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Hospital on auto-pilot
By Libuseng Nyaka WALKING THE TALK: Free State Health MEC Fezi Ngubentombi stresses a point at a stakeholders meeting called to find solutions to deteriorating conditions at Mphumelela hospital in...
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Treasury intervenes in Sanyati debacle
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan addresses the media JOHANNESBURG – The Treasury has committed itself to ensuring that a settlement is reached with respect to the money owed by the Free State...
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Can the mothers save the ANC?
By Dinga Nkhwashu Angie Motshekga As the ANC approaches its watershed Mangaung Conference it is yet time to reflect on the likely outcome of the all important gathering. For months petty and sometimes...
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We can stop ‘president for life’ syndrome
Palesa Morudu asks why a president whose term of office ends officially in less than 18 months would need an elaborate system of bunkers at his private residence OUR constitution guarantees the right...
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Court orders mental examination for suspect
By Godfrey Simons BLOEMFONTEIN – Bloemfontein High court Judge, Justice Stephanus Hancke has postponed the case of a Qwa Qwa man suspected to be mentally ill to January 25 2013 to allow doctors to...
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Prospective drivers sleep in queues
By Libuseng Nyaka QWA QWA – Making an appointment to be tested for drivers at Nelson Mandela Park testing station in Phuthaditjhaba licencing offices is hassle. Prospective examinees are forced to...
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Moqhaka meets with angry strikers
By Molefi Sompane KROONSTAD – The shaky truce between municipal workers and their employer following a two-day unprotected strike was set to meet its waterloo at a meeting slated for Moqhaka Local...
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‘It is Mbeki’s fault’ – ANC
By Libuseng Nyaka QWA QWA – Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki has come under fire for lacking a vision to improve service delivery by municipalities despite his high level of education as...
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Rape trial of Free State nurse postponed
BLOEMFONTEIN – The trial of a Free State male nurse accused of raping a terminally ill cancer patient was postponed to next year in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Monday, October 7. Free...
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Free State leadership fight in court
BLOEMFONTEIN - Free State ANC leader Ace Magashule and others were abusing court procedures to prevent the merits of their election as leaders being aired in public, the Bloemfontein High Court heard...
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Boost for Zuma
By Libuseng Nyaka and Molefi Sompane President Jacob Zuma and his Deputy Kgalema Motlanthe QWA QWA – ANC president Jacob Zuma’s bid for a second term at the helm of the ruling party and state got a...
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Pre-paid meters preferred
..to cut R81 million electricity shortfall By Libuseng Nyaka QWA QWA – Maluti A Phofung Council incurred an annual deficit of R81million and is paying R2 million in penalties every month owing to...
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Cheetahs must win playoffs
By Molefi Sompane SASOLBURG – Supporters of the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division side Toyota Free State Cheetahs are disenchanted by a recent spate of poor performances by their side. The team is...
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Cry, the beloved ANC
Tony Yengeni As the 53rd national conference of the ANC approaches, two exaggerated analogies come to mind. Is it like being trapped on a runaway roller coaster, hurtling up and down at heart-stopping...
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Wanted: a president to restore the ANC’s credibility
Pallo Jordan As December approaches, virtually every political commentator has his mind fixed on the elective conference of the African National Congress (ANC) — the inordinate concentration on the...
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Shack living goes green
ENKANINI — The Plaatjie family – like more than a million households in South Africa – lives in an informal settlement. But unlike most such households, the Plaatjies’ shack is warm in the winter and...
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Education system ignores life skills
By Libuseng Nyaka Director of SMMEs and Cooperatives Joseph Setsabi BETHLEHEM – The Acting Head of Strategic Planning and Development in Free State Government Premier’s Office Mafole Mokalobe has...
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‘Four dead near Welkom mine’
FREE STATE – Four people were shot dead and another seriously wounded near an abandoned mine in Welkom on Thursday, police said. Sergeant Puleng Motsoeneng said the car they were travelling in was...
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Tender probe underway
By Libuseng Nyaka BETHELEHEM – A probe is underway to unearth unknown people who were paid by government officials in the name of small business enterprises and cooperatives, Free State Premier Ace...
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Police foil escape bid
…escapees cornered in suburb By Molefi Sompane SASOLBURG – Sasolburg Police detectives are investigating circumstances under which two prisoners escaped from police custody on Friday, October 12 after...
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