SCA rules medical negligence damages must be paid as lump sum
This overturns a high court ruling that the health department would provide treatment at state facilities instead of paying cash damages
Law | 13 February 2026
Parents exhume son’s remains five years after state mistakenly buried him
In 2021, Msindisi Phike was buried by the state as a pauper while his family was still waiting for his DNA results to be completed
Brief | 29 January 2026
Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker
Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity
By Tladi Moloi and Sean Christie
News | 16 December 2025
Thabo Bester delays trial with six court cases
Prison escape trial, originally set down for February 2025, postponed to July 2026
News | 5 December 2025
Free State clinic short-staffed and overcrowded for 10 years
Premier promised to upgrade the clinic years ago
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 6 November 2025
Water workers on strike in Free State
Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 28 October 2025
Free State protesters demand action on crime
March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 16 October 2025
Buildings torched during University of the Free State protests
Students angry at changes to registration system
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 14 October 2025
Pharmacists can treat people with HIV, appeal court rules
“Legitimate and compelling public interests” to allow pharmacists to initiate antiretroviral treatment, says judge
Law | 10 October 2025