# The ANC national executive committee in the Free State has resolved to recall at least seven mayors, speakers, and chief whips from under-performing municipalities. The affected municipalities are Mafube, Moqhaka, Letsemeng, Nketoana, Nala, Masilonyana, and Lejweleputswa. The ANC’s provincial Secretary, Polediso Motsoeneng, says the NEC’s decision has to do with weak leadership, poor governance, […]
# ‘n Dosent van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Nombulelo Shange, sê dis kommerwekkend dat toenemende xenofobiese geweld al meer gerig is op Afrika-burgers al maak hulle ‘n klein deel van die bevolking uit. Buitelanders maak net sowat vier-persent van die land se bevolking uit. Shange sê daar is groter uitdagings in die land met […]
# University of the Free State lecturer, Nombulelo Shange, says it is concerning that rising xenophobic violence in South Africa increasingly targets African nationals, despite their small population share. Foreign nationals only make up roughly four-percent of the country’s population. Shange says there are bigger challenges in the country rooted in corruption and poor governance, […]
# Die Ngwathe Plaaslike Munisipaliteit het sy aansoek om verlof tot appèl verloor, met die Vrystaatse Hooggeregshof-uitspraak in AfriForum se guns wat van krag bly. Die hof het gelas die raad moet ontbind word en daar moet op provinsiale vlak ingegryp word. Regter JP Daffue het bevestig wanbestuur, ‘n finansiële krisis en die onvermoë om […]
# The Ngwathe Local Municipality has lost its bid to appeal, leaving the Free State High Court’s ruling in AfriForum’s favour, which dissolves the council and orders provincial intervention. Judge JP Daffue confirmed that the municipality’s mismanagement, financial crisis, and inability to deliver basic services justify provincial oversight. AfriForum’s Corne Cronje says the party welcomed […]
# ‘n Senior dosent aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Tlou Raphela-Masuku, is gekies om deel te neem aan die gesogte Internasionale Skryf-slypskool oor Klimaatsveranderingsaanpassing, wat deur die British Academy befonds word. Sy is een van slegs 15 vroeë-loopbaan navorsers uit Suider- en Oos-Afrika wat gekies is. Raphela-Masuku fokus op klimaatskwesbaarhede en -veerkragtigheid, veral in […]
# University of the Free State senior lecturer, doctor Tlou Raphela-Masuku, has been selected to participate in the prestigious British Academy-funded International Writing Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation. She is one of only 15 early-career researchers from Southern and Eastern Africa selected. Raphela-Masuku is focused on climate-induced vulnerabilities and resilience, particularly in rural and peri-urban communities. […]
# The African Congress for Transformation has called for the suspension of two senior ANC leaders from Mangaung after they were involved in a car accident on the N1 near Verkeerdevlei on Friday. The state-owned vehicle, traveling in a convoy with bodyguards, overturned but no serious injuries were reported. ACT spokesperson Mo’hau Khumalo accuses the […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, moet werkers van die Uitgebreide Openbarewerkeprogram by die Matjhabeng-munisipaliteit in die Vrystaat verskoning vra. Dit volg ná ʼn ondersoek bevind het die munisipaliteit het die program se fondse vir goedgekeurde projekte na behore gebruik. Vroeër is berig die fondse […]
