FREE STATE HIGHLIGHTS

One person died and 14 others were injured, some seriously, when a taxi and a bus collided in Bloemfontein in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A man died in the stolen Isuzu bakkie of the elderly man he had allegedly robbed and assaulted when the car lost control while he was feeling the scene.

The Bloemfontein high court, sitting at the Thabo Mofutsanyana Child Justice Centre in Phuthaditjhaba, has sentenced a 28-year-old serial rapist to an effective 76 years.

A man has been arrested in Bloemfontein for allegedly strangling his sister to death and is expected to appear in court, Free State police said.