Pension payout robbery: Retired cop (80) and suspect killed, Marquad

Communities are urged to also mobilize against ruthless criminals who have absolutely no respect for life and property, this after an 80 year old...

Free State operation sees more than 1000 people arrested

Free State police arrested more than 1000 people during Safer Festive Season operations between 26 November and 2 December 2019. This is a result...

Nala local municipal manager and businessman in court for fraud, FS

Christopher Mokomela (53) and Tefo Montsitsi (51) appeared at Bothaville Magistrate’s Court on 2 December 2019, on charges of fraud and contraventions of the...

Farm attack, tons of seed and fertilizer robbed, Marquard

A farm attack took place on 1 December 2019, at 22:00 in Marquard, Free State province. A security guard on the farm Reenen Ranch,...

Hoopstad home invasion: Woman (89) beaten over the head with hammer

An 89 year old woman, Dirkie van Zyl, was surprised by an attacker in her bedroom in the early morning hours of Saturday morning...

Farm attack, 5-6 hour ordeal, farm worker assaulted, wife raped twice,...

A horrific farm attack took place on 29 November 2019, in Ventersburg, Free State Province. Two male suspects attacked and assaulted a male victim...

Corruption and racketeering: Jail for 7 Free State police officers

A Multi-Disciplinary Team approach investigation driven by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Unit, Bloemfontein addressed Corruption and restoring the sovereignty of RSA at the...

Farm attack, 3 attackers overpower farmer, Clocolan

A farm attack took place on 27 November 2019, in the Clocolan District of the Free State province. The attack took place on Pieter...

Eskom likely to cut power in Free State

Eskom has warned that it will cut off electricity supply to three Free State municipalities unless it receives payment. “Electricity supply services to three Free...

Pending crisis: Raw sewage flows into water systems throughout the Free...

Just about every single municipality in the Free State has raw sewage flowing into rivers, streams and wetlands. And the catchment areas of the...

Fight between hostel boys: Nine teenagers arrested for murder

Welkom Public Order Police (POP) Reaction Team (Anti Gang Unit) arrested 9 teenagers for alleged murder on Thursday, 21 November 2019. The arrest follows...

Home invasion: Woman (79) attacked, brutally stabbed, Faunasig

Elderly people in South Africa continue to be violently attacked, Petro Schmidt (79) was attacked whilst home alone at her home in Faunasig, Bloemfontein...