BLOEMFONTEIN – He was a gentleman through and through. Stylish former Bafana Bafana coach April “Styles” Phumo died in a Bloemfontein private hospital on Sunday, aged 74, after a long battle with cancer.

BOTSHABELO – A group of land claimants in Thaba Nchu that was overlooked when its claim was settled is becoming increasingly agitated and is preparing to step up efforts for compensation.

A Free State farmer discovered an aggressive lion cub in a sheep pen after a worker called him to shoot a cat killing his sheep, the Volksblad newspaper reported on Monday. Gerhard van Rhyn from the farm Mierdam near Dealesville was told a caracal was in the sheep pen. At least one sheep had already [...]

PETRUSBURG – About 300 residents of Petrusburg near Bloemfontein in the Free State embarked on a protest over service delivery on Monday morning, police said.

WELKOM – Welkom murderer Charne van Heerden’s action of skinning her victim’s face was a rare criminal act, the Virginia Circuit Court heard on Tuesday, November 22.

…as Employees down tools demanding the sacking of Manager and CFO By Matli Mohanoe QWAQWA – Angry members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) at Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality downed tools on Wednesday, November 23 demanding the dismissal of Municipal Manager (MM) Stephen Kau and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jonathan Ramulondi. Their anger boiled [...]

BLOEMFONTEIN – South Africa will apply for the extradition of Lesotho’s Ralentsoe Francis Moloi to stand trial in the high court on charges of attempted murder, theft and assault.

BLOEMFONTEIN – ANCYL president Julius Malema arrived here on Thursday, November 24 with blue lights blazing and sirens blaring to give a memorial lecture in remembrance of the late ANC Free State spokesperson Teboho Sikisi, 38.

BOTSHABELO – Scores of residents of Section A here have been facing intermittent water shortages since August raising the spectre of an outbreak of communicable diseases.

BLOEMFONTEIN-Former Congress of the People (Cope) provincial chairperson, Bonakela Vax Mayekiso, his deputy Charles Mqwandleli, and the party’s spokesperson Sello Dithebe have defected to the ruling party African National Congress (ANC).