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Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!

The autopsy was completed a day after the fire and found that the man was dead before his body was burnt

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News | 18 March 2023

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Did the Facebook rapist die in his cell? Or did he escape from prison?

Extraordinary evidence raises doubts about the claim that Thabo Bester died in a fire at Mangaung prison in May 2022

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Feature | 15 March 2023

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Insulting language by a lawyer cannot be tolerated in court, says SCA

The Supreme Court of Appeal has blocked a bad tempered, disrespectful law graduate from being admitted as an attorney

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Law | 8 March 2023

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Supreme Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Tafelberg matter

“At the heart of the matter is the government’s obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid” says housing activist

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Law | 20 February 2023

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Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards

Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad

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Brief | 9 February 2023

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Silicosis class action bolstered by Appeal Court ruling

Litigation has been ongoing for ten years

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Law | 7 February 2023

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Appeal Court finds Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is not unconstitutional

Although it overturned the High Court ruling, the SCA granted the same relief

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Law | 6 February 2023

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Video: Free State municipality fails to provide water to communities

In Parys, Free State, the water supply is becoming ever more erratic, exacerbated by loadshedding. Many people have to walk kilometres to get water. This has caused great dissatisfaction and sparked violent protests.

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Video | 6 February 2023

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Murder at Mangaung Prison: Leaked report shows ‘Facebook rapist’ was dead before a fire broke out in his cell

Leaked documents show that Thabo Bester was already dead before a fire broke out in his cell

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News | 20 January 2023

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Hundreds march in Free State over water shortages

Moqhaka Local Municipality in Kroonstad blames loadshedding for supply issues

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Brief | 17 January 2023

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Mystery: Why did a youth movement get lottery funding to build an old age home that doesn’t appear to be needed?

Five years later, the R27.5-million facility hasn’t opened

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News | 12 January 2023

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Many mysteries surround the death of ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester

SAPS says the outcome of DNA tests to determine the body’s identity can be expected “at any stage”, six months on from the fire.

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News | 8 November 2022

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More than two years since construction started, toilets remain incomplete in Free State village

The contract was terminated due to unsatisfactory progress a year ago

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Brief | 3 October 2022

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Protesters halt lectures at University of Free State’s Qwaqwa campus

The students are demanding that accommodation allowances from NSFAS be paid to them instead of directly to landlords

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News | 29 September 2022

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Three nurses arrested in Harrismith

Clinic nurse accused of stealing medication to run private clinic

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News | 22 September 2022

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Residents take to the streets after Harrismith without power for two weeks

Electricity restored Sunday afternoon but municipality will need millions to fix its substation properly

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News | 19 September 2022