The Free State’s capital is Bloemfontein, in the Mangaung metro, which is also South Africa’s judicial capital. The province is one of the country’s main grain-producing regions, has a long gold-mining history around Welkom, and has a petrochemical industry centred on Sasolburg.
Towns are far apart, and many employers and colleges serve people across a wide rural area.
Free State at a glance
| Metros | Bloemfontein (Mangaung) |
|---|---|
| Main sectors | Agriculture, mining, petrochemicals, provincial government, higher education |
| Universities and colleges | University of the Free State, Central University of Technology, and TVET colleges including Motheo, Flavius Mareka, Goldfields and Maluti |
| SETAs most relevant here | AgriSETA, MQA, CHIETA, PSETA, ETDP SETA |
Training needs in Free State
Agricultural businesses, mines and plants in the Free State train for safety and operations across sites that can be hours apart. Online courses bring the training to the people instead of the other way round.
How bLMs helps organisations in Free State
- Training across distances: browser access on any device, plus offline use in the Windows app.
- Safety and compliance courses with assessments, attendance and certificates.
- Clear oversight: dashboards show who has completed what.
- For colleges too: courses, gradebook, payments and communication in one platform.
See the full list of bLMs features, or request a demo and we’ll show you the platform with your own use case in mind.
Developer courses for learners in Free State
Our online courses let you build software skills without leaving the Free State. Start with web development, then specialise in back-end or mobile development.
- AI-Powered HTML & Frontend Web Development: Go from zero to a published, responsive website — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git and AI — then rebuild it with four frameworks and choose one with evidence.
- AI-Powered Mobile Web Development with Laravel: The complete roadmap from a blank Linux server to a scalable, AI-integrated Laravel production environment.
- AI-Powered Mobile App Development with Flutter: Build real Android and iOS apps from one codebase — 64 modules from Dart fundamentals to a published, full-stack app.
Every course is online and costs R 1,500/month while you’re enrolled. Register on the course page and the course is waiting on your bLMs dashboard when you sign in. See all courses.
Elsewhere in South Africa
In Free State, read about Bloemfontein (Mangaung). Other provinces: Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape.
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