MANGAUNG – The Auditor General (AG) has withheld an opinion on the 2010/11 financial statements of the Free State’s newly-established Mangaung metro municipality.

SELOSESHA – Four men appeared in the Selosesha Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the murder and robbery of a man in Thaba Nchu, Free State police said.

Kabelo Mogosi, 17, was supposed to be having the time of his young life when tragedy struck. One night he went out with friends to hail in the New Year at their usual drinking spot and the next, he lay face up with his internal organs spilling from his belly….dead.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Efforts by members of South Africa Police Service (SAPS) and Farmers Unions have yielded no fruit towards curbing stock theft as syndicates operating between Free State and Lesotho appear to be always a pace ahead.

THABA-NCHU – Three learners from Mokitlane Primary School in Thaba Nchu have achieved a feat unbeknown to many learners from similarly disadvantaged schools by going through to the regional second leg of the Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest (PMWC).

BLOEMFONTEIN – The accident of Hanje Pistorius has led the University of the Free State (UFS) to stop all first year students from shaking their cans begging for donations or selling Ritsems for fund raising at the traffic intersections of Mangaung.

By Mathapedi Ramonotsi BLOEMFONTEIN – A new acting Municipal Manager, Chris Mokomela, resumed his duties on Thursday January 26 as a caretaker for Nala municipality until investigations on the suspended Municipal Manager David Shongwe are over. Shongwe has been suspended after being linked to corruption by a KPMG forensic study, Public Eye has learned. According [...]

An ancient dinosaur nesting site, the oldest ever found, has been excavated in the Free State, the University of the Witwatersrand said on Wednesday January 25.

BLOEMFONTEIN – The state has heavily opposed bail application against South Africa Police Service (SAPS) reservist Thabo Phalatsane, 33, arguing that his release would masquerade a threat to his alleged victim, a Nigerian national, Simon Guduza.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Twenty eager young writers and film makers focused their eyes on the end product – listened to the wisdoms of some of Free State long serving television producers, script-writers and film makers.