Free State African National Congress (ANC) members and guests on Friday pledged nearly R1,5-million for ANC president Jacob Zuma’s legal battles.
Free State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule was re-elected unopposed on Thursday as the leader of the party in the province.
ANC president Jacob Zuma would lead the organisation from prison if he was ever arrested, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Wednesday.
An urgent court application to stop the African National Congress provincial conference in the Free State was removed from the roll on Tuesday.
Cosatu expects a total shutdown of business on Wednesday in three provinces during the second round of its planned protests against spiralling prices.
The internal democratic processes of the ANC are being compromised by block-voting and a winner-takes-all mentality.
More than 60% of municipalities cannot say where their money comes from and more than half cannot provide proof of how they spend it.
Sixteen awaiting-trial prisoners have embarked on a hunger strike at a Kroonstad prison, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday.
African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema has vowed that the youth of South Africa would die in supporting Jacob Zuma.
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With his popularity waning, ANC president Jacob Zuma faces a series of hurdles.
About 8 000 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) are to continue striking in Ekurhuleni on Monday, said the union.
The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the wooden crate. He stared around him, then with a growl from the older cub behind him, he leapt out onto the grass.
World champions South Africa beat off-colour Six Nations winners Wales 43-17 in the first Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday to hand Springboks coach Peter de Villiers a winning start.
The University of the Free State (UFS) has appointed a Cape Town-based leadership agency to help with its residence integration policy.
The ANC Youth League faces yet another crisis after five of its provincial structures rejected Luthuli House’s endorsement of its controversially elected top five officials.
The University of the Free State (UFS) has handed a private company a R4-million contract to help integrate its hostels.
A fresh court bid by ANC members this week challenging Free State party chairperson Ace Magashule and his executive has thrown a harsh light on infighting among provincial ANC chiefs.
The Springboks kick off the beginning of a new era on Saturday by hosting Wales in a Test match at Bloemfontein’s Vodacom Park.
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.
South African miner Gold Fields said on Friday workers at its Beatrix gold mine had stopped an illegal strike, but production had been affected.
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 suspected thief caused a commotion when he took off all his clothes — after being caught by security guards — in a Bloemfontein state building.
The Free State provincial government has taken control of the struggling Xhariep and Mohokare municipalities in the southern parts of the province.
Springbok great Andre Venter will present the jerseys to the Springbok match 22 for Saturday’s Test against Wales at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein.
About 142 court cases linked to xenophobic violence have been opened countrywide, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Tlali Tlali said 102 of these were in Gauteng. Provincial police liaison officers approached said none of the 142 cases had reached the conviction stage yet.
The bodies of seven people, six of whom were farm workers, were recovered from a river near Fouriesburg. Their vehicle had earlier been found in the river by a passer=by. Police spokesperson Sergeant Mmako Mophiringsaid it was not known what had happened but the road they travelled had dangerous curves.
A South African Broadcasting Corporation promotional helicopter transporting cast and crew members from the local soapie 7de Laan crashed into a bakkie in Kroonstad on Saturday, Free State police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Sam Makhele said the helicopter was transporting cast and crew to a stadium for a show.
Itumeleng Khune and not Teko Modise should have been named the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) best footballer this season if coaches had voted along the lines they suggested to the Mail & Guardian this week. The credibility of the selection is being compared to that of the Zimbabwean election.
An investment of R42-million was placed into a project for a medical aid for ex-miners on Thursday. The agreement aims to improve public health facilities that will be largely utilised by ex-miners in South Africa and neighbouring countries, for the benefit of medical examinations.
Andile Mngxitama’s critique of the HRC’s finding on blacks-only membership organisations has stirred up a hornet’s nest. Ferial Haffajee asked him why he is so angry.