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The Safer South Africa Foundation (SSAF) celebrated the graduation of 90 learners who successfully completed its flagship crime-prevention initiative, the Communities and Justice Programme (CJP) in Virginia.

Welkom’s star marathon runner Nkhe­theni Masupa made very good time during the annual 2023 Sani Stagger Endurance Marathon, finishing tenth overall in this gruelling race.

Senior citizens in Matjhabeng participated in a fun walk on 9 November in Stone Park, Riebeeckstad. The walk was for the older people in Matjhabeng who are active in sports activities.

Several rape incidents have been reported in the Lejweleputswa district.

Matjhabeng’s mayor, Thanduxolo Khalipha, again did not attend a scheduled meeting of the Petitions Committee of the Free State Legislature.

The De Meillon mother and daughter team are true beauties and prove that good genes, beauty, and posture do a beauty queen make. Tanja (left), the Miss Goldfields runner-up of 1995, is seen here with her 16-year-old daughter, Jesslyn, the…

A case of inquest was registered in September after a human skull was found in an open field at the De Rust farm in Almalskraal road, Virginia.

A Welkom swimming school was part of the 11th three-hour long, worldwide aquathon held on 11 November.

This year the Welkom Classic Car Club chose to select two beneficiaries to share in the proceeds of the annual Motor, Rotor and Bike Show.

A young man who has his roots in Welkom and Virginia has, for the second year running, been recognised as South Africa’s best lawyer in occupational health and safety (OHS) law.