# The Forum for South Africa is calling on Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, to apologise to the Expanded Public Works Programme workers at Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State. This comes after an investigation determined that the municipality had properly used the EPWP funds for approved projects. This follows allegations that the funds were used […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het bepaal dat die Matjhabeng-munisipaliteit in die Vrystaat nie in 2023/2024 en 2024/2025 fondse van die Uitgebreide-openbarewerkeprogram verkwis het nie. Dit volg ná ʼn ondersoek na bewerings dat die program in die munisipaliteit gebruik is om salarisse van gewese raadslede en sittende politieke amptenare te […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has determined that the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State did not misappropriate Expanded Public Works Programme funds for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. This follows an investigation into allegations that the EPWP in the municipality was used to fund inflated salaries for former councillors and sitting political office bearers. The […]
# Die Vrystaatse Departement van Landbou en Landelike Ontwikkeling het twee gevalle van bek-en-klouseer in Viljoenskroon bevestig. Een geval was op ‘n kommersiële plaas en die ander in ‘n gemeenskaplike weidingsgebied naby die grens met Noordwes. Die departement sê die owerhede het bewegings-beperkings ingestel binne ‘n radius van tien-kilometer, en gebiede wat geraak is onder […]
# The Free State Agriculture and Rural Development Department has confirmed two cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Viljoenskroon. One case was on a commercial farm, the other in a communal grazing area near the North West border. The Department says authorities have imposed movement restrictions within a ten-kilometre radius and placed affected areas under quarantine. […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie sal tot in die somer hoë watervlakke in die Vaaldam handhaaf, te midde van voorspellings oor matige tot minder as die gewone reënval in sentraal-Suid-Afrika. Die dam is tans op 106,3-persent kapasiteit. Die departement sê dié proaktiewe maatreël bied watersekerheid in Gauteng en in die Vrystaat. Ander belangrike […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation will maintain high water levels in the Vaal Dam until summer, amid forecasts of normal to below-normal rainfall in central South Africa. The dam currently sits at 106.3-percent capacity. The department says this proactive measure ensures water security for Gauteng and the Free State. Other key reservoirs like […]
# Enactus Qwaqwa van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat se grensverskuiwende projek, Root Rescue, gaan in September aan die Enactus-wêreldbeker in Thailand deelneem. Die projek het onlangs die Enactus 2025 Early-Stage National Exposition gewen. Die universiteit sê Root Rescue het ontstaan weens ʼn behoefte aan ʼn oplossing vir probleme in die landbou. Dit sluit in […]
# The University of the Free State’s Enactus Qwaqwa’s groundbreaking project, Root Rescue, will compete at the Enactus World Cup in Thailand in September. The project recently won the Enactus 2025 Early-Stage National Exposition. The university says Root Rescue emerged from a pressing need to address critical challenges in agriculture. These include over-reliance on chemical […]
