# University of the Free State second-year Bachelor of Education student, Basetsana Confidence Sheane, has successfully balanced her academic commitments with her calling as a storyteller and literacy activist. Last year, she published her first Sesotho children’s book titled Boitshepo O Ithuta Ho Itshepa, which translates to Boitshepo learns how to be confident. She was named one […]
# Die Universiteit van die Vrystaat is as een van die beste drie universiteite landwyd aangewys tydens die 2025 GradStar-toekennings. Drie-en-vyftig studente is op die gesogte Top 500-lys ingesluit. Die GradStar-toekennings, wat tien jaar gelede begin is, identifiseer studente in Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite met vaardighede in indiensneembaarheid, wat leierskapseienskappe het en potensiaal toon om ‘n betekenisvolle […]
# The University of the Free State secured a place in the top three universities nationally at the 2025 GradStar Awards. Fifty-three students were recognised among the prestigious Top 500 list. The GradStar Awards, now in their tenth year, highlight students across South African universities who demonstrate the employability skills, leadership qualities, and potential to make […]
# AfriForum sê die privatisering van munisipale skuldinvordering is noodsaaklik om watersekerheid en dienslewering te verseker. Lambert de Klerk van AfriForum sê munisipale skuld aan waterrade oorskry nasionaal 25,1-miljard-rand, met Vrystaatse skuld wat 36,5-miljard-rand bereik het. De Klerk waarsku voortgesette swak finansiële bestuur kan binne drie maande landwye wateronderbrekings veroorsaak. Hy vra vir private inisiatiewe […]
# AfriForum says privatising municipal debt collection is essential to safeguard water security and service delivery. According to AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk, municipal debt to water boards exceeds 25.1-billion-rand nationally, with Free State debts reaching 36.5-billion-rand. De Klerk warns continued poor financial management could trigger nationwide water outages within three months. He calls for private […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering gaan strenger maatreëls instel teen munispaliteite wat nie hulle waterbetalings handhaaf nie. Mashatile het aan die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies gesê munisipaliteite het in Junie meer as 25-miljard-rand aan waterrade geskuld. Hy sê metro’s, insluitende Johannesburg en Tshwane in Gauteng en Mangaung in die Vrystaat, het hulle reeds […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the government is tightening measures to deal with municipalities defaulting on water payments. Mashatile told the National Council of Provinces that by June this year, municipalities collectively owed waterboards over 25-billion-rand. He said some metros, including Johannesburg and Tshwane in Gauteng, and Mangaung in the Free State, have already […]
# Dit is vandag die derde herdenking van die dag in 2022 toe die wal van die Jagersfonteindam in die Vrystaat gebreek en dele van die dorp oorstroom het. Sowat 140 families is geraak. Twee mense is dood en een word steeds vermis. Negentig families het die herbouprojek van 150-miljoen-rand aanvaar wat deur Jagersfontein-myn gelei […]
# Jagersfontein residents are marking the third anniversary of the Jagersfontein dam collapse in the Free State. In 2022, the mine dam wall broke, flooding parts of the town and affecting 140 families. Two people died and one remains missing. While 90 families accepted 150-million-rand rebuilding led by Jagersfontein Development Mine, others are pursuing legal […]
