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COULD TITLE DEEDS FINALLY PUT HOMES IN RESIDENTS’ HANDS? PA’s 100-day promise puts housing ownership, municipal debt and political accountability under the spotlight
UFS veterinary school could create opportunities far beyond the South Campus
The PA says it is putting South Africans first. But when immigration becomes political currency, the question is not only who must leave — it is who is being seen, heard and cou...
WHEN HISTORY MEETS THE STRUGGLE FOR WORK AND WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE COLOURED SOUTH AFRICAN?
The tea is hot. The questions are sharper. And the conversations? They matter. NovaSpeak: The Pink Print is excited to introduce our brand-new weekly segment — “SPILL THE TEA” ...
NovaSpeak | The Pink Print — Independent Analysis Political parties are asking Heidedal for another chance to govern, but before residents listen to a new round of promises, ...
THE HERD IS VISIBLE — BUT WHO IS WATCHING THE DISEASE?
LOGAN KRUGER’S LAST STIR BEFORE THE PA CLEARS THE AIR
DA’s Electoral Court challenge over one-name PR lists raises a bigger question for voters: if they do not know all the candidates who could ultimately occupy the seats their vot...
NOVASPEAK | THE PINK PRINT There comes a point when silence stops being an absence of an answer and starts becoming part of the story. NovaSpeak believes that point has be...
Illegal dumping is wrong. But Mangaung’s refuse crisis raises a harder question: what happens when the municipality fails to collect?
Bruises, tears and unanswered questions: another elderly patient leaves Pelonomi, and once again the public is left asking who is protecting the vulnerable?
WHAT DOES A CITY ASK TOURISTS TO SEE WHEN ITS OWN TRANSPORT HUB SITS SILENT?
Medical waste, including blood-stained and potentially hazardous items, was found dumped next to Clive Solomon Stadium in Heidedal on Sunday morning.
ANC FINALLY ANNOUNCES SYDNEY MAASDORP
By NovaSpeak | The Pink Print A Free State police sergeant has lost his life while responding to a complaint in the early hours of Saturday morning, after a collision involvi...
if government says tourism is an economic driver, why are some of Mangaung’s most authentic tourism assets being allowed to decay while new entertainment spaces are being used t...
SELLO MORE PROBE
WHAT DOES THE CHOICE OF VENUE SAY ABOUT HOW MANGAUNG UNDERSTANDS TOURISM?
Analysis inspired by figures and arguments presented by Shaun Schutte
VF+ AND THE HEIDEDAL QUESTION: ARE COLOURED VOTERS BEING HEARD — OR SIMPLY COUNTED?
Inspired by a thought shared on Facebook by Damien Dae Theys.
In Heidedal, what began as an alleged act of political vandalism has exposed a far more uncomfortable question: who is responsible when political campaigning potentially puts th...
Are Coloured communities being treated as political citizens with power, or as voting blocks that become useful only when elections arrive?
If political parties want our votes, they must be prepared to account for what they have done with our trust.
Could a place once associated with nightlife, entertainment and community life find a second purpose — not as the venue it once was, but as a space serving the young people of H...
A chat with Mr Hattingh: refusing to see his community go to waste
Why Are We Not Using the People Already Willing to Protect Their Communities?
LIVING IN A DREAM WORLD FILLED WITH IMAGINATION
HEIDEDAL HAS HEARD THE PROMISES — NOW SHOW US THE WORK Heidedal has heard the promises. Now it wants proof.
I am not a normal media platform — and I was never created to be one.
Recently, NovaSpeak was described as “fake”, accused of producing “nonsense” and criticised for allegedly seeking “sensation”. Those words may have been directed at a media plat...
There is a number that should worry every political party campaigning in Mangaung: 29,000.
Two photos, two different messages, DA – Working for the people and ANC – Big crowds, big message
THE DA’S CAMPAIGN SHOWS WHAT MANGAUNG CAN LOOK LIKE
Could spaces like Mingles have a second life?
