Bongani Mdakane Archives

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SA mourns broadcaster Thabiso Sikwane, poet Jessica Mbangeni

31st August 2024

As the country closes Women’s Month, South Africa woke up to news of the loss of two female icons. The family of...

News

Free State premier eats humble pie after court order

31st August 2024

Free State premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has been forced to send the head of department (HOD) of the department of human settlements back...

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Convicted entrepreneur ordered to pay back R1.8m TERS funds

28th August 2024

Free State businessman Isak Letseng has been sentenced for fraud and money-laundering in relation to the Covid-19 Temporary Emergency Relief Scheme (TERS)....

Politics

Free State premier, HOD found guilty for defying a court order

27th August 2024

The Bloemfontein High Court has ruled that Free State Premier Joyce MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae and the provincial government Head of Department were in...

Business

‘Black-owned businesses still marginalised’

26th August 2024

The small business lobby group Black Entrepreneurs Alliance (BEA) has made a call to the government of national unity to revise its...

Politics

Free State premier faces revolt and arrest

26th August 2024

Top Free State ANC leaders are said to be at loggerheads with Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae over her alleged “dictatorship” style of leadership....

News

Tycoon in land dispute with Mangaung metro

25th August 2024

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in Bloemfontein has declared war on construction mogul Freddie Kenney over the illegal occupation of municipal land. Kenney,...