municipalities across the province to appear before its oversight committees starting this week, amid a dire state of local government entities.

13/10/2025

TENSIONS remain high at the University of the Free State after six students arrested during violent protests over the scrapping of provisional registration appeared in court on Monday.

TENSIONS remain high at the University of the Free State (UFS) after six students arrested during violent protests over the scrapping of provisional registration appeared in court on Monday.

12/10/2025

MORE than 14 years after her husband died in a crash allegedly caused by a pothole-ridden provincial road, Martha Johanna Petronella Rossouw’s battle to hold the Free State government accountable has been revived.

Free State Provincial Government

MORE than 14 years after her husband died in a crash allegedly caused by a pothole-ridden provincial road, Martha Johanna Petronella Rossouw’s battle to hold the Free State government accountable has been revived – thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) that has breathed new lif...

12/10/2025

THE Free State’s residential property market recorded a steady rise in home prices in May 2025, reflecting growing confidence in the province’s housing sector amid a broader national recovery.

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THE Free State’s residential property market recorded a steady rise in home prices in May 2025, reflecting growing confidence in the province’s housing sector amid a broader national recovery.

06/10/2025

THE Free State High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, confirming a 2023 ruling that Woodland Hills Wild Life Estate Bloemfontein is responsible for collecting and transporting its own household refuse to a designated landfill.

THE Free State High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, confirming a 2023 ruling that the Woodland Hills Wildlife Estate – a private estate north of Bloemfontein – is responsible for collecting and transporting its own household refuse to a designated landfil...

02/07/2025

Court orders Centlec to reinstate spokesperson

10/03/2025

More than 200 learners from Kagisho Secondary School in Phahameng, Bloemfontein, fell ill in a suspected food poisoning outbreak during matric study camp over the weekend.

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Free State Provincial Government Free State Department of Health Free State dept of education

MORE than 200 learners from Kagisho Secondary School in Phahameng, Bloemfontein, fell ill in a suspected food poisoning outbreak during matric study camp over the weekend.

06/03/2025

The Free State Executive Counci has moved to accelerate the completion of two major low-income housing projects that have been delayed for years.

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Free State Provincial Government Free State COGTA and Human Settlements

THE Free State Executive Counci has moved to accelerate the completion of two major low-income housing projects that have been delayed for years.

05/03/2025

A devastating accident on the N6 highway in the Free State has claimed 10 lives and left 27 others injured, some critically.

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Free State Provincial Government South African Police Service

A DEVASTATING accident on the N6 highway in the Free State has claimed 10 lives and left 27 others injured, some critically.

04/03/2025

The towering tailing dumps – massive heaps of waste left behind by a century of diamond mining – represented more than just discarded earth: they symbolised a second chance.

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Free State Provincial Government

The towering tailing dumps – massive heaps of waste left behind by a century of diamond mining – represented more than just discarded earth: they symbolised a second chance.

04/03/2025

The latest crime statistics paint a grim picture of violent crime in the Free State.

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Free State Provincial Government South African Police Service

THE latest crime statistics from the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the third quarter of the 2024/25 financial year – covering October to December 2024 – paint a grim picture of violent crime in the Free State.