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Three killed 2006-02-08 09:40:59 An accident between a bakkie and a truck on the N1 highway near Springfontein has left three people dead, Free State police said. Evidence becomes family's horror movie 2006-02-08 08:27:20 The Free State regional court has been shown video images depicting the final moments of Teboho Mkhonza's life - the teenager died during riots sparked by the lack of service delivery in Intabazwe. Cops accused of murder due to appear in court 2006-02-06 12:21:31 A former police captain and two other police officers, accused of the murder of a 16-year-old pupil and 16 counts of assault, are expected to appear in the Harrismith regional court. |
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Three killed in collision on N1 2006-02-02 12:24:45 Three people have died after a truck travelling towards Ventersburg collided head-on with a bakkie on the N1 near Kroonstad, Northern Free State police have said. Man hangs children and himself 2006-01-31 17:04:05 Free State police have found the bodies of a 45-year-old man and his three children - some of them hanging from a tree - at a dumping site in Vierfontein. Man held for allegedly raping step-daughters 2006-01-30 17:43:43 Free State police are investigating after police allegedly found a 29-year-old man "busy raping his step-daughters", aged five and nine. Robbers blast their way through safe 2006-01-30 16:25:19 Explosives were used to open a safe during a break-in at a Bethlehem clothing store, according to Free State police. Embattled Prince joins Icosa 2006-01-25 11:19:43 Beaufort West looks set to become a political battleground as central Karoo district municipal manager Truman Prince has joined a new party, taking with him an overwhelming number of supporters, according to SABC news reports. Public violence trials begin in Free State 2006-01-23 17:41:14 The trial of 13 leaders of protests about service delivery at Intabazwe in Harrismith, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old protester, has begun in the town's regional court. Man held after rape of his grandchild 2006-01-23 13:41:29 A Free State man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old granddaughter, police have said. Man arrested for hijack hoax 2006-01-23 15:06:09 A man has been arrested for claiming that he and another man had been hijacked on the Free State road between Bethlehem and Kestell. Man commits suicide after shooting repo men 2006-01-20 13:16:22 A Free State man has attacked two men, who came to repossess furniture his late wife had bought, before turning the gun on himself. Boys drown in Free State dam 2006-01-25 11:26:56 Two boys have drowned at the Rooidam Dam at Parys in the Free State, according to police. Free State woman dies of Congo fever 2006-01-19 09:54:15 Health workers and a doctor at the Rose Park Hospital in Bloemfontein are reportedly being monitored for symptoms of Congo fever after treating a Petrusburg woman who died of the virus. Teen allegedly rapes girl, 5, during 'game' 2006-01-17 09:20:43 Eastern Free State police say a 15-year-old boy is being sought for the rape of five-year-old girl. The investigating officer says the teenager joined in when the girl was playing with other children her own age. Crash orphans three children 2006-01-14 15:48:28 Three members of a family were killed and three children were injured in an accident on the N1 in the southern Free State between Trompsburg and Springfontein. Toddler survives after truck flattens car 2006-01-13 07:27:52 A three-year-old boy is unconscious in a Free State hospital but he has miraculously survived an accident in which a six-ton truck crashed into his family's car on the N3. Six people killed in N3 accident 2006-01-12 13:09:59 An accident involving a car and a truck on the N3 highway near Villiers killed four men and two women, according to Free State police. Sanco Free State to meet about elections 2006-01-11 21:36:35 The Free State branch of the South African National Civic Organisation is to convene a special meeting to discuss reports of members lending the body's "official" support to election candidates. Three truck pile-up kills two 2006-01-11 07:58:59 Two people have died, while eight others have managed to escape unhurt in a three truck pile-up on the N1 near Springfontein in the Free State, police said. Daughter watches parents die in horror crash 2006-01-10 07:55:56 Wendy Gila had her parents' wellbeing at heart when she urged them to travel on a luxury tour bus - 15 minutes later she watched them die in each others arms. Two killed in Free State bus accident 2006-01-10 06:44:34 Two people died and 23 others have been injured when