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Kimberley – One of Kimberley’s oldest suburbs, Greenpoint, is faced with an environmental makeover. The Northern Cape’s MEC of Roads and Public Works Abraham Vosloo launched the six-months Greenpoint Beautification Project at a cost of over R4 million and with the creation of 70 job opportunities for the area’s residents through his department’s…

Kimberley - In what could be a first of its kind for the Northern Cape, a newly established female-led non-profit organisation Re Aga Lefika has secured a shelter for Kimberley’s homeless persons. The breakthrough in addressing the plight of the homeless comes amid the entity having undertaken consultations with the Office of the Premier and…

Kimberley/ Thursday, 25 July 2019 – It was an early evening of tears and pain on the grounds of the Galeshewe Police Station as droves of marchers gathered under the night sky, barefooted and clad in all-black in an appeal for the police to resolve a string of crimes committed. “The map is yours MEC,” said one of the seven youthful march…

I am quite concerned, to put it mildly, about the recent land grabs in Kimberley by the majority of our people. I wish to strongly argue, without any fear or favour whatsoever, that land grabs in our townships and surrounding suburbs perpetuate apartheid spatial planning. Unfortunately, our people and so called leadership are the chief protagonists…

Kimberley – In a bold move aimed at enhancing the Northern Cape’s public sector health services through the bolstering of its workforce, the province’s Health MEC Mase Manopole has unleashed a recruitment operation. She is extending a call to retired and unemployed health practitioners to consider working for the state again. According to the…

Having lamented the filthiness of Kimberley in his inaugural address, Premier Dr Zamani Saul appears to be moving at speed in his quest to provide clues to the Sol Plaatje Municipality in restoring the city’s sparkle of the old and in stimulating its economic growth. Spokesperson in the Premier’s Office, Bronwyn Thomas-Abrahams confirmed that a…

A possible five Northern Cape under-21 youngsters are to be included in a team of 25 with the best of the best being selected to ply their trade in the Orlando Pirates Multichoice Diski Challenge (MDC) League reserve side. Trials were hosted by Pirates in conjunction with Shield Sbonisi’iDiski Campaign at Galeshewe’s astro turf past Saturday. “I…