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RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS The Northern Cape Department of Education can confirm that schooling for third term commenced, despite the possibility of disruptions in the Sol Plaatje Municipal area. No disruptions were reported, however, the attendance of educators (90%) and learners (40%), specifically in the 75 schools in Kimberley is a clear…

The ANC in the Northern Cape has called on the Sol Plaatje Municipality to suspend its municipal manager Goolam Akharwaray and chief financial officer Lydia Mahloko. The move follows Kimberley being gripped by its worst scenes of public violence that resulted in 193 people being arrested on charges ranging from public violence, business robbery and…

Carnarvon - The globally lauded MeerKAT radio telescope has already started to transform the lives of the youth around Carnarvon and neighbouring towns. In launching the science instrument consisting of 64 telescopes, deputy president David Mabuza urged scholars to pursue mathematics and science related subjects. The MeerKAT which is said to…

Night has fallen with a thick cloud of smoke hanging over Kimberley in a day of skirmishes between residents and the police. It remains tense in Galeshewe amid the burning of the R.C Elliott Hall and a lapa at the Galeshewe Swimming Pool. Attempts were also made to burn down the Recreation Hall. The Madeira Liquor Store in Lekhela Street was…

Hundreds of women with an interest in arts and crafts descended on Galeshewe’s Mayibuye Multi-Purpose Centre on Saturday, 7 July 2018. The workshop which was funded by the National Lotteries Commission and presented by the non-profit organisation wing of TL Productions proved a hit. Boitumelo Mosiane of TL Productions was very appreciative of…

Kimberley 02/07/2018- Representatives of the Sol Plaatje Community are threatening a state of shutdown in  Kimberley should the Executive Mayor of Sol Plaatje Municipality Mangaliso Matika fail to dismiss the Municipal Manager  Goolam Akharwaray and Chief Financial Officer Lydia Mahloko. Thousands of Kimberley residents participated in a march…

The march against Sol Plaatje Municipality's high electricity tariffs drew widespread support today. Kimberley came to a standstill as thousands of residents joined the show-of-force that resulted in what is arguably the largest march since the dawn of democracy in Kimberley. A memorandum calling on the municipality to halt its electricity…