Author: Bongani Mdakane

MK manifesto launch
Politics

MK Party is squandering its mandate of hope

South Africa’s general elections in May 2024 redrew the political map in dramatic fashion. After three decades of dominance, the ANC was humbled, losing its parliamentary... Read more.
‘Ba2cada’ & Mokotjo forced to sell club 
Soccer

‘Ba2cada’ & Mokotjo forced to sell club 

What could have been a successful story of building dreams for Free State youngsters in football ended up as agony for the two co-founders of the most promising... Read more.
NSFAS online applications
News

NSFAS ‘sits on SIU graft report’ on Motheo TVET totalling R44m

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has not submitted the findings of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into the controversial Free State Motheo... Read more.
Breaking News, Politics

Free State Premier Letsoha-Mathae’s new Treasury HOD arrested for GBV

A top official in the Free State government has been arrested for beating his girlfriend to a pulp. The newly appointed acting head of department (HOD) of treasury,... Read more.
Public protector to probe Senzo Mchunu
News

‘Public Protector not taking me seriously’, says angry Freddie Nyathela

The war of words between the president of the South African Roadies Association (Sara), Freddie Nyathela and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie... Read more.
News

Mangaung prison inmates accuse local cops of bias 

Prisoners at the controversial Mangaung prison in Bloemfontein, Free State, have complained that local police deny them justice.  They claim that Bloemspruit police... Read more.
‘Fronting’ backfires on EPCM Bonisana 
News

‘Fronting’ backfires on EPCM Bonisana 

A Pretoria husband and wife embroiled in a complicated “fronting case” have had to wait for more than a year for EPCM Bonisana to buy them out of the company... Read more.
News

Whistleblower lives in fear for exposing ‘racism’ by boss

A young Sasolburg woman who reported the former owner of the local drinking hole and his cabal to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for racism now... Read more.