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HIV+ rapist gets three life sentences
A MAN who is HIV positive was yesterday sentenced to three life terms for raping a woman during a robbery in Brandfort town,
THE newly elected ANC provincial executive has warned uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) member Mpho Ramakatsa that he will be expelled….
Rasta fights for daugther’s dreadlocks
THE father of a 13-year-old Welkom pupil will today ask the Bloemfontein High Court to order Leseding Technical High School to allow her to study at the school without having…
Johannesburg - Bus company SA Roadlink said on Saturday that it was solvent despite reports that it faced liquidation if it does not repay a multi-million rand bank loan.
Amcu a group of vigilantes and liars, say alliance bosses
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union is clearly the National Union of Mineworkers's worst nightmare.
ANC’s ‘special guests’
WITH next year’s general elections beckoning, the battle for the white vote in the Free State has moved a notch up, with the ANC using its conference last weekend to woo white voters
Clashes at Cairo protest calling for Morsi to resign
Demonstrators calling for Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.
Zambian govt risks ire by scrapping maize subsidy
A decision by Zambia's president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a revolt against…..
Nigeria declares state of emergency
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has imposed a state of emergency in three states worst hit by increasing violence by Boko Haram extremists.
Tributes pour in for 'Sharp Sharp' Mbuli
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma, political parties and the broadcasting community paid tribute on Sunday to SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli.
Depardieu compares Putin to Pope John Paul II
French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope
France's Hollande signs gay marriage law
French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay
Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women
FARMERS have been warned to make risk management a priority as a matter of urgency.
Ramakatsa faces ANC expulsion
THE newly elected ANC provincial executive has warned uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) member Mpho Ramakatsa that he will be expelled….
ANC’s ‘special guests’
WITH next year’s general elections beckoning, the battle for the white vote in the Free State has moved a notch up, with the ANC using its conference last weekend to woo white voters
Brandfort school eyes Wembley youth finals
MONAMODI Public School in Brandfort stepped up preparations for a ticket to Wembley Stadium in the Danone Nations Cup 2013
TOYOTA Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has reiterated that his charges cannot afford to be complacent in tomorrow’s Super Rugby return game against the unpredictable Southern Kings.
60 attend Bloem netball clinic
OVER 60 participants attended a provincial netball coaching clinic held at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein this week.
THE story so far: Cody Wilson, who describes himself as a “crypto-anarchist” and almost certainly wears a Second Amendment belt-buckle, had a bright idea early last year.
IN Chapter 16 of the book of Leviticus in the Holy Bible there are detailed references to a practice in which a goat was let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur — also known as the Day of Atonement …
Nothing Golden: Celtic refuse to reward ‘mediocrity’
BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic’s management has refused to reward mediocrity by withholding the Golden Boot accolade for the just-ended 2012/13 Premiership
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Tsvangirai confident he'll oust Mugabe in election
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections.
Boy Scouts of America to vote on lifting anti-gay ban
The Boy Scouts of America will vote on a proposal to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout its 103-year history.
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Kroonstad lodge judged the best
A KROONSTAD guest lodge has been named one of the best emerging tourism businesses in the province at the just ended Tourism Indaba held in Durban.
Aim of artificial boom not a bust
It is a delicious question, except for the $100 trillion bet that is riding on it.
What is the purpose of creating an unprecedented financial boom?
TWO African presidents, with trade union backgrounds, come immediately to mind — Sierra Leone’s Siaka Stevens (1905-1988) and Zambia’s Frederick Chiluba (1943-2011).
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THE mayor of a financially troubled Free State municipality forked out more than R100 000 from the public purse for him to be recognised by a little-known organisation as the world’s “best mayor”.
PRIVATE businesses, households and government departments owe local municipalities in the Free State a whopping R8.1 billion, money the local authorities