Want to comment on posts, engage with fellow readers, and submit stories, letters, feedback and more?
Topic Menu:
News
-
Bloemfontein students to showcase skills and competency abroad
Two students enrolled at the Motheo Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College in Bloemfontein, are in Lyon, France, to compete at this year’s 47th international WorldSkills competition.
-
Security guard who shot wife on suspicion of having a secret affair, remanded
A security guard who allegedly shot his wife on suspicion of having an affair in Botshabelo, remains in custody. The Botshabelo police are continuing their investigation.
-
Health pregnancies remain the goal
An awareness drive educating women about preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) births is ongoing in South Africa for the duration of September. The commitment to globally maximise the education campaign will activities held on Monday 9 Se
-
Equality en masse
The participation of South African women in technology is crucial to bridge the digital divide and fostering diversity within organisations. The significant value women bring to the tech industry in South Africa should be benchmarked in Women’s Month
-
Voices continuously raised against rampant GBVF
South Africa’s gender-based violence and femicide rate (GBVF) is reportedly five times higher than the global average. Even though both women and men experience GBV, women and girls affected are in the majority.
-
Welfare services go above and beyond
Engo Free State has reported an increase in its provision of welfare services and a broadening of its reach, supporting an even larger number of vulnerable people within the communities it operates in.
-
Province’s teachers all eye top teaching awards
The Free State Department of Education presented 17 teachers with the prestigious National Teaching Awards (NTA), honouring them for their contributing to the profession. The provincial winners, both primary and secondary schools, were named at an ev
-
Quest conquered
The Free State and South Africa’s all-conquering blind star runner Louzanne Coetzee added to her silverware cabinet another prestigious medal of the Paralympics on Monday, 2 September.
-
Coveted fellowship bestowed on students
Two postgraduate students of the University of the Free State (UFS) have been granted the Department of Science and Innovation Esther Mahlangu Master’s Fellowship.
-
War on water leaks programme probed
The War on Leaks programme, initially funded by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), is one of three the Special Investigating unit (SIU) is investigating for allegations of gross maladministration with money.
Share your news with us.
Do you have feedback you’d like to share?
Let us know what’s on your mind.