Year: 2025

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• Editors Pick

5 employees hired “irregularly” by Sulky Mokoena seconded to COGTA

November 12, 2025 Step Up SA 2

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – The normalisation of “irregular appointments” within Free State Provincial Government...

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Report shows DESTEA shut down Bloem Zoo and moved animals

November 11, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – Questions are pilling up as to what happened to 256...

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Mathae’s spokesperson accused of theft

November 10, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – Matshediso Setai, spokesperson for Joyce “Pretenders” Mathae, Free Premier is...

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Half a billion later no Ramkraal nor Mangaung Taxi Rank

November 7, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – Despite a combined R541 million spent on consultants and the...

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Mangaung and Lejweleputswa very unlikely to have conferences

November 7, 2025 Step Up SA 1

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – The terms of ANC regional leaders in Mangaung and Lejweleputswa...

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WhatsApp texts show prosecutor constantly engaging Masemene

November 6, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – The prosecutor who asked chairperson to dismiss Masemene has come...

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The 800 days long suspension of Muhammed Ismail must be studied where Dr Tshabalala got her PhD

November 6, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – Dr Masego Tshabalala, head of department at Community Safety, Roads...

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• Breaking News

BREAKING NEWS: Baloyi-Mere recommends dismissal against Masemene

November 5, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – State Attorney’s Adv E. Baloyi-Mere SC has recommended dismissal in...

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Social Dev bitten the bargaining council’s dust at least twice before multimillion blow

November 5, 2025 Step Up SA

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – The multimillion labour court judgment handed last month against Social...

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DARD silent on disciplinary action taken against employees implicated in the R1.6 million corruption

November 4, 2025 Step Up SA 1

Staff reporter Bloemfontein – The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) have kept...