BLOEMFONTEIN – At least 224 of the six hundred detainees who qualify for special remission will be released on Monday, May 9 from Grootvlei Prison, Regional Commissioner of Correctional Services Delekile Klaas has announced.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Although street vendors reportedly contribute at least twelve percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and ease unemployment, they still face constant harassment and arrest by police.

Many South Africans are feeling a profound sense of anxiety – and, increasingly, disillusionment – over the moral and spiritual wellbeing of the nation.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Employers will now be required by law to put up surety before they can appeal decisions of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

The condition of Free State’s filthy streets has been an ongoing topic as well as an Achilles Heel for most business people, with cleaning campaigns flourishing for limited periods only. Against this background, Public Eye journalist Tselane Moiloa spoke to Environmental Affairs MEC Mamiki Qabathe about new efforts to improve waste management in Free State, who said that black communities need to work together with white communities to learn better waste management practices.

HARRISMITH – The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL)’s proposal to for the decriminalisation of sex work in the country at its party’s next policy has raised eyebrows and won plaudits in equal measure.

LADYBRAND – Efforts to speed up development in rural towns which have been sluggish owing to financial hardship got a welcome boost this year when the provincial government allocated some funds to galvanise expansion programmes.

FICKSBURG – The Ficksburg Regional Court on Wednesday refused a request to go to the scene of Andries Tatane’s murder, to help a State witness give his evidence.

BLOEMFONTEIN – The hotly contested provincial elections for the ANC in Free State have been moved forward to May to pave way for the party’s National Policy Conference slated for June in Bloemfontein.

PARYS – A 26-year-old man was jailed for life when he appeared before magistrates in Parys on Friday, April 20 for raping his former lover, branding her with a hot iron and sewing up her private parts.