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Acting head of the SIU Leonard Lekgetho. (SA government/Facebook)

SIU to recover R8 million bursary funded to deceased students, foreign nationals and officials

The SIU has made 36 referrals for disciplinary action against officials, including human resources personnel, administrative clerks and directors, for contravening the Public…

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Free State under new management as Mxolisi Dukwana gets nod from ANC top brass

The newly elected ANC Free State chairperson is expected to make a complete overhaul in his cabinet in the coming weeks

Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sisi Ntombela to resign as Free State premier

The move comes after the new Free State executive committee decided to restructure the provincial government following meetings with top ANC officials

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Mxolisi Dukwana heads the list of Free State ANC candidates to replace premier Ntombela

Three names to be handed over to the top seven for consideration after the ANC decided to recall Sisi Ntombela

Mxolisi Dukwana. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

ANC Free State member takes legal action against speaker for allegedly bumping Dukwana up list

An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of…

Suspended ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

Blow for Magashule as Free State provincial task team is appointed

PTT is “full of people who were close to Ace but now have dumped him”, says source in the Free State ANC

Change: The Free State department of education’s MEC, Tate Makgoe, together with Kagiso Shanduka Trust
project managers and a De Beers’ representative visit one of the KST’s project school, Phuleng Primary School in Kroonstad, to monitor the progress made since the project started. Photos: KST website

Shanduka shade over Free State education

Audit firm PwC said R500-million irregular expenditure incurred by the Free State education department is related to an unsolicited bid by the Kagiso Shanduka Trust to improve…

Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

‘It is here now’ — Free State premier on coronavirus

Sisi Ntombela has announced the cancellation of all big events in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Parents are concerned about their children’s future once they return from Wuhan. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Parents concerned about the future of students returning from China

Free State to suspend bursaries of students repatriated from Wuhan

(John McCann/M&G)

Provinces’ plans to fix education

Preoccupied with pass rates, buzzwords and early development, our premiers are neglecting some basic challenges

National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete once famously said that South Africa now has a culture of ‘zero tolerance for no women in politics’ (David Harrison/M&G)

Show women that you care, Mr President

Ramaphosa has to demonstrate that achieving gender equality in SA is an important goal

The ANC selected premiers after its election win. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC takes steps to compensate for lack of women premier candidates

Only two out of seven provinces get women premiers and party prescribes that all speakers should be women

The government is taking the Public Servants Association to the labour court.

New leadership elected for ANC in the Free State

​The ANC in the Free State has elected new leadership following its provincial conference over the weekend

Silenced: Thabo Botsane’s arrest is part of a bigger story. Independent candidates in the Free State are charged and then labelled criminals by ANC councillors.

Free State ANC tramples on justice

Several cases involving party members point to the political silencing of their often poor opponents

Banks are under pressure from governments and entrepreneurs to play a more active role in supporting investment and industrialisation by directly lending to sectors driving growth and jobs.

Gordhan: Ace Magashule’s alleged R20m farewell should be investigated

Allegations of a R20-million farewell for Ace Magashule should be investigated says Minister Pravin Gordhan

Sisi Ntombela was the Social Development MEC in Free State.

ANC elects female premiers for Mpumalanga and Free State

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule announced the names on Wednesday, following the party’s National Working Committee meeting on Monday

Sisi Ntombela was the Social Development MEC in Free State.

Ace’s mate tipped for premier job

Sisi Ntombela’s bid to lead the Free State is clouded by claims that she’s a pawn for her former boss