A recent Auditor-General report has noted that Mangaung and Masilonyana municipalities in the Free State province are so poorly run that they’re actively harming their residents. The poor state of municipalities in the Free State has been a concern for many years, with infrastructure collapse becoming a defining feature
Police have arrested a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman after an unlicensed firearm was allegedly discovered at their home in Thabong. According to the Lejweleputswa Policespokesperson Sergent Palesa Thabana on Friday, 23 May 2025 members attached to the Welkom Anti-Gang Unit received intelligence driven information about a suspect
A 29-year-old suspect has been apprehended by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation based in Bloemfontein and charged for fraud and money laundering. The arrest follows an extensive investigation relating to fraud allegations where approximately R85 800 was swindled from an unsuspecting complainant in December 2022. It is alleged
The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape, Adv Nicollette Bell, has provisionally withdrawn the commercial charges against Ralph Stanfield, his wife Nicole Johnson, former Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi and nine others pending the finalization of an investigation on newfound evidence against them. Adv
Terry Jabulani Ngomane (35) was sentenced to an effective 25 years in prison for the brutal murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances of a pensioner and ex-police officer at his home in Theunissen. Ngomane was convicted on Friday 23 May by the Theunissen regional court on both charges, receiving
Operation Vala uMgodi Combat team received intelligence and planned a Way-lay action in the vicinity of an identified target address in Free State. Police collected and purified information about a building used as storage for drugs in Keerom Street – Voorspoed Industrial Area near Welkom. Observation was patiently kept over
The 38-year-old stepfather, a Bethlehem man, was sentenced in the Bethlehem Regional Court on Friday 23 May 2025 after pleading guilty to sexual grooming. According to the Free State Policespokesperson Sergent Mahlomola Kareli the conviction comes from an investigation initiated on 1 August 2023, following allegations of sexual abuse
The Eastern Cape health MEC, Ms Ntandokazi Capa, has learned with shock about the tragic death of two St Elizabeth hospital employees, a professional nurse, and a deputy director. The couple was reportedly shot and killed at their homestead in Parlmerton village outside Lusikisiki. The motive for the
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver a keynote address at a high-level Budget Roundtable at 9h00 AM today, May 22. The session will build on his 2025 Budget Speech presented yesterday, with a focus on the inflation-linked increase to the general fuel levy the first adjustment in three
Police arrest suspect following discovery of human remains in Selosesha Police have arrested a 36-year-old suspect after human remains were discovered in a pit toilet at a residence in Zone 5, Selosesha. The remains are believed to be those of Puleng Motlodi (pictured), a 19-year-old woman who was reported missing
