The Kimberley Prospector

Author: Michael Hawthorne

WATCH: Kimberley mayor address angry residents

WATCH: Kimberley mayor address angry residents

GREENPOINT – Mayor Patrick Alderman Mabilo addressed angry Greenpoint residents this morning following unrest over service delivery as various parts of the city was flooded by heavy rain over the last week.

WATCH: Decision on e-tolls cannot be delayed again – AA

WATCH: Decision on e-tolls cannot be delayed again – AA

The long-awaited announcement by government on the future of e-tolls cannot be delayed any further and must provide a clear way forward for Gauteng road users. The Automobile Association (AA) believes any decision which does not end the tolling system in the province is doomed to fail. The Association says because of the uncertainty caused […]

Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights

Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights

A new film recalls the fight to overturn the US labelling of gay people as having a mental illness. Until 1973 the American Psychiatric Association defined being gay as having a mental illness. A new documentary recalls the struggle to change a definition which for years limited the rights of LGBT people in the US. […]

Case postponed for bail hearing after suspects arrested for defrauding Sol Plaatje Municipality out of R1.6m in “ghost workers” scam

Case postponed for bail hearing after suspects arrested for defrauding Sol Plaatje Municipality out of R1.6m in “ghost workers” scam

KIMBERLEY – The case against the nine accused, Impoletseng Beauty Kilelo (40), Paul Mission Mokoena (50), Oratile Yvonne Schoeman (32), Togara Charles Ndebele (51), Tjetjepa Motaung (46), Jacqueline Tshilo (44), Mandy Kelebogile Ntshoe (36), Labane Ntshoedi (37) and Eveline Makoloi (60) in the R1.6m Sol Plaatje Municipality ghost workers scam, has been postponed until tomorrow […]

Alleged fraudsters on dock for over R2m investment scam

Alleged fraudsters on dock for over R2m investment scam

GAUTENG – Kevin John Cholwich (57) and Theunis Johannes Schoeman (64) was granted R10 000 bail yesterday in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court during their court appearance on allegations of investment fraud. Hawks spokesperson Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu says Cholwich and Schoeman handed themselves in at the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation office in […]

Company director arrested for R850 000 in PPE fraud

Company director arrested for R850 000 in PPE fraud

GAUTENG – Personal protective equipment (PPE) company Director, Bruce Thomas Hudson (36) yesterday appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court on allegations of fraud amounting to R850 000. Hawks spokesperson Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu says it is alleged that Hudson, who is the director of T&C Medical Supplies, had previously supplied PPEs to the complainant as agreed, […]

Protestors shut down Barkly Road

Protestors shut down Barkly Road

KIMBERLEY – Protesters have blocked the intersection in Barkly Road at the Shoprite near Colville following protests about service delivery after heavy rain has flooded various parts of the city.

Take a look at the Ducati Streetfighter V4

Take a look at the Ducati Streetfighter V4

Hands on review of the Ducati Streetfighter V4. The engine was running and sounding so sweet but I wasn’t really hearing it. I was balancing on tiptoes and concentrating hard on finding the clutch grip, opening the throttle slowly to move forwards. My thighs were gripping hard at the £18k machine as I pulled away […]

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