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THE search for five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw from Glen has ended in tragedy after police discovered his body on Wednes...
13/11/2025

THE search for five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw from Glen has ended in tragedy after police discovered his body on Wednesday afternoon in the suburb on the outskirts of Bloemfontein.

THE search for five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw from Glen has ended in tragedy after police discovered his body on Wednesday afternoon in the suburb on the outskirts of Bloemfontein.

HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Thursday launched South Africa’s Six Multi-Month Dispensing (6MMD) HIV treatment cam...
13/11/2025

HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Thursday launched South Africa’s Six Multi-Month Dispensing (6MMD) HIV treatment campaign in Bloemfontein, a move hailed as a major stride toward ending the country’s HIV and Aids epidemic by 2030.

Free State Department of Health National Department of Health (South Africa) Free State Provincial Government

HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Thursday launched South Africa’s Six Multi-Month Dispensing (6MMD) HIV treatment campaign in Bloemfontein, a move hailed as a major stride toward ending the country’s HIV and Aids epidemic by 2030.

TWO brothers from Bloemfontein have each been sentenced to 30 years of direct imprisonment for the premeditated murder o...
13/11/2025

TWO brothers from Bloemfontein have each been sentenced to 30 years of direct imprisonment for the premeditated murder of their disabled uncle in what prosecutors described as a “cold-blooded and greed-driven plot” to cash in on a funeral insurance policy.

TWO brothers from Bloemfontein have each been sentenced to 30 years of direct imprisonment for the premeditated murder of their disabled uncle in what prosecutors described as a “cold-blooded and greed-driven plot” to cash in on a funeral insurance policy.

FREE State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has made an impassioned plea to members of the public to assist police in find...
13/11/2025

FREE State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has made an impassioned plea to members of the public to assist police in finding five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw from Glen, who went missing on Saturday, 8 November 2025.

Free State Provincial Government South African Police Service

FREE State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has made an impassioned plea to members of the public to assist police in finding five-year-old Onkarabetse Leeuw from Glen, who went missing on Saturday, 8 November 2025.

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police discovered 25 boxes of illicit ci******es hidden in a minibus during a ...
13/11/2025

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police discovered 25 boxes of illicit ci******es hidden in a minibus during a routine patrol on the R82 near Sasolburg on Tuesday night.

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police discovered 25 boxes of illicit ci******es hidden in a minibus during a routine patrol on the R82 near Sasolburg on Tuesday night.

THE Free State recorded one of the strongest improvements in employment in South Africa during the third quarter of 2025...
12/11/2025

THE Free State recorded one of the strongest improvements in employment in South Africa during the third quarter of 2025, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey.

THE Free State recorded one of the strongest improvements in employment in South Africa during the third quarter of 2025, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey.

THE Free State High Court has granted the provincial health department permission to stop the release of pension benefit...
12/11/2025

THE Free State High Court has granted the provincial health department permission to stop the release of pension benefits to one of its former employees accused of involvement in a multimillion-rand corruption scandal, while dismissing the same bid against another ex-official.

Free State Department of Health Free State Provincial Government

THE Free State High Court has granted the provincial health department permission to stop the release of pension benefits to one of its former employees accused of involvement in a multimillion-rand corruption scandal, while dismissing the same bid against another ex-official.

THE Free State High Court has dismissed an attempt by electricity utility Centlec Ltd to block a rental claim amounting ...
11/11/2025

THE Free State High Court has dismissed an attempt by electricity utility Centlec Ltd to block a rental claim amounting to R8.7-million brought against it by the State Development Corporation.

Free State Provincial Government Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

THE Free State High Court has dismissed an attempt by electricity utility Centlec Ltd to block a rental claim amounting to R8.7-million brought against it by the Free State Development Corporation (FDC), ruling that the FDC’s case was clear and properly pleaded.

THE Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by the Free State High Court and ordered that Bloemfontein attorney ...
10/11/2025

THE Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by the Free State High Court and ordered that Bloemfontein attorney Johann Oosthuizen be struck from the roll of legal practitioners for misconduct involving the misappropriation of trust funds.

THE Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has overturned a ruling by the Free State High Court and ordered that Bloemfontein attorney Johann Oosthuizen be struck from the roll of legal practitioners for misconduct involving the misappropriation of trust funds.

IN a significant ruling that could save dozens of jobs and revive a once-thriving meat processing operation, the Free St...
10/11/2025

IN a significant ruling that could save dozens of jobs and revive a once-thriving meat processing operation, the Free State High Court has placed Bloemfontein Abattoir (Pty) Ltd under business rescue, paving the way for a multimillion-rand turnaround plan.

IN a significant ruling that could save dozens of jobs and revive a once-thriving meat processing operation, the Free State High Court has placed Bloemfontein Abattoir (Pty) Ltd under business rescue, paving the way for a multimillion-rand turnaround plan.

THE Free State remains one of South Africa’s least visited provinces despite a national surge in domestic tourism, accor...
10/11/2025

THE Free State remains one of South Africa’s least visited provinces despite a national surge in domestic tourism, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Domestic Tourism Survey for 2024.

Free State Provincial Government Free State Department of Economic Development and Tourism

THE Free State remains one of South Africa’s least visited provinces despite a national surge in domestic tourism, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Domestic Tourism Survey (DTS) for 2024.

THE R51-million project to refurbish the Free State province’s largest police station is set to enter its 10th year with...
23/10/2025

THE R51-million project to refurbish the Free State province’s largest police station is set to enter its 10th year with no completion in sight, despite originally being scheduled for just 24 months.

Free State Provincial Government South African Police Service Parliament of the Republic of South Africa Jabu Mbalula

THE R51-million project to refurbish the Free State province’s largest police station is set to enter its 10th year with no completion in sight, despite originally being scheduled for just 24 months.

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