Posts tagged with 'Bloemfontein'

 

Resentment starting to soar as UFS beckoned to remove the statue of Pres. Steyn from its Bloemfontein campus – To remove a heritage resource just to adapt to a specific group’s subjective opinion cannot erase the past

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AfriForum and various other conservation organisations, including the Bloemfontein Cultural Association, the Association for Christian Higher Education in Bloemfontein and the Gereformeerde Geloof Bond (which includes congregations across South Africa and to which 32 congregations are affiliated), on 10 May 2019, objected to the issuing of a permit by the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (FSPHRA).

This permit grants permission to the University of the Free State (UFS) to relocate the statue of Pres. M.T. Steyn from its Bloemfontein campus to the War Museum.

In AfriForum’s appeal against the permit issued, it emphasised, among other things, that the relocation would rather polarise students on campus than to promote respect and social cohesion amongst them.

According to Alana Bailey, Deputy CEO of AfriForum responsible for heritage issues, M.T. Steyn embodies the ideal of the establishment of a Free State university ‒ a goa
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Toestande in staatslykhuis in Bloem ondraaglik – laboratorium disfunksioneel en yskaste werk nie – vrot reuk in die gange van die lykhuis het politici en medialede so byna-byna laat naar word

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Die stank van sowat 40 ontbindende lyke van ongeïdentifiseerde mense, waarvan sommige al ’n jaar lank in die staatslykhuis in Bloemfontein lê sonder om opgeëis te word, maak die werksomstandighede vir die werknemers daar onuithoudbaar.

Sommige van die yskaste werk nie en die lugversorgers is boonop stukkend terwyl die temperature bedags soms tot by 40 °C klim.

Dié haglike omstandighede is ontdek toe Patricia Kopane, DA-LP en Vrystaatse DA-leier en lid van die portefeuljekomitee vir gesondheid in die parlement, saam met Nomsa Marchesi, ook ’n DA-LP en kiesafdelingshoof vir Xhariep, ’n oorsigbesoek saam met die media aan die lykshuis afgelê het.

Die vrot reuk in die gange van die lykhuis het van die politici en medialede so byna-byna laat naar word.

“Dan verwag hulle dat die personeel elke dag ’n glimlag op hul gesig moet hê,” het ’n geskokte Kopane gesê.

Sy sê dit is ook ’n skande dat daar ernstige loodgiete
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Juju and land grabs: How to interpret the Trespass Acts and Riotous Assemblies

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The case of Julius Malema and AfriForum is an interesting one, as it exposes the complexity of running a democratic country with laws that once were used as instruments of oppression.

Malema is by no means an unfortunate target in this instance. His rise to power with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was founded on tapping into the core of the frustrations of the poor.

Land, employment, nationalisation and ‘white monopoly capital’ are just some of the instruments the EFF uses, to this day, to rally up the support of the majority in this country.

In 2014 he engaged crowds in Bloemfontein and Newcastle (Kwa-Zulu Natal) respectively, he got himself in trouble.

AfriForum, responding to Malema’s calls for people to occupy vacant, filed charges against the EFF leader, citing the Rioutous Assemblies Act, as well as the Trespass Act, as reasons why he should be prosecuted.

This is an interesting case because it involves two laws
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Kom vier Afrikaans in die Vrystaat!!

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Dit is amper tyd vir die vierdie Ek ♥ DIE VRYSTAAT FEES in Bloemfontein en hierdie een gaan nog beter en groter wees as van te vore.

Datum:- 22 September 2018
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Die musiek blom vanjaar by die Vrystaatse Kunstefees 2018, kom gerus ‘n draai!

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Die Vrystaat Kunstefees, in wese ’n Afrikaanse fees, is besig om hom as een van die belangrikste internasionale kunstefeeste op die Afrika-vasteland te vestig.

Datum:- 8 – 14 Julie 2018
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Jo Black en sy orkes tree op te Bloemfontein

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Die bekroonde Afrikaanse sanger Jo Black en sy orkes is terug in Bloemfontein met al sy treffers asook liedjies van sy nuutste album. Hierdie inspirerende vertoning van sielvolle musiek en sterk boodskap van hoop is `n moet vir die hele gesin!

Datum:- 15 Julie 2018
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Remember To Send Flowers, Cards, Sweets or Gifts for Mothers Day! Order Online Now!

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Mothers Day

This Mother’s Day, make sure Mom, Grandma or the special Lady in your life knows that you are grateful for everything she has done and all that she does do and will do for you. So, when is Mother’s Day 2018? This year it falls on the 13th of May!
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Book Cheap Flights for Easter! Domestic Flights from only R439 with SKY.co.za and SA Express. BOOK NOW!

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Going to a Concert or Event this Easter? SKY.co.za and SA Express brings you an Exclusive Easter Holiday Flights Offer on Domestic Flights:

When can I book? 20 March – 3 April 2018

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What route can I fly? Joburg, Mafikeng, Sun City, Bloemfontein, East London, George, PE, Richards Bay, Kimberley and Gabarone

What Airline is this with? SA Express

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