A company of which the Free State leader was once a director has scored millions in leases.
The University of the Free State has inaugurated its new student representative council after its first non-political-party elections, held this week.
President Jacob Zuma told unhappy ANC members in Bloemfontein on Thursday to vote for the ANC and problems would be sorted out later.
A large trial of the drug Truvada, hoped to be a successful HIV-preventing treatment for women, has been halted after it was found to be ineffective.
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/ 21 February 2011
The Equality Court matter between the "Reitz Four" students and the University of the Free State (UFS) workers has been settled out of court.
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/ 1 February 2011
Members of the public have been invited to make submissions on ways to improve the South African Press Code, the Press Ombudsman said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2011
Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg are the most affordable cities for home buyers, a property group said on Thursday.
A Free State minister is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Monday after he was caught driving at 235km/h.
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/ 4 December 2010
Delegates at the National African Farmers’ Convention on Friday elected an interim structure to relaunch the National African Farmers Union.
Notorious for racist videos, the University of the Free State is sending students to the United States for leadership training.
Exclusively Afrikaans universities would disastrously imprison white students in single-race and monolingual environments, warns Jonathan Jansen.
At a rugby match I watched on Saturday afternoon this past weekend, three young people seated in front of me caught my attention for a few minutes.
A second initiation video has surfaced at the University of the Free State, this time with white students as the "victims".
The Reitz Four on Wednesday faced a fine in court after pleading guilty to crimen injuria.
Navalsig High School in Bloemfontein has asked the Equality Court to throw out a controversial case involving a learner’s right to wear dreadlocks.
The Queensland Reds secured a convincing 31-10 victory over the Cheetahs in their Super 14 match on Friday.
There’s more than enough diversion for a day or two in Bloemfontein, the Free State’s heavyweight city.
Finding out what’s going on in Bloemfontein can be a problem for visitors, as Afrikaans tends to be the <em>lingua franca</em> in these parts.
While Bloemfontein — or Mangaung — is no culinary capital, you can still have a good and inexpensive meal here and enjoy a good atmosphere.
Percy Zvomuya and <i>M&G</i> photographer Oupa Nkosi took to the streets of the Free State capital to investigate rumours of human trafficking.
Meyer Bosman and Naas Olivier kicked the Cheetahs to a 28-12 victory over the Wellington Hurricanes in the Super 14 on Saturday.
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/ 24 February 2010
The Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday postponed the crimen injuria case of four former UFS students to July for trial.
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/ 23 February 2010
Five UFS workers filmed in a racist student video are not interested in restorative justice, but want criminal proceedings to continue.
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/ 13 February 2010
The Bulls defeated the Cheetahs 51-34 in a clash on Friday to begin the Super 14 season where they ended the last one by topping the the table.
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/ 5 November 2009
England must improve their consistency to have a realistic chance of beating South Africa in their five match one-day international series.
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/ 26 October 2009
A court on Monday ordered the media to leave alone the accused and witnesses in the crimen injuria trial of the Reitz Four.
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/ 26 October 2009
The University of the Free State will reopen discussions on the Reitz residence video following criticism of its decision to pardon the four students.
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/ 22 October 2009
The Reitz Four have requested the director of public prosecutions to drop a charge of crimen injuria against them, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 13 September 2009
An ugly high-profile spat over the sale of prime Bloemfontein land has claimed its first victim — the city’s chief operating officer, Kobimpe Mcejwa.
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/ 3 September 2009
South Africa’s top runners will have to weather an onslaught from their foreign counterparts at the Nedbank Half Marathon in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed an application by Najwa Petersen for leave to appeal against her sentence for killing her husband.
A German journalist died in hospital on Monday from injuries suffered in a vehicle accident in the Free State, a German embassy spokesperson said.