Smithfield, on N6, acts to prevent xenophobia

DETERMINED to avoid xenophobic attacks in its townships, the municipality of Mohokare into which Smithfield falls, has been meeting with foreign informal traders living in the area to find a way forward. Shadrack Buyeye, local economic development manager for the...

How do you know you are back in the Free State? …

… The wonderful litema posters on the wall of the arrivals hall, Bloemfontein airport As you wait for your luggage, enjoy pictures of fantastic local artform, litema (pronounced dee teh mah), on the walls and your suitcases seem to arrive …Share this: Share on...

Latest road report, N6 to E Cape coast through Smithfield

The N6, between Bloemfontein and the Eastern Cape coast, closed this morning because of a strike, is now open again. Workers involved in the rebuilding of the N6 gathered at one of the stop/go points on the roadworks to stage …Share this: Share on X (Opens in...

No water … then mud in Smithfield, N6

We’ve had another water switch-off – ‘they’ say it’s once again because of the road works. It’s a problem for everyone – so why do I bother moaning? Because – take a look at the laundry (below). When the municipality …Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...

You pass them on the N6, but do you see them …

ALL the forecasts say this will be a shocker of a weekend: snow, rain and freezing weather around most of the country. On the way back from walking the dogs in the veld this morning we passed a little group …Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share...