Government & Politics

From Sol Plaatje Municipality - Unrest: Latest Update. 09:00 14th Saturday July 2018 Major routes of Roodepan, Greenpoint and Galeshewe are operational for taxis and private vehicles this morning after being cleared by community members and the Municipality last night.The situation is currently calm and police are monitoring. Several…

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…

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…

Kimberley – The Northern Cape’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has set in motion added plans of aiding livestock farmers and bolstering the province’s current drought relief scheme. In delivering his department’s budget speech, MEC Norman Shushu planted seeds of kindness by announcing the supply of additional fodder…

Northern Cape’s MEC for Education Martha Bartlett has tabled her department’s budget vote with a firm focus on reinforcing quality teaching and effective learning. From the department’s budgetary allocation of over six billion rand (R6, 4 billion), various school based programmes have been adopted aimed at reinforcing a culture of learning and…

Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe has unveiled the Xina Solar One Concentrated Solar Plant (CSP) Project near Pofadder, praising the Northern Cape as “South Africa’s Solar Mecca,” “Solar Capital” and “Africa's Solar King.” The province now boasts its seventh CPS plant, with four dotting Pofadder’s landscape and an array of other renewable energy…

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has confirmed to the SABC that he will be resigning tomorrow. Speaking to the SABC's Aldrian Sampear on 24-hour tv news channel via telephone, Mahumapelo said a media briefing will be held where he will explain his decision. When quizzed amid being vague, Mahumapelo responded with "I will be the former Premier…