BLOEMFONTEIN – The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) on Saturday welcomed the life sentences handed to three of the six men who murdered a family in Lindley in the Free State.

JAGERSFONTEIN – The community around the revived Jagersfontein diamond mines are demanding jobs and want to know what their 10 percent shareholding is worth in real money.

BLOEMFONTEIN – The widow of Andries Tatane who died during a recent service delivery protest in Ficksburg, Malehlohonol Rose Tatane has vowed to continue championing human rights causes and demands for greater official accountability.

JACOBSDAL – The MEC for Finance Seiso Mohai has urged Free State residents to take action, inspire change and make everyday a Mandela Day in an endeavour to improve people’s lives.

QWAQWA – The new Executive Mayor of Maluti a Phofung local Municipality Mofumahadi Mathokoana Mopeli has called for closer working relations between the community and councillors to speed up development in the locality.

BLOEMFONTEIN – “Life has been very difficult since my husband who was the only bread winner for the family was arrested. I now depend solely on my two children‘s social grant of R250 per child, since I am unemployed.”

QWAQWA – The recent spike in attacks on police officers should be nipped in the bud while measures should be stepped up to protect officers from marauding criminals, Free State MEC for Police, Roads and Transport Butana Khomphela has said.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Cosatu has threatened to bring industry in the country to a halt as it drives home demands for the immediate scrapping of labour brokers whom it accuses of undercutting workers.

BLOEMFONTEIN- Thieves in Bloemfontein have devised a way of entering and stealing from cars without using force, police here have warned.

BLOEMFONTEIN – South Africa must invest heavily in knowledge production to stem the overreliance on “connected” friends to get to the top, controversial political analyst Professor Sipho Seepe has said.