Illegal miners convicted of 843 charges
The 22 illegal gold miners who were arrested about three years ago in Welkom on an array of charges linked to the illicit mining and dealing in the precious metal were this week found guilty, police said. The suspects initially faced 843 charges but they were cleared on 266 of them and were found guilty on the 577 by the Free State High Court sitting at the Virginia Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Hawks spokesperson Captain Philani Nkwalase said the illegal miners were arrested in April 2014 for unlawful mining operations that started in August 2012 at Masimong Mine in Welkom….
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JZ hated for walking the talk
…Those with vested interest in maintaining the status quo opposed to Zuma for implementing transformation policies President Jacob Zuma’s resolute pursuit of ANC transformation policies is the chief reason he has attracted the ire of a whole range of enemies who hate him with a passion, according to Free State Premier Ace Magashule. Magashule said opposition parties, several other formations and interest groups targeting Zuma choose to forget that he is not his own master but a servant of the ANC implementing the former liberation movement’s policies and programmes in the same way former Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki…
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Trompsburg hospital to open
The long-awaited opening of the R380-million Albert Nzula Hospital in Trompsburg, a small town in the Free State district of Xhariep, will finally take place on June 15 this year. Despite its completion three years ago, the hospital has remained closed due to a number of challenges, which included a faulty water network. It was initially scheduled to open in October 2014 but the date was postponed back to April 2016 by then MEC for health, Benny Malakoane who was later replaced by Butana Komphela in October 2016. Premier Ace Magashule said: “We encountered serious problems with the water network…
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