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A 27-year-old woman is facing both ends of the justice system after she was allegedly raped and assaulted by her then boyfriend and employer, only to be arrested for extortion shortly there­after.

The pleas of the Bongani Regional Hospital staff have finally been heard after numerous attempts to get the Free State MEC of Health, Mathabo Leeto, to take action regarding reported sexual harassment at the hospital.

Three houses and four vehicles belonging to a suspected illicit gold mining kingpin have been confiscated by the Hawks’ Priority Crime Specialised Investigation (PCSI) team and the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU).

This is the fourth week of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) strike in which Matjhabeng Municipal employees are involved.

Rubbish is piling up at the back and front of our yards. Some of the rubbish is rotting, and the smell is unbearable.

George Diaba, concerned Matjhabeng resident:.

Incomplete projects, including the R7 million stormwater dam that was paid for but never built, are some of the serious material irregularities highlighted in the 2023 Auditor-General (AG) report.

It takes a village to raise a child, but with the community of Cormorant Street in Flamingo Park it took the residents to fix the road.

Members of the Welkom police’s anti-gang unit arrested two suspects for being in possession of an unlicenced firearm and ammunition.

Amidst the ongoing strike affecting Matjhabeng, opposition ward councillors within the ANC-controlled municipality have taken extraordinary steps to fight for essential services to be maintained for residents.