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Duisende NK inwoners sonder titelaktes
Die Departement van Samewerkende Regering in die Noord-Kaap sê sowat 28 000 inwoners en eienaars van HOP-huise moet nog hul titelaktes kry. Woordvoerder, Xhanti Teki, sê die agterstand het oor die jare opgebou met die grootste gedeelte van die uitstaande titelaktes wat voor 1994 en kort daarna dateer. LUR Alvin…
'Consumers in for hard times'
An economist is estimating that the average South African household will fork out an extra R450 a month to make ends meet. Petrol and electricity tariff increases kick in this month. Francois Stofberg says smokers can expect to add an additional R26 to this figure. Petrol is set to go…
Polisie ondersoek moord op BFN vrou (70) by meenthuis
Die polisie in Bloemfontein ondersoek 'n voorval waarin 'n 70-jarige weduwee vermoedelik die naweek in haar woonstel met 'n hamer doodgeslaan is. Polisiewoordvoerder, Wendy Nkabi, sê die bejaarde vrou, wie se naam nie bekendgemaak is nie op versoek van haar naasbestaandes, is Sondagaand omstreeks 20:00 in haar slaapkamper in die…
Moontlikheid van brandstigting nie uitgesluit in brand by Motheo-kollege in BFN
Die moontlikheid van brandstigting word nie uitgesluit nadat 'n brand vanoggend by die Motheo TVET-kollege in Bloemfontein uitgebreek het nie. ‘n Afdelingsoffisier van die Mangaung-brandweer-en-reddingsdiens, Braam van Zyl, sê die brandweer is ongeveer 06:00 vanoggend ontbied nadat ‘n brand binne die administratiewe gebou op die kampus ontstaan het. Hy sê…
Wimpie du Plessis – proactive
Vleissentraal Managing Director Wimpie du Plessis says farmers are being proactive by selling livestock now as there is not going to be sufficient feed for winter and the period after winter.
Wimpie du Plessis - quality
Vleissentraal Managing Director Wimpie du Plessis says despite the tough times, good quality stud animals are still fetching good prices.
Welkome reën val in groot dele van VS
Welkome reën val sedert gisteraand in baie dele van die droogtegeteisterde Vrystaat en boere is dankbaar vir elke druppel. Kobus van der Wath, wat tussen Bultfontein, Brandfort en Theunissen boer, sê die reën help baie vir boere met sonneblom aanplantings. Hy sê dit is egter té laat vir die groei…
Wimpie du Plessis – feed purchases
Vleissentraal Managing Director Wimpie du Plessis says farmers have spent huge amounts of money buying in feed for their livestock.
Impeachment debate: ANC caucus expected to close ranks around Zuma
The ANC caucus is expected to close ranks around President Jacob Zuma in Parliament today and prevent him from being impeached. MPs will gather to debate a motion to remove Zuma from office after the Constitutional Court found that he had failed to defend, respect and uphold the Constitution, as…
Tussenverkiesings uitgestel "in die belang van vrye en regverdige verkiesings"
Die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie (OVK) het alle tussenverkiesings, insluitend dié wat vir vandag geskeduleer is, weer onbepaald uitgestel weens voorgesette onsekerheid oor die geldigheid van die kieserslys. Ongeveer twee derdes van geregistreerde kiesers het tans gedeeltelike of geen adresbesonderhede op die kieserslys nie. Die besluit volg na ’n onlangse beslissing deur…
Griekwas senter Jonahan Francke en Pieter Bergh praat met OFM Sport
Die Curriebeker skop die week af met die kwalifiseringstoernooi wat Donderdagaand begin. Die Griekwas en die Griffons is die eerste twee spanne wat in aksie sal wees wanneer hulle sake op Griekwa-park in Kimberley gaan uitspook. Die Poubloues se kookwater senter, Jonathan Francke, asook hulpafrigter, Pieter Bergh praat met OFM…
FEATURE: Joy Kroon - horsing around is serious business
Joy Kroon is a Bloemfontein woman with a passion for horses who has founded an organisation called Horses in Need South Africa to try and ease the suffering of horses in rural areas. The drought has meant that many of these animals are slowly but surely starving to death, while…
Zuma impeachment: ANC MPs in difficult position - DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes ANC MPs will find themselves in a difficult position tomorrow when the National Assembly debates a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma. The opposition party is bringing the motion following the Constitutional Court's judgment in the Nkandla matter. DA chief whip John Steenhuisen says the…
Nkandla: ANC's strategy could cost them votes
Political analyst Daniel Silke says the ANC has taken a big gamble in holding onto President Jacob Zuma, especially ahead of the local government elections. Silke's comment comes after Zuma addressed the nation last night following the Constitutional Court's damning judgment regarding the Nkandla debacle earlier this week. The court…
Bloemfontein Kinderkoor voer "flash mob" uit in Mimosa Mall
Besoekers aan Mimosa Mall in Bloemfontein is laat gistermiddag met die strelende stemme van die Bloemfontein Kinderkoor gegroet, toe die koor aan 'n sogenaamde "flash mob" deelgeneem het. Ongeveer twintig lede van die Kinderkoor het 'n onverwagse vertoning van die Koos Kombuis-treffer, Lisa se klavier, in die restaurant-gedeelte van die…
No individual, including Zuma, is above the ANC: Mantashe
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says nobody, including President Jacob Zuma, is above the party. Mantashe answered a question about Zuma being above the organisation and having cost the party voters during a media briefing at the party’s headquarters following Zuma's live television address regarding the Nkandla saga. Mantashe said…
Opposition parties dismiss Zuma's Nkandla apology
The Democratic Alliance (DA)'s chief whip in Parliament, John Steenhuisen says President Jacob Zuma and the ANC have misjudged the mood of the nation. Steenhuisen feels South Africans are angry at the way in the which Zuma and the ruling party have handled the Nkandla matter following the Constitutional Court's…
ANC het Zuma se verskoning eenparig aanvaar
Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal sê die party se topses-leierskap het eenparig besluit om president Jacob Zuma se verskoning oor die Nkandla-debakel te aanvaar. Gwede Mantashe het dit bevestig by 'n mediakonferensie in Pretoria gisteraand nadat Zuma in 'n regstreekse toespraak om verskoning gevra het. Hy het ná die president se…
Sydney Soundy – Landbank
Commercial Development Banking Executive Manager, Sydney Soundy, says carry over debt cases would be subject to the Landbank being able to take the debt over from the farmer’s current financier.
Brangus torch in Northern Cape
The Brangus SA Torch of Hope will be at various points in the Northern Cape next week.