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Dead speaker walking
… As ANC/ MCA move to seal Metsimaholo takeover with no confidence motion against her The speaker of Metsimaholo Local Municipality, Arnoldi du Plooy, is likely to be out of office by this time next week, kicked out by the new ANC/ Metsimaholo Civic Association (MCA) partnership as it acts to strengthen its hold on the northern Free State municipality. In fact, as speaker, Du Plooy, who is from the DA, has been like the proverbial dead man walking since the ANC/MCA alliance took charge of council last week. She should have been history by now but was only able…
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ANC in by-election victory
Nozenza Betty Cezula is the new councillor for Ward 39 in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality after the ANC retained the seat in a by-election held on Wednesday. The Thaba Nchu seat fell vacant following the death of Councillor Tankiso Moea last year. The ANC won about 43.2 percent of the vote after it polled 2 320 votes. Voter turnout was 5 369. The DA came second with 1 336 votes and the EFF was a distant third with 776 votes. This means the ANC remains with 65 seats in the 97-seat Mangaung council while the DA has 26. Freedom Front Plus has…
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Robert Sobukwe remembered
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‘Genital mutilator’ to defend self
State concerned Frederiksen made conduct with state witness in prison In yet another twist to the long drawn case of Peter Frederiksen who is accused of slicing-off female genitalia in illegal operations at his Bloemfontein home, the Danish national yesterday told the Free State High Court that he will be conducting his own defence during trial because he cannot afford a lawyer. In what has almost become familiar routine, Frederiksen, 65, showed up at court without a lawyer after spurning the state funded Legal Aid which agreed to represent him late last year. Yesterday’s appearance was the second one inside…
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Moves to end Qwaqwa water crisis
Water and sanitation minister Nomvula Mokonyane says Sedibeng Water will be brought in to help overhaul the entire water reticulation system in Qwaqwa in a bid to end water supply problems bedevilling the eastern Free State town. The national water utility will repair the water supply infrastructure and where necessary install new infrastructure to replace the existing that is obsolete and is costly to maintain, while it has been blamed for loses through leakages and pipe bursts. With taps around Qwaqwa having run dry, queuing up for water distributed by tankers everyday has become the ‘new order’ in the town….
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Dead speaker walking
Mar 3, 2017
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ANC in by-election victory
Mar 3, 2017
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Robert Sobukwe remembered
Mar 3, 2017
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‘Genital mutilator’ to defend self
Mar 3, 2017
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Moves to end Qwaqwa water crisis
Mar 3, 2017
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