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The castle on the banks of the Vaal River in Deneysville in the Free State.                                                            Image: Park Village Auctions

Vaal River’s Deneysville castle remains neglected without an owner

Auctioneers of the castle on the banks of the Vaal River in Deneysville in the Free State are still taking offers for the property, which was up for auction on Saturday. Park Village Auctions described the property as a large stand, with…

The dogs were kept in an outside building ‘mangy and neglected’. Image: SPCA

More than 100 neglected, sick dogs and a pig found at animal ‘sanctuary’

A bleeding basset hound. A labrador unable to stand. A boerboel with deformed legs. This is what the SPCA discovered at a house serving as a “shelter” to more than 100 dogs, many of them neglected and ill, at Odendaalsrus in Welkom. Free…

WE TOLD YOU SO ANC members celebrate the withdrawal on Tuesday of presidential hopeful Mathews Phosa’s court bid to declare the Mpumalanga provincial general council invalid in the Johannesburg High Court Picture: Alaister Russell

‘A plot to rig ANC poll’ – Mthembu’s startling allegations

ANC chief whip accuses Dlamini-Zuma camp of making desperate attempts to buy votes BY NALEDI SHANGE ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu says there are desperate attempts to buy votes and rig the party’s national congress election in favour of…

An Absa employee defrauded the bank of R366‚000 over two years. Picture FILE

Absa employee guilty on 359 fraud counts

An Absa employee was found guilty on 359 charges of fraud after he transferred money from a client’s account to his brother’s. Moses Moroe was a sales consultant for the bank at its Loch Logan branch in the Free State. He was sentenced in…

Truvada. File photo Image: Epa/Maurizio Gambarini via The Conversation

Varsities get HIV safe pill

BY KATHARINE CHILD University and college students will for the first time be able to access HIV prevention medication called Truvada. This was announced by the Department of Higher Education and Training as part of its HIV and Aids…

WAIT AND SEE: Jerry Nqolo of Border plays a shot while KwaZulu-Natal Inland wicketkeeper waits to take a catch during an Africa T20 Cup clash at Buffalo Park, on Sunday Picture: GALLO IMAGES

Brave fight just not enough for Border

By Ross Roche The 2017 Africa Cup semifinalists were confirmed at the weekend after pool D was battled out at Buffalo Park, with KwaZulu-Natal Inland emerging victorious while Boland, Zimbabwe and hosts Border, were left disappointed.…

Border set sights on a home final

By Ross Roche Women’s rugby kicks into high gear this weekend as the Border women’s team welcome Free State to the Buffalo City Metro Stadium for their final pool stage match of the interprovincial competition tomorrow afternoon. Border,…

What the frack? Outrage over shale gas project near national park

A shale gas exploration project in the area surrounding the Golden Gate Highlands National Park has left environmentalists concerned about the prospect of fracking on the doorstep of Clarens. Environmentalists have raised concern over an…