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We can’t afford to clear student debt: Nzimande

The department of higher education & training cannot afford to clear historic student debt owed to institutions amounting to nearly R10bn, nor c

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‘Covid-19 mitigation measures have neglected informal traders’

Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (Wiego) and UN Women have put together an initiative called Coping in Crisis: Informal Work

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High grass pollen levels to blame for sniffles and sneezes

Climbing grass pollen levels in Bloemfontein has had many residents caught up in sneezing frenzies as levels measured up to 32 g/m³&n

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Free State to start losing TV signal

Some outlying parts of the Free State province will be losing TV signal distribution this month as the country migrates from analogue to digital tr

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Ramaphosa concerned at rise in racism

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his concerns about the rise of racism on a global scale. Speaking at the informal leaders’ network meeting

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The ins and outs of SA’s school feeding scheme

Designed to reduce hunger and improve nutrition, the school feeding scheme initiative is a globally recognised social protection tool that helps not

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Metsimaholo mayor survives chop

The mayor of the embattled Metsimaholo municipality in the Free State, Lindiwe Tshongwe, has been given a lifeline after a motion of no confidence a

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Young FS entrepreneur helping to create jobs

Thanbang Mabel Leeuw realised her passion for cosmetics in 2016 when, as an agricultural student at the University of the Free State, she sold perfu

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MPs kicked out of National Assembly as tensions boil over

Deputy speaker Lechesa Tsenoli kicked EFF MP Nazier Paulsen and DA MP Phumzile van Damme out of a hybrid sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday

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Campaign calls for SA to talk about school dropouts

There is cause to celebrate learners who matriculated in spite of the additional obstacles the pandemic threw in their path. However, the whereabouts

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