# The DA in the Free State says it will continue to put pressure on the Setsoto Municipality to repair the Marquard Wastewater Treatment Works leaking sewer transport pipeline. The party’s Jose Coetzee says that despite repeated oversight findings and public complaints, the municipality has failed to act, leaving residents exposed to health hazards and […]
# Die families van drie konstabels van die Vrystaatse polisie, wie se liggame in April in die Hennopsrivier by Pretoria, gevind is, eis antwoorde oor vertragings rondom die vrystelling van ‘n amptelike verslag. Hul noem onverklaarbare agterstande in forensiese en lykskouing-bevindings. Die families sê hulle voel ontmoedig weens die vertragings en dring aan op volle […]
# The families of three Free State South African Police Service constables, whose bodies were recovered from the Hennops River, Pretoria in April, are demanding answers over delays in the release of an official report. They cite unexplained lags in forensic and autopsy findings. The families say they feel discouraged by the delays and insist […]
# Die Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling het vier nuwe gevalle van bek-en-klouseer in die Vrystaat bevestig. Dit bring die totale aantal infeksies in die provinsie op 34 te staan, versprei oor ses gebiede. Boere en bedryfsvennote word versoek om alle vermeende gevalle onmiddellik aan te meld. Die departement se woordvoerder, Moliehi Moeng, sê […]
# The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed four new cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the Free State. This brings the total number of infections in the province to 34 across six outbreak areas. Farmers and industry partners are urged to report any suspected cases immediately. The department’s Moliehi Moeng says vaccinations have […]
# Die DA in die Vrystaat sê die Fezile Dabi-distriksmunisipaliteit moet geloof word vir sy stortingsterrein-oudit om sukkelende plaaslike munisipaliteite by te staan. Die oudit lig talle ernstige tekortkominge in plaaslike munisipaliteite uit. Dit sluit in geen toegangsbeheer of heinings nie, onvoldoende bedryfsplanne, vullis-verbranding en ondoeltreffende bestuur. Mbali Mnaba van die DA sê plaaslike munisipaliteite […]
# The DA in the Free State says the Fezile Dabi District Municipality must be applauded for conducting a district-wide landfill site audit in an effort to assist struggling local municipalities. The audit has highlighted serious shortcomings across local municipalities, which include no access control or fencing, inadequate operational plans, burning of waste, and ineffective management. The […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel vra die regering om dringend ʼn nasionale krisisberaad oor werksverliese te hou. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is die jongste maatskappy wat afleggings aangekondig het en beplan om 680 mense af te lê en aanlegte in Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat en Oos-Londen in die Oos-Kaap te […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has called on the government to urgently convene a national crisis summit on job losses. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is the latest company to announce retrenchments, as it plans to cut 680 jobs and close plants in Bloemfontein, Free State, and East London, Eastern Cape. Tyre […]
