The Kimberley Prospector

Month: March 2018

Kimberley to Cape Town road trip: 8 things you should know

Kimberley – In South Africa, any season is road trip season as there are always amazing places to visit; All it takes is some planning (the route, cost, and of course, the snacks) and some fuel, and you’re … Be vigilant: Be aware of many animals near the road especially along the Northern Cape stretch. […]

Medicine shortages hit Northern Cape towns

Millions of people will be prescribed high blood pressure pills under guidelines to prevent early deaths. Picture: Pexels. Kimberley – The ripple effect of Kimberley’s recent water crisis, which essentially brought the city to a standstill, has resulted in a shortage of medicines in smaller Northern Cape towns. Read more here:: <a href=https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/medicine-shortages-hit-northern-cape-towns-14126915&ct=ga&cd=CAIyHzNiZDA4MGQzOGM4YjE4ZjM6Y28uemE6ZW46WkE6Ukw&usg=AFQjCNFo5ikXtRuXfUkwKYGjOEWHFtZ4qw class="colorbox" title="Medicine […]

LOOK: Anger as taps remain dry in Kimberley township

LOOK: Anger as taps remain dry in Kimberley township … Kimberley – Frustrated residents in ward 19 on Monday barricaded Montshiwa Road in Galeshewe with large boulders, a tree stump and empty buckets as the … The people steal our buckets if they see it is a small child carrying the water. Read more here:: […]

Parade promotes safety, crime prevention

… on Thursday (15/03) morning when members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) took to the streets of the Kimberley central business district … management meeting held to finalise the 2018-’19 Annual Performance Plan, which aims to ensure that the communities of the Northern Cape are … Read more here:: Parade promotes safety, crime […]

Artisans could add value

It is hoped that the brand-new Centre of Specialisation: Carpentry and Joinery at the Northern Cape Urban TVET College in Kimberley, which was launched on Friday (16/03), will assist in ensuring a closer working relationship between the carpentry and joinery industry in South Africa and education … Read more here:: Artisans could add value

Something is amiss at SAFA regions

Johannesburg – Three football officials have expressed concern about the state of affairs at their respective SA Football Association (SAFA) branches. … Collin Bosman, chairperson of the Sol Plaatje Local Football Association in Kimberley, Northern Cape, has demanded that the SAFA Frances Baard … Read more here:: <a href=https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/South-Africa/something-is-amiss-at-safa-regions-20180317&ct=ga&cd=CAIyHzNiZDA4MGQzOGM4YjE4ZjM6Y28uemE6ZW46WkE6Ukw&usg=AFQjCNEq3nrre0slXXehTlxrDOlj6QcYeQ class="colorbox" title="Something is amiss at SAFA […]

Church begs for forgiveness as damning sex abuse claims surface

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba was responding to damning allegations of sexual assault of a former Anglican and award-winning South African author Ishtiyaq Shukri by priests at St Cyprian’s School in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Shukri’s best known work, The Silent Minaret, is about a South African … Read more here:: Church begs for forgiveness as damning sex […]

Thanks for hosting us, Kimberley – SANDF Chief

SANDF chief thanks Kimberley South Africa’s top soldier, General Solly Shoke, this week said thank you to the people of the Northern Cape, particularly those in the provincial capital, for making the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) so welcome during Armed Forces Day and the events around it. Read more here:: <a href=https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D50952:thanks-for-hosting-us-kimberley-sandf-chief%26catid%3D111:sa-defence%26Itemid%3D242&ct=ga&cd=CAIyHzNiZDA4MGQzOGM4YjE4ZjM6Y28uemE6ZW46WkE6Ukw&usg=AFQjCNET7LKTfQQYKhlNQEJwIwJkgIyd0g class="colorbox" title="Thanks […]

Model aims for New York

Since she started modelling at the age of 14, Yonela has won two awards at the South African Championships of the Performing Arts in Rustenburg, representing the Northern Cape. She was also crowned second princess of the Kimberley High Schools pageant in 2016. In 2017, Yonela was crowned … Read more here:: Model aims for […]

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