A week-long multi-agency Operation Shanela II crackdown across the Northern Cape resulted in 228 arrests for a range of serious offences, alongside the seizure of drugs, weapons and other illicit items. Read more: 228 arrests across Northern Cape as Operation Shanela targets crime hotspots
Kumba Iron Ore’s Northern Cape mines recorded a slight dip in first-quarter production due to stockpile management ahead of a Transnet shutdown, but stronger sales, stable exports, and recovering prices have kept the company on track to meet its 2026 targets. Read more: Kumba holds 2026 outlook despite lower Q1 production at Northern Cape mines
A Fraserburg man has been sentenced to 22 years’ direct imprisonment after a dispute over a Black Label beer escalated into a brutal attack that left his 21-year-old girlfriend dead. Read more: Fraserburg man jailed 22 years for killing girlfriend after beer dispute
A Loeriesfontein soup kitchen has grown from feeding just 50 to 70 people to about 250 a week, as more families struggle to get by and community support helps keep meals on the table. Read more: Loeriesfontein soup kitchen expands to feed 250 weekly amid rising food insecurity
Once the site where people were gunned down in the Sharpeville massacre, women and youth volunteers are now transforming the ground into a story … Read more: Sharpeville volunteers transform massacre memorial into sustainable food garden – News24
… Northern Cape. File photo (Siphiwe Sibeko). Kumba Iron Ore says the export sales routes to its markets in Asia and Europe remain open and have not … Read more: Kumba’s export sales routes unaffected by Middle East conflict – Business Day
A Douglas man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after fatally stabbing his brother-in-law during a domestic dispute in Breipal. Read more: Douglas man gets 15 years for killing brother-in-law in family dispute
The Northern Cape faces a week of shifting conditions, starting calm, turning cooler and unsettled with midweek rain and possible thundershowers, before clearing into a warmer, sunnier weekend. Read more: Northern Cape weather: a week of mood swings
Here are the results from two big schoolboy rugby tournaments held over the long weekend in Kimberley and Gqeberha. Read more: Wildeklawer, Grey High schools rugby tournaments: All the results | The Citizen