The brutal slaying of a young man whose body was found cut up has unsettled the once quiet town. Eamon Allan goes home to see what happened.

The recent tragedy in Welkom has not deterred illegal miners from going back underground. Monako Dibetle finds out what drives them.

At the time of writing on Thursday, the bodies of 76 illegal miners had been brought to the surface at Harmony Gold's Eland shaft in Welkom.

On a hot Saturday afternoon in Thabong, Welkom, ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe was approached by a visibly disgruntled 85-year-old woman.

President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Saturday that burglary and housebreaking should be taken more seriously by the police and courts.

Free State Stars registered their first victory of the Absa Premiership season when they beat Bay United 3-2 at the Welkom Stadium on Sunday.

Gold Fields, the world's fourth-largest gold producer, on Friday confirmed that the illegal strike at its Beatrix mine near Welkom in the Free State had been called off.

Trade union Solidarity on Friday said 100 of its members were trapped 900m underground at Gold Fields' Beatrix mine outside of Welkom in the Free State

A fourth-minute strike by Jimmy Kauleza seemed to have paved the way for a Free State Stars victory, but a 69th-minute piledriver by Nhlanhla Shabalala got a much-needed point for league championship contenders Ajax Cape Town in an entertaining Absa Premiership match at the Welkom Rugby Stadium on Wednesday.