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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) distances itself from a message claiming permission will be granted to everyone over 60 years to cast a special vote on 27 and 28 May at their registered polling station.

Members of Welkom Public Order Policing arrested a suspected drug dealer after receiving information that learners at a high school in Welkom had been caught with dagga.

Two women, aged 33 and 45 years, were arrested and have appeared in the Welkom Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding the pharmacy they worked at.

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A 20-year-old man was arrested and connected through DNA to the rape of a 42-year-old woman in Bothaville in 2023. He has been sentenced.

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Sewerage overflows and streams through Welkom and surrounds

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In May, residents of Meloding, near Virginia, will witness the commencement of the Meloding Early Childhood Development (ECD) Teacher Training Centre.

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and its members are distressed by the “unfortunate remarks” of the premier of the Free State, Mxolisi Dukwana who defended the conduct of the mayor of Matjhabeng.