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South Africa’s astute Archbishop Cecil Thabo Makgoba (62) has received double honour, mere days apart, from two of South Africa’s leading universities, namely the Rhodes University (RU) and the University of the Free State (UFS).

The Ficksburg Magistrates’ Court in the Free State has sentenced a man caught red-handed smuggling illicit cigarette worth millions of rands on the Lesotho-Free State border. The court sentenced Mahmad Asif Ahmed Shaikh (41) on Tuesday, 17 April, bas

A Free State traffic officer found guilty of taking bribe, has been made to pay the price of breaking the law. The Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court sentenced the officer, Tshiya Desmond Pule (43), from Bloemfontein to effective five years’ imprisonmen

Several students who were approved by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for funding to further their studies at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, and the University of the Free State (UFS) are now in a state of l

The importance of continued learning, innovation, and investing to thrive in the agriculture industry were emphasised to enterprising black farmers at the Farmers’ Day workshop held on Tuesday, 9 April, in the Barolong Hall in Thaba Nchu. Attendees r

The men’s rugby team of the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, the Ixias, is compelled to pull out all the stops to retain its Varsity Cup status in a relegation or promotion tie against their old foes, the Nelson Mandela University’

A Welkom woman, arrested for allegedly trying to scam a jobseeker, is set to re-appear regarding the matter in the Welkom Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 19 April. The suspect, Liabeng Icnatia Hoffman (45), is charged with corruption after the Welkom H

The start to the celebration of the Bloem Show legacy brand’s success as an economic catalyst in the Free State, is nearing. This year will be the 141st instalment of the diverse occasion-based marketing event held from 25 April to 4 May in Bloemfont