a bus carrying international tourists overturned on the N1 in the southern Free State, police said. Six die in crash between taxis and truck 2006-01-06 09:32:03 Six people, including five-year-old twins, were killed and 21 injured in an accident between a truck and two taxis on the N3 near Warden in the eastern Free State, according to police. Traffic flow picks up on N3 2006-01-02 14:32:00 Traffic flow has begun to increase on the main routes through the Free State as thousands of holidaymakers head back home, news reports have said. Body of missing man found in mountains 2006-01-02 09:39:56 The body of a 46-year-old Johannesburg man who went missing in the Maluti Mountains outside Clarens has been found, Free State police have said. Baby raped by intruder 2005-12-28 12:45:05 A two-year-old girl was taken from her mother's bed and raped by an intruder who broke into their house on Christmas night, Free State police said. Cops still on the hunt for farm murderers 2005-12-28 13:29:00 Free State police have continued the search for the two men who shot dead Wikus Stoffberg and his 44-year-old wife Ria while they were travelling in their bakkie from Osplaat. Taxi driver found dead near Bloemfontein 2005-12-25 11:52:57 The body of a 38-year-old taxi driver from Pro-Taxis was found in his vehicle on a Bloemspruit farm, Southern Free State police reported. Five arrested in foiled heist 2005-12-23 20:06:33 Responding to a tip-off, Free State police have arrested five Soweto men who allegedly intended to rob a cash-in-transit van near Bethlehem. Taxi driver killed while changing flat tyre 2005-12-22 19:18:38 A driver of a minibus taxi has been killed and another has been seriously injured after they were run over by a truck on the N3 near Harrismith while they were changing a flat tyre, Free State police have said. Man mauled by tigers was a mugger 2005-12-20 20:18:44 The mystery surrounding the death of a man found in the tiger's enclosure of a Bloemfontein zoo appears to have been solved, according to police. Tiger mauls man to death at Bloemfontein zoo 2005-12-18 17:34:33 Bloemfontein police are baffled as to how or why a man, found mauled to death, happened to get into the tiger's enclosure of the city's zoo. Holiday makers die in river bus crash 2005-12-17 13:52:40 Twenty people were killed and 77 injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned and plunged into a Free State river. Police search river for bodies 2005-12-17 09:50:00 Police divers are searching for bodies near Wepener in the Free State after an accident in which a bus plunged into a river near the town. Community service for mayor's car arsonists 2005-12-16 06:38:27 Two men who set Bethlehem mayor Patrick Jacobs's car on fire in November last year have been sentenced to 24-months correctional supervision each. Ngombane family off the hook until new year 2005-12-15 13:32:04 Formal charges against the five family members accused of murdering Free State official Noby Ngombane will only be served in the new year. Mineworkers camp out at Mbeki's office 2005-12-08 15:01:27 A group of more than a thousand mineworkers from the Eastern Cape have set up camp at the Union Buildings demanding to see President Mbeki since government officials have failed to listen to their grievances. Five injured in train collision 2005-12-08 08:33:41 A man and four young children have been seriously injured after the bakkie they were travelling in was hit by a train at a crossing in Bloemfontein in the Free State. French students raped at camping site 2005-12-06 14:34:33 Two French women who were sleeping in their car at the Wilge River camping site in Frankfort have allegedly been attacked by three men who fled the scene in the victims' car, according to Bloemfontein police. Taxi driver's murder stumps police 2005-12-04 13:52:07 A 39-year-old taxi driver was shot dead when a trip to drop off churchgoers took a bad turn in Harrismith - and Free State police are working around the clock to solve the "puzzling" murder. Man holds mom hostage at old age home 2005-11-29 18:46:46 Police have rescued an 83-year-old woman and arrested her son after he demanded her car keys, fired shots and held her hostage at her old age home in the Free State. Hostel dispute ends in fatal shooting 2005-11-26 17:09:54 A man has been arrested after allegedly shooting his colleague at a mining hostel in Meloding, Virginia, northern Free State police said. Doctors suspect Sasolburg men were poisoned 2005-11-25 08:58:24 Two senior officials of the Metsimaholo municipality in Sasolburg believe someone poisoned them as they drank their morning cup of coffee at a fire station. |
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