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Mayor suspended Racial slur has mayor in trouble The executive mayor of Matjhabeng, Nkosinjani Speelman, has been temporarily suspended from the ANC and public office.

Die organisasie Atletiek Suid-Afrika (ASA) het Maandag (16/03) aangekondig dat alle atletiekbyeenkomste, ongeag op watter vlak, vir 30 dae opgeskort is. Dit volg nadat pres. Cyril Ramaphosa Sondag (15/03) ’n nasionale noodtoestand weens die koronavirus verklaar het. Streng voorsorgmaatreëls is…

On Saturday (25/01) Claws received a call for help. The owner of Mr Air in Welkom had found an unwanted visitor in their shop. It was a white-throated rock monitor, commonly know as a legavaan. It is one of the…

Vista wil ’n Facebook-album van huise met Kersversierings in die Goudveld skep, tesame met aanwysings van ’n Kersliggieroete vir sy lesers. Stuur die adresse van die huise of sakepersele wat met Kersliggies versier word na mwill@­volksblad.com.

Suid-Afrika se voorste munisipale verkwister, die Matjhabeng-munisipaliteit wat die Vrystaatse Goudveld bedien, het Dinsdag ’n versoek ontvang om sy e-posargief, asook die skootrekenaars en selfone van amptenare in die finansiële afdeling aan die Zondo-kommissie te oorhandig.

A Uganda citizen, Sadaan Wakaza (39) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in jail, suspended for five years, after he was arrested for fraud by the Hawks in Welkom. On 3 April Sadaan Wakaza and another man were…

On Thursday, 14 March, at 18:15 Darius Coetzee took this photo of what looks like a tornado in the sky just outside of Welkom on the R73 at the Virginia and Riebeeckstad intersection.

The 22 illegal miners who were found guilty of stealing more than R120 million worth of gold dust have failed in their appeal in the Bloemfontein Supreme Court against their accumulative sentence of 1?905 years in jail. “These illegal miners…

Kaalvoetkinners, featuring Juanita du Plessis, Ruan Josh and Franja, will be on stage at the Goldfields Casino on 1 February at 20:00. Tickets cost R150 each