The death toll from the cholera outbreak in South Africa has climbed to 32 after the death of a woman from Parys in the Free State on Thursday. She’s the second person confirmed dead by the provincial Department of Health. Last month a 33-year-old woman from Vredefort died in Parys Hospital as a result of cholera. At least 29 deaths occurred in the Hammanskraal area, north of Pretoria, and one […]
LOCAL Some residents of Jagersfontein in the Free State are salvaging their meagre belongings after their houses were damaged by the sludge from a mine dam that collapsed on Sunday. Scores of displaced residents have been sheltered at a local church. Learning and teaching have been affected in the disaster-stricken area with several roads inaccessible due to the sludge from the collapsed mine dam. Residents of Jagersfontein continue to try to comprehend […]
News just in is that at least three people are confirmed to be dead and four are still missing after a mine dam burst at Jagersfontein. Free State Emergency Medical Services says a pregnant woman is among people receiving medical treatment at Diamant Hospital in Jagersfontein for hypothermia. Six others have been transferred to Albert Nzula in Trompsburg. Several houses in Charlesville and Itumeleng residential areas have been damaged. It’s reported […]
LOCAL A Gupta family associate, Iqbal Sharma, and 16 accused which include officials from the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development are set to appear at the Bloemfontein High Court on Friday for a pre-trial hearing. They are facing fraud, corruption, and money laundering charges amounting to R25 million. The case relates to payment made by the Free State Department of Agriculture between 2011 and 2012 to Nulane […]
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule was released on bail of R200,000 after he made his first appearance in a packed Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Friday to face charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Magashule's advocate, Laurance Hodes SC, brought an application for his release on bail after he had presented himself to the Hawks on Friday morning for charges related to the controversial 2014 Free State asbestos roofing removal project, […]
Police Minister Bheki Cele has demanded the arrested of those responsible for the torching of a police vehicle at Senekal in the Free State. About 100 people stormed the local magistrate’s court where Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa appeared briefly in connection with the murder of farm manager, Brendin Horner. Cele says some of the farmers were armed. The Minister says he cannot understand why the protesters directed their anger […]
Seven suspects linked to the multi-million-rand Free State asbestos saga will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Friday. The Hawks arrested six suspects on Wednesday. The seventh suspect handed himself to the Hawks in Richards Bay on Thursday afternoon. The seven are linked to a 2014 fraudulent R255 million tender for an audit of asbestos roofs in low cost housing in the Free State. Three of the seven arrested […]
The Hawks would not be drawn on if Duduzane Zuma is a person of interest or if a warrant has been issued for his arrest. “The only person we spoke about was Ajay [Gupta]. Now people want to know what is happening within our investigations. We can’t talk about those things. Those are operational matters‚” Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said on Tuesday. “We find it very difficult that people […]
The small Free State road next to the railway line is lined with police vehicles‚ ambulances and fire trucks‚ a police cordon separating stranded passengers from the burnt out and mangled wreckage of eight train carriages piled over the tracks. A small child is taken from one of at least six buses brought in to transport passengers to an ambulance - apparently a victim of heatstroke. Four hours after the […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
