# Government will not be held responsible for property damage suffered by residents who had built structures too close to the Bloemhof Dam. The dam is currently at 110-percent full, amid severe flooding downstream. Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina warned residents living along the floodline to evacuate. Majodina dismissed claims of mismanagement, saying sluice […]
# Ses polisiebeamptes van die Teen-Bende-eenheid in Welkom bly in aanhouding nadat hulle in die Landdroshof in Odendaalsrus verskyn het. Die beamptes word beskuldig vir die beweerde betaling van omkoopgeld van 12-duisend-rand en die aanranding op ‘n Nigeriese burger in 2024. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se woordvoerder in die Vrystaat, Mojalefa Senokoatsane, sê die Valke se […]
# Six police officers from Welkom’s Anti-Gang Unit remain in custody after appearing in the Odendaalsrus Magistrate’s Court. The officers are accused of allegedly demanding a 12-thousand-rand bribe and assault on a Nigerian national in 2024. National Prosecuting Authority Free State spokesperson, Mojalefa Senokoatsane, says the Hawks-led investigations into the matter continues:
# AfriForum sê swak beplanning en die misbruik van die Bloemhofdam as ‘n opgaardam in plaas van ‘n vloedbeheerdam het ‘n mensgemaakte ramp veroorsaak. AfriForum se rampbestuurspesialis, Tarien Cooks, sê die gedwonge oopmaak van sluishekke tydens hoë watervlakke stel gemeenskappe en infrastruktuur in gevaar. Cooks beskuldig die Departement van Water en Sanitasie vir die versuim […]
# AfriForum says poor planning and misuse of Bloemhof Dam as a storage reservoir instead of a flood control dam has caused a manmade disaster. AfriForum’s disaster management specialist, Tarien Cooks, says forced sluice openings during high capacity levels endanger communities and infrastructure. Cooks blames the Department of Water and Sanitation’s failure to build more […]
# Afgetrede hoofregter, Raymond Zondo, het ‘n eredoktorsgraad in die Regte van die Fakulteit Regsgeleerdheid aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat ontvang. Die graad word toegeken op grond van uitsonderlike prestasies en ander prestasies ingevolge die universiteit se ideale en beginsels. Regter Zondo het in sy aanvaardingstoespraak bemoedigende woorde vir die gegradueerdes en hul ouers […]
# Former Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo, has received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State. This honorary degree is awarded on the grounds of exceptional achievements and other achievements per the ideals and principles of the university. In his acceptance speech, Justice Zondo gave words […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, besoek vandag die Bloemhofdam om skade aan die infrastruktuur te evalueer ná stroomaf-ontruimings weens vloede. Die woordvoerder, Wisane Mavasa, sê die dam, tans op 111,07-persent, laat meer as twee-duisend kubieke meter per sekonde vry om die swaar invloei vanaf die Vaaldam, wat op 115,57-persent staan, te bestuur. Sy […]
# Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina will visit Bloemhof Dam today to assess infrastructure following evacuations downstream due to flooding. Spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says the dam, now at 111.07-percent, is releasing over two-thousand-cubic metres per second to manage heavy inflows from the Vaal Dam, which sits at 115.57-percent. She says five sluice gates remain […]
