22 year old dies in an aircraft crash
A 22-year-old female died after the aircraft she was flying crashed. It is alleged that on Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at about 06:00, the deceased took off with her Crop Spray single-seat aircraft at Kroonstad aircraft for her final assessment to become a crop spray pilot. At about 1km from the airfield, the aircraft crashed [...]
5 School burglars to appear in Bloemfontein court
Five suspects were arrested by a task team made up of Mangaung Visible Policing Unit, Detective Branch and Bomb Disposal Unit led by Captain...
2 Rhino bulls killed and one injured, Geduldfontein farm, Steynsrus
A case of Rhino Poaching under the Biodiversity Act 10/2004 Section 57, carrying out restricted activities involving species listed as threatened Rhino Poaching was...
School boy arrested for fatal stabbing of fellow learner at Harrismith...
A 19-year-old learner was allegedly stabbed to death with a knife by another learner (17) during an alleged dispute over a cellphone at school...
Police hit streets on bicycles in Welkom
A stop-and-search operation this week by the SA Police Service (SAPS) “Free State Cyclists” proved highly successful, Free State police said.
“The cyclists concentrated on...
Two more arrested in the case where a suspect was arrested...
THABA NCHU - Two suspects are expected to appear in the Thaba Nchu Magistrate Court today after they were arrested for corruption and defeating the ends of justice. On Friday 11 August 2023 at about 21:30, Selosesha Public Order Policing members arrested a 28-year-old male at a house in Zone 4, Selosesha and found 42 [...]
Business robbery: Man attacked, robbed, Vrede Golf Club
Two hours after a business robbery was committed at Vrede Golf Club where a man was robbed of his vehicle and cell phone, the...
FF Plus condemns latest farm attack in Free State
The FF Plus condemns the latest farm attack in the Free State where Mr. Jansen van Rooyen was attacked on his farm on the...
Court news around South Africa for 29 July 2016
Court news around South Africa for Friday 29 July 2016.
Free State courts:
Bloemfontein: A 48-year-old man was arrested after an 86-year-old woman was found murdered...
Teenagers among 4 accused sentenced for brutal murder and robbery
On 19 May 2020 the Bloemfontein High Court successfully passed a telling sentence to some of the members of a group known as ‘Die...
Four arrested after failed Free State farm attack
FARM ATTACK – Four suspects have been arrested in a foiled Free State farm attack, police said on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Hawks and Bloemfontein’s...
Hennenman cruelty and ‘execution style’ farm murder – This is no...
The murder of Pieter Hills on his farm in Hennenman in the Free State is the third farm murder that was committed in this...
