JULIET, ILLINOIS – A local gym owner is taking action after he was tased and arrested by Juliet police officers without a warrant. Brandon Kelly, the owner of Undisputed Strength Company, says he was arrested after officers entered his gym without permission and began questioning him about a noise complaint. “I told them they couldn’t […]
RIVERTON – The Sol Plaatje Municipality has recently released a comprehensive recovery plan to tackle the ongoing water crisis that has been affecting the residents of Kimberley. The plan, outlined in a document titled “Sol Plaatje Water Supply Recovery Plan”, aims to address the underlying problems the municipality faces and implement solutions to enable a […]
KIMBERLEY – The Sol Plaatje Municipality has issued an update on the ongoing nightly water interruptions between 21:00 and 04:00. These interruptions have been necessary to address the low water levels at Newton Reservoir due to infrastructure issues whether caused by lack of maintenance or poor management, that have led to emergency shutdowns and repairs […]
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Miami-Dade Police Officers are facing accusations of illegally blocking traffic to the entrance to an emergency room and of retaliating against a family after a driver, the husband, who was standing behind an officer for almost a minute “politely” honked at the officer. The passenger his wife was unsuspectingly carrying twins, which […]
SPRINGBOK – The Northern Cape MEC for COGHSTA, Bently Vass, has been lambasted by COPE for appointing his family relation to the position of Director in the Springbok Office of the Department. The party has also accused the MEC of appointing a serving ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) member to the same position. COPE CNC […]
KIMBERLEY – The Sol Plaatje Municipality has provided an update regarding the water interruption in areas supplied by the Newton Reservoirs. The municipality’s technical team completed the cleaning of two clarifiers at the Riverton Water Treatment Works yesterday, and will now proceed with the desludging of the additional two clarifiers today. Residents in the Kimberley […]
Following yesterday’s last-minute announcement by the Sol Plaatje Municipality on a water shutdown from 17:00 to 04:00 on Saturday, residents of Kimberley woke up to low water pressure this morning. Chris Whittaker, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Councillor of Ward 24 of the Sol Plaatje Municipality, stated that according to the municipality, the water supply from […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Renaldo Gouws has raised an important question: where is the IEC South Africa in the face of threats and violence from a political party? Gouws’ comment comes after The Cape Independent reported that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) had issued a threat to a Jewish school, demanding its closure and implying the […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Ernst Roets, Head of Policy of the Solidarity Movement, recently took to social media, specifically X (formerly Twitter), to express concerns over a notice quietly published in the South African government gazette. According to Roets, the notice outlines strict racial requirements that farmers must comply with before being permitted to export their […]