The Kimberley Prospector

Category: General

Coca-Cola Truck Creates Traffic Jam At Kimberley Traffic Circle

Kimberley motorists have recently become accustomed to a series of unfortunate events involving trucks at the Honoured Dead Memorial traffic circle. This afternoon, a Coca-Cola truck somehow managed to turn right into oncoming traffic at the circle and parked next to the pavement parallel to Diamantveld High School.  The truck had to reverse back into […]

Sol Plaatje Municipality Suspends Nightly Water Shutdowns

KIMBERLEY – Residents of the Sol Plaatje Municipality are breathing a sigh of relief as the nightly water shutdowns have been suspended. Thoko Riet, a spokesperson for the Sol Plaatje Municipality, has confirmed that the water levels at Newton and Riverton have now reached full capacity, thus allowing the shutdowns to be suspended. It has […]

Kimberley’s state hospital to explain contaminated tap water

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is concerned by reports of contaminated water at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (RMS) Hospital in Kimberley and is urgently seeking answers regarding the situation. Dr Isak Fritz, MPL & DA Northern Cape Spokesperson of Health, says this comes after notices were put up in and around the […]

Water restored to city on a rotational basis

The Sol Plaatje Municipality has restored water to various parts of the city on a rotational basis, however have remained vague over the cause of the problem that has left residents days and nights without water. Sello Matsie, the municipal spokesperson, says the Waterworks Department has been able to start up Newton Reservoir pumps as […]

LUISTER: Kimberley se waterkrisisse op radio bespreek

KIMBERLEY – Maande nadat dit uitgewys was dat ses besinkingsdamme by die Riverton-watersuiweringsaanleg nie in werking was nie, het die Sol Plaatje-munisipaliteit uiteindelik begin om herstelwerk aan al die besinkingsdamme uit te voer.

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, […]

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