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Bloemfontein

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Oct 31, 2026

Neil ManthorpGUEST
8:37
He was very, very homesick in his early 20s.
Neil ManthorpGUEST
8:40
And he used to come and use my phone and speak to his mother and father in Bloemfontein.
Neil ManthorpGUEST
8:44
And he had no idea for months that I understood Afrikaans.
Neil ManthorpGUEST
8:48
Oh, wow.
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Oct 31 · 1 Mention

Farouk Al-WahabGUEST
74:31
Does he know the number of Ghanaians? One, in South Africa, Ghana, Johannesburg.
Farouk Al-WahabGUEST
74:39
The good number of Ghanaians, Limpopo, Bloemfontein, Port Alfred, Cape Town, Pretoria.
Farouk Al-WahabGUEST
74:51
The Joburg itself, Midrand area and some other places, St. Anthony.
Farouk Al-WahabGUEST
74:57
Ghana for Joburg, Joburg across South Africa.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
1:34
And it's a magnificent country.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
1:35
And I live in Bloemfontein, which is the city right in the center of South Africa.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
1:40
And Bloemfontein is known for one fact only.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
1:44
which I'm sure you will appreciate, is J.R.R. Tolkien was born here.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
1:47
Yeah, that's where we are.

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Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
19:11
And they recorded their last album, The Magic of It All, in Cape Town.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
19:16
They did a show in Stellenbosch.
Tobie van der WesthuizenGUEST
19:19
And I flew from Bloemfontein, my wife and I, down to Stellenbosch.
Annelisa JackGUEST
30:52
How did you compete? We had to commentate.
Annelisa JackGUEST
30:56
We went to Bloemfontein for a varsity cup final, disky football.
Annelisa JackGUEST
30:59
Right.
Annelisa JackGUEST
30:59
Yeah, that's where I won to be number one.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
22:19
MK has eaten the ANC's electoral lunch in KZN.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
22:22
And so the only place the ANC is still swinging in terms of a metro is Mangaung and Buffalo City.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
22:31
Now, of course, ANC is still very strong in Limpopo.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
22:35
So I'd expect it to perform pretty well there, and I think that'll be its strongest performance.
Martin BesterHOST
18:42
What about the people that share or like your comment?
Emma SadleirGUEST
18:45
So this is a very good question, and it's actually just come out in Bloemfontein.
Emma SadleirGUEST
18:48
There was a case where a councillor, she was a politician, received a racist message on WhatsApp, racist against the Indian community.
Emma SadleirGUEST
18:59
She received it.
AshleyHOST
7:34
I'll let you decide.
AshleyHOST
7:35
Lamecia says that she and her boyfriend took a weekend trip to Bloemfontein, which is the judicial capital of South Africa.
AshleyHOST
7:40
It's also known as the City of Roses.
AshleyHOST
7:42
They rented a room, a guest house rather, on a larger property via a booking website.
Graeme SwannGUEST
22:18
after that? Yeah, so I never played.
Graeme SwannGUEST
22:19
I played one game on that tour in Bloemfontein.
Graeme SwannGUEST
22:22
I remember that in the shacks.
Graeme SwannGUEST
22:25
The King of Spain was injured.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:04
So August of 2025, I went to South Africa and I had the opportunity to speak in four different cities.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:12
So Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Boteville, and Hermanus.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:17
Hermanus is near Cape Town.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:20
And before going on that trip, I did some spiritual mapping research.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:24
And it turns out that South Africa is the only country that has three different capitals.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:31
So Pretoria is the capital of the executive branch.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:34
Bloemfontein is the judicial branch.
Laura SangerGUEST
53:37
And then Cape Town is the legislative branch.
Kamagelo SeekoeiCORRESPONDENT
2:26
The South African Red Cross Society's provincial manager, Trudy Amini, says they have provided humanitarian aid to households affected by the windstorm.
Trudy AminiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
2:35
Weather services yesterday had issued a level 2 warning with severe windstorms and as a result yesterday we had experienced some strong winds in Bloemfontein because it was widely spread whereby Rocklands, Palindaba including Lorry Park were affected.
Trudy AminiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
2:55
And to date, we have managed to record close to 99 households that have been affected.
Trudy AminiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:02
Most households, their roofs have been blown away.
Trudy AminiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
3:04
In the former settlements, the shacks have been completely destroyed.
Kamagelo SeekoeiCORRESPONDENT
3:08
Many also cautioned residents to remain vigilant following another weather warning issued by the South African Weather Service.
Kamagelo SeekoeiCORRESPONDENT
3:16
Kamukhalo Siegui, SABC News, Bloemfontein.
speaker_0NARRATOR
3:23
You can find SAFM Current Affairs on 104 to 107 nationwide.

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