The massive water leak which was reported by a city resident earlier today on the R31 road on the outskirts of the city was just a test by the Sol Plaatje Municipality. According to Danie van der Lith of the Diamond Field Advertiser, it was a valve opened up by the municipality which they usually […]
At noon today, the Sol Plaatje Municipality was still clueless as to why water being pumped from the Riverton Water Treatment Works is not being received at the Newton Reservoir in Kimberley. This following a second day without water for residents. “Mr Hennie Harding has arranged for an aeroplane to patrol the water line from […]
KIMBERLEY – There will be no water tonight either as the Sol Plaatje Municipality says the nightly shutdown will be implemented immediately due to critical low dam levels at the Newton Reservoir. According to community members of Ritchie, they are also experiencing issues with the water supply. The municipality said that their Waterworks Department is […]
The price of electricity may likely go up to R2.03c per unit should the Sol Plaatje Municipality draft budget be accepted later this year. This is bad news says Tumelo Mosikare after the draft budget was tabled by the municipality. Simply put, if you buy more than 350 units then price per unit will be […]
KIMBERLEY – Angry residents who are disgruntled over a lack of service delivery say they are done talking to the Sol Plaatje Municipality and do not acknowledge them or their authority any longer. Boyce Makodi, community leader and activist says: “We are no longer engaging them. We no longer recognise them or the authority they […]
NORTHERN CAPE – Tshepiso Ernest Seekoei (41), a former Director and Chairperson of Batho Pele Mining Primary Co-operative Limited appeared briefly at Kimberley Magistrate’s court today facing a charge of theft. Hawks’ spokeswoman Nomthandazo Mnisi says it is alleged that during August 2018, Seekoei who was then a Chairperson of Batho Pele Mining Primary Co-operative […]
KIMBERLEY – A water leak in Ramatshela Street in Galeshewe has been a problem for months, but it was allegedly made worse last week after workers from the Sol Plaatje Municipality attempted to repair it. This according to Boyce Makodi, a concerned city resident. He says: “Municipal workers came to fix a well-known leak on […]
The process to appoint a Provincial Police Commissioner for the Northern Cape has not even been started, an oversight meeting reveals, the DA says. Luister in Afrikaans Listen in English Ofentse Mokae, MPL and DA’s Northern Cape Provincial Spokesperson on Transport, Safety & Liaison says the DA will send correspondence to the Office of the […]
Byna vyf weke nadat die Demokratiese Alliansie (DA) uitgewys het dat ses besinkingsdamme by die Riverton-watersuiweringsaanleg nie in werking was nie, het die Sol Plaatje-munisipaliteit vanoggend uiteindelik begin om herstelwerk aan besinkingsdam nommer ses uit te voer. So sê Ockert Fourie, DA raadslid van die Sol Plaatje-munisipaliteit. Luister in Afrikaans Hy sê die werk wat […]
