Month: March 2026

FSPG working to stabilise municipalities

Free State municipalities have come under the spotlight due to their lack of service delivery and growing concern of weak…

MEC welcomes sentencing of child rape case

The Free State MEC for Social Development, Mathabo Hlalele, has welcomed the sentence handed down in the case of S…

Budget fails to meet needs of residents

Reacting to the budget speech by the Free State MEC for Finance Mr Ketso Makume, the Democratic Alliance (DA) in…

Godlimpi confident in new advisory board

The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), Mr Zuko Godlimpi, has congratulated the newly-appointed Special Economic Zones…

MEC Makume allocates R47.9 billion for 2026/27 budget

The Free State MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Mr Ketso Makume, has tabled his financial year budget that…

MEC Makume to table 2026/27 Provincial Budget Speech.

The Free State MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Mr Ketso Makume will today, Tuesday, 17 March 2026, table…

Ineffective logistics cost SA R1 billion a day

During his address at the inaugural National Transport Conference in Johannesburg on Monday, 16 March 2026, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

Localisation a national imperative to drive industrialisation

The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ms Alexandra Abrahams says localisation must be embraced as a national commitment…

The economic impact of the US–Israel–Iran war and rising oil prices

By Dr Calvin Mudzingiri: the current Assistant Dean of the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty at the University of the…

MEC Makume to host budget essay award ceremony

The Free State MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Mr. Ketso Makume will on Monday, 16 March 2026, host…