Johannesburg - The police are "following leads" in the case of a mother and her one-year-old toddler raped and killed in a township outside Steynsrus in the Free State at the weekend. "The police have ...

Three trucks were burnt and one that was loading frozen chickens were looted and blocked on the R76 highway outside Kroonstad.

Last week, protesters torched three trucks on the R76 between Steynsrus and Kroonstad. Protesters in Kroonstad had also set alight a post office and two vehicles which belonged to the municipality.

"We suspect the violent protests in Kroonstad [on Thursday] spilled over to Steynsrus at about 21:00 on Thursday night. That's when three trucks were burnt. We are monitoring the situation." ...