Marti Will
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This programme was built on a simple but powerful idea: if vehicles and logistics networks can move goods and people, they can also move education. Conceptualised in 1998 by Brand Pretorius, the former CEO of Toyota South Africa and McCarthy Motor Holdings, the programme began as a small convoy delivering books to a handful of…
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The once-proud Winburg sports grounds stand vandalised and abandoned, the swimming pool has become a haven for drug dealers, and the netball fields are overgrown and unusable. In Makeleketla, the R8 million sports grounds remain incomplete and unused, the self-established soccer fields are drenched in sewage, and the golf course has been converted into grazing…
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Tempe Airfield is a certified and operational airport under the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). Any attempt to repurpose this site would undermine its aviation status, threaten local jobs, and erode an essential part of Bloemfontein’s transport and economic infrastructure.
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At the World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) conference held on 28 October, Professor Dube spoke in Session 2 on reimagining access and success in South African higher education, sharing CUT’s approach anchored in the university’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030, which places students at the heart of everything the institution does.
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The facility represents Africa’s first true multi-buyer, flexible energy project. It constitutes one of the continent’s largest corporate renewable developments, demonstrating the viability of large-scale renewable energy solutions for major corporate buyers.
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The apparent failure of Free State Government Departments to comply with the Children’s Act, which requires that all cases of pregnant minors be reported to the authorities through Form 22 as suspected sexual assault or statutory rape, is concerning.
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Mafube residents have been frustrated for years by various uncontrolled situations due to the lack of bylaws, including roaming cattle, noise disturbances, irregular valuation roll increases, municipal account disputes, zoning complaints, illegal occupation of municipal buildings, theft and arson of municipal properties, and foot-and-mouth disease control.
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The suspect was immediately placed under arrest and formally charged with dealing in drugs. The estimated street value of the recovered drugs is R11 000.
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The investigation began on Thursday, 23 October, when a 51-year-old man visited Thabure SAPS station in Central Park to certify a driving licence. Upon inspecting the document, a vigilant SAPS member suspected it to be fraudulent. The Traffic Department and Law Enforcement were immediately contacted and subsequently verified that the driving licence was indeed fraudulent.
