Northern Cape Department of Health officials and a company director appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on fraud, corruption and money-laundering charges linked to a R13.9 million Covid-19 PPE tender. Read more: Northern Cape Health officials charged with fraud in R13.9 million PPE tender scandal
Three years after Chareen Augustine was murdered in Kimberley, her family still has no answers. As Women for Change calls for a national shutdown, the case highlights South Africa’s GBV crisis. Read more: Three years later: Unsolved Kimberley killing deepens anger ahead of Women’s Shutdown
The Labour Court has found the Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism in contempt of a 2022 court order compelling it to reinstate former Trade and Investment director Darius Babuseng and pay his outstanding remuneration after it failed to comply with the ruling. Read more: Labour Court finds NC department in contempt over […]
A 63-year-old Kimberley man who confessed to killing his sister during a violent confrontation at the Newton Court flats has been sentenced to an effective four years in prison after entering a plea agreement in the Northern Cape High Court. Read more: Brother sentenced after confessing to killing sister
As Kimberley sinks deeper into neglect, this column calls for leadership, accountability and a change in public behaviour, warning that young residents are growing up accepting filth and decay as ordinary life. Read more: A litter licence is the silly solution
A warrant of arrest was issued for the Northern Cape Health Department’s acting head after the department failed to appear before the Commission for Gender Equality, which is probing the province’s alarming surge in teenage pregnancies. Read more: Arrest warrant issued after Health no-show at commission
Alberto Matthews was found guilty in the Northern Cape High Court of murdering his ex-wife, Mandy Bailey, with the court rejecting his version as “far-fetched” and relatives saying his lack of remorse has delayed any hope of forgiveness. Read more: Ex-husband found guilty of Mandy Bailey’s murder
A witness testified that murder accused John-Ross Henderson allegedly threatened to “deal with” Jayson Afrique, swapped cars before the shooting, and sought the victim’s address in the weeks leading up to the fatal attack. Read more: Henderson murder trial: Court hears of ‘threats’ and car swap before fatal shooting