The utility assures people they use chlorine to disinfect water taken from Vaal River, making it safe to drink
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The power utility is owed huge amounts of money by municipalities — and then there’s sabotage to contend with
The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state
‘These Are Not Gentle People’ is an account, by Andrew Harding, the BBC correspondent in South Africa, of a murder in Parys, in the Free State, and what happened next. This extract is the book’s first chapter
What do we know about the central Free State province?
Parys has plenty to offer, but if you only do one thing: get wet.
Don’t be fooled by the genteel silence in the quaint Free State town of Parys — there are many unchecked emotions rumbling beneath the surface.
Free State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule was re-elected unopposed on Thursday as the leader of the party in the province.
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/ 10 November 2006
It is important to address challenges in relationships between the tiers of district and local municipalities to ensure better service delivery, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. Mbeki was speaking in Parys in the Free State at a sitting of the National Council of Provinces.