Bloemfontein
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Mourners gather in Bloemfontein to honour struggle veteran Mosiuoa Lekota
Political leaders and mourners gather in Bloemfontein to honour Mosiuoa Lekota, remembered for fierce convictions, humility, and a lifelong commitment to ordinary South Africans
Southern Africa’s ‘water tower’ slipping towards ecosystem collapse
Communal rangeland degradation, invasive species, environmental destruction and climate change all threaten the Maloti-Drakensberg mountain range
Millions paid out but Bloemfontein roads give no joy
The Mangaung metro has paid R2-billion to engineering companies — R524-million to GladAfrica — but has little to show for it except congested roads and broken infrastructure
Review: Volvo XC40 is never intimidating
When you’re asked to drive 400km on a business trip, it really helps if you don’t have to do it in an old skorokoro. In this Volvo, it becomes a road trip to rival others.
With 50 more charges, Magashule gets August court date
The ANC secretary-general hints he will cling to his post after he appeared in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court
‘Let ANC deal with its leaders facing corruption charges,’ Ramaphosa tells parliament
The president was answering questions before parliament, where he also told the EFF to allow the courts to decide on the matter of the CR17 bank statements
Can you pause a pandemic? Inside the race to stop spread of Covid-19
Tracing the close contacts of people who test positive for coronavirus disease is a delicate dance. Here’s why these health workers wait for the cover of darkness to take action
Stay in China, government tells homesick South Africans
As ‘impisoned’ children at epicentre cry to be reunited with their parents, top official says families mustn’t be ungrateful
The secret ‘Warmonger’ at the SSA
A listening device acquired by the agency is at the centre of an alleged R600-million fraud operation
Breath, death and data: The air in our cities is killing us
In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Cape Town, the air people breathe is often so dangerous that it is killing them
Four small towns in the Free State worth visiting
What do we know about the central Free State province?
Malema tells EFF supporters to seize white-owned land, defying court
The EFF leader appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court to face charges of inciting his supporters to take over land in 2014.
New life recalls ‘mad’ SA hero
Rejected by the Empire, beloved in South Africa, Hobhouse stood for justice, feminism and pacifism
Bloemfontein blues: Retracing my student days in my old university town
Ishay Govender-Ypma revisits raw and vivid memories of her coming of age in Bloemfontein.
Bloemfontein bites the dust: 7 pictures of the sandstorm
Bloemfontein in the Free State is covered in a cloud of dust as the city experiences a sandstorm. Here are seven awesome pictures.