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Caught by the long arm

The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team’s ongoing probing into the defrauding of Standard Bank of more than R26 million has yielded the arrest of a tenth suspect, Xolani Skhumbuzo Nkosingiphile Shange (30) from Durban.

A Ghanaian man, Sakyi Samuel (51), convicted and sentenced for the illegal possession of the endangered abalone (perlemoen) species, has avoided serving time in jail by opting to pay a hefty fine. The Bloemfontein Regional Court on Monday, 25 March,

The national Toyota South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD) championships underway in Bloemfontein have lived up to expectations with new records in athletics.

Aspirant runner Tseko Thoabala (19), from Marquard in the Free State, is geared to make his mark on his first-ever international debut at this year’s World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital city. He is the only Free

South Africa’s all-conquering blind Paralympian, Louzanne Coetzee, has encouraged athletes competing in this year’s national Toyota South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD) to adopt an attitude that enables them to raise

An insolvent Bloemfontein farmer, Pierre Jacques Van Wyk (53), who had his assets liquidated, was further sentenced to direct imprisonment for fraud and stock theft. The Bloemfontein Regional Court sentenced the accused on Friday, 14 March, regarding

MTN continues to open the door to the digital highway for more people across South Africa.

The Free State Premier, Mxolisi Dukwana, launched a lucrative football tournament in the province on Wednesday, 20 March, in Bloemfontein, offering the biggest prize money.