South Africa|Free State

Hundreds of early childhood development sector workers march in Manguang

They are frustrated by “failures” in the Free State education system

Vaalpark suburb without power for 10 days

Vandalism of substation blamed

Prisoner computer ban struck down

Correctional Services has 12 months to revise the current policy

Nandipha Magudumana’s latest bail attempt fails

Cable thieves target Mangaung townships during loadshedding

Power utility has spent more than R50-million to repair and replace stolen and vandalised infrastructure

Municipality which is “swimming in trouble” finally pays its workers

Matjhabeng Local Municipality employees have been on strike since 25 October because they were not paid

Welkom municipal workers furious after learning they won’t be paid

A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries

Embattled municipality yet to pay thousands of workers’ salaries

Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately

“Activist” ordered to remove defamatory social media posts

“Believing that one pursues a worthy cause in the public interest does not justify publishing false statements about another party”

Group threatens to “shut down” Bloemfontein

Mangaung Concerned Community want jobs

Thabo Bester escape: trial to start in February 2024

Charges against three of the 12 accused have been withdrawn

Nandipha Magudumana denied bail

Bloemfontein magistrate says “nothing would stand in her way” to assist Bester escape again

Nandipha Magudumana’s kidnapping claim questioned by state

Magudumana has “a right to liberty” until convicted, court told

“No one was looking for her”: Magudumana’s lawyer hits back at state

Fraud cases against Magudumana not relevant to bail application, says lawyer

State rubbishes Magudumana’s claim that Thabo Bester kidnapped her

State opposes bail

Analysis: The troubled history of Mangaung prison

The high-security prison is in the spotlight again after the suicide of an inmate this week