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ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images

Mbalula’s ambitions are ‘sowing divisions’ in the Free State

Sources say the ANC’s latest intervention in the province is aimed at replacing the secretary general’s opponents with loyalists

  • Eyaaz
11 min read
The hole nine yards: Pothholed roads and a fallen electric pole, which took more than a month to be repaired. (Lunga Mzangwe/M&G)

No services, no jobs, as businesses flee Free State municipality

Wrangling in the ANC, incompetence and corruption have brought the council close to collapse

  • Eyaaz
10 min read
A water tanker in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State. The province’s lack of reliable services is scuppering the tourism industry. File photo (Delwyn Verasamy)

Free State tourism growth hampered by poor municipal services, says MEC Toto Makume

Some municipalities fail to provide a reliable supply of basic services such as water and electricity

3 min read