59-Year-Old Man Arrested After Alleged Shooting Incident in Doorn, Welkom

59-Year-Old Man Arrested After Alleged Shooting Incident in Doorn, Welkom

A 59-year-old man has been arrested following an alleged shooting incident in Doorn, Welkom, on Tuesday, 24 June 2025. According to police reports, members of...
Bloemfontein Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Repeated Rape of Minor

Bloemfontein Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Repeated Rape of Minor

A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bloemfontein Regional Court for multiple counts of rape against a minor. The identity...
Man Sentenced to 26 Years for Rape and Assault in Deneysville

Man Sentenced to 26 Years for Rape and Assault in Deneysville

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to an effective 26 years in prison for the rape and assault of a teenage girl in Deneysville...
Free State High Court Orders Dissolution of Ngwathe Municipality Council Amid Service Delivery Failures

Free State High Court Orders Dissolution of Ngwathe Municipality Council Amid...

The Free State High Court has ruled that the Ngwathe Local Municipality failed to meet its constitutional obligations to residents, citing a "complete breakdown...
Phuthaditjhaba Man to Appear in Court for Alleged Murder of Wife

Phuthaditjhaba Man to Appear in Court for Alleged Murder of Wife

A 45-year-old man is set to appear before the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrate’s Court today, Monday, 23 June 2025, facing a charge of murder following the...
Minister Mantashe Tours Virginia’s Multi-Million Dollar Tetra Gas Project, Hails Potential as World’s Largest Helium Deposit

Minister Mantashe Tours Virginia’s Multi-Million Dollar Tetra Gas Project, Hails Potential...

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe concluded a tour of the Tetra Gas project in Virginia, Free State, yesterday, hailing the initiative as...
Former Crime Intelligence Officer Sentenced to Five Years for Fraud and Forgery

Former Crime Intelligence Officer Sentenced to Five Years for Fraud and...

The Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court has sentenced former Crime Intelligence Warrant Officer Tshepo Matthews Sephapho (48) to five years in prison for fraud, forgery, and...
Crisis management to address water and sanitation issues in Free State towns

Crisis management to address water and sanitation issues in Free State...

While the Free State Premier has identified nine municipalities as water and sanitation hotspots, it is clear that local government is busy with crisis...
Black Farmers in Free State Struggle for Land Access Amid Ongoing Disputes

Black Farmers in Free State Struggle for Land Access Amid Ongoing...

Hoopstad, Free State – The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) in the Free State has raised concerns over the persistent challenges black farmers...
Patients in Tsheseng village in Qwaqwa wait outside one of the old church buildings currently being used as a clinic. Renovation of the Evah Mota Clinic has been on hold since November because the Free State Department of Health still owes the building contractor about R3-million. Photo: Tladi Moloi

Clinic renovation stalled because Free State health department hasn’t paid contractor

The Free State Department of Health still owes a contractor about R3-million to complete the renovation of the Evah Mota Clinic in Tsheseng...
Thabo Bester escaped from prison in 2022 and was recaptured in 2023 after GroundUp revealed that he had escaped. Illustration Lisa Nelson

Judge warns Thabo Bester and co-accused not to delay proceedings

Judge Mareena Opperman of the Free State High Court issued a stern warning on Tuesday to the accused in the Thabo Bester trial that...
Four Arrested for Damaging Essential Infrastructure in Smithfield

Four Arrested for Damaging Essential Infrastructure in Smithfield

Four males, aged between 36 and 48, are in custody after allegedly damaging essential infrastructure in Smithfield. The arrests followed a tip-off from a...