Free State news updates
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the Phumelela Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) report to be returned due to outstanding documents and unanswered questions. The DA has demanded transparency and accountability from the municipality and has threatened to refer the matter to the Provincial Public Accounts Committee if all Read more…
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The Free State Department of Human Settlements has been accused of corruption and incompetence in the delivery of quality housing to deserving beneficiaries in the province. MPL Leona Kleynhans delivered a scathing Budget Vote Debate on 14 April 2023, highlighting the department’s failure to address the legacy of apartheid and Read more…
The Free State Department of Education has been criticized for its poor performance in delivering quality education to learners in the province. During the Budget Vote Debate on 14 April 2023, MPL Mariette Pittaway of the Democratic Alliance (DA) highlighted several issues plaguing the education system in the Free State. Read more…
According to a media statement released by the South African Government News Agency, President Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to Marshoff’s family and friends. Marshoff passed away on Saturday, leaving behind a legacy of service to the people of the Free State province. “The President has expressed his condolences to Read more…
Letsemeng Local Municipality in the Free State province is facing a crisis as major managerial positions remain vacant, some for an extended period of time. The contracts for the last two important posts, CFO and Director of Technical Services, expired on 04 April 2023, and the Director of Corporate Services Read more…
Tuesday’s parliamentary briefing on the escape of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from Mangaung Correctional Centre was unable to proceed when security company G4S, which operates the prison, declined to appear. Bester escaped from prison on 3 May 2022. The Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Correctional Services had invited G4S, Read more…
Fiona Mona is a born-again child of God, powerful worshipper, giver, song writer, vocalist, and businesswoman. Born as Jonita Malesa Visser in Koffiefontein, a small diamond mining town in the Free State. She was later named Fiona by her late father. “I was born into a Christian and very musical Read more…
A Free State household in rural Jacobsdal has been left without electricity for almost two weeks. Queeneth Sebaku, a domestic worker in Cape Town, told IspotDaily that her household has been without electricity for almost two weeks since her power supply miraculously stopped on Friday, 16 December 2022. According to Read more…
Many educational materials have been destroyed after a school was petrol bombed in Free State. According to reports, Gonyane Primary School in Bloemfontein, Free State, was petrol bombed, which led to the loss of learning and teaching materials worth R300000. This happened just before the 2023 academic year started. The Read more…
Police in the Free State are investigating an alleged assault case following an alleged racist incident at a resort where white adult males tried to prevent black teenagers from using the swimming pool on Christmas day. The adult males are seen ordering the teens out of the swimming pool Read more…
