Nadia Snyders, a Kimberlite, wrote a creative poem capturing the serious issues affecting the city of Kimberley. She used to sparkle and shine,Now she’s nothing but a mine….dump.Roads all broken and sewage everywhere…stink in the air.The municipality doesn’t care.Your flamingoes fled, the pretty pink now a dam of dead.Kimberley oh KimberleyMy love, my place of […]
If you want a change of improvement in service delivery by the Sol Plaatje Municipality. That’s the mission of the Just do it yourself SPM community Facebook group, with a petition created by residents of Kimberley for the community. This comes after thousands of residents held a massive community meeting online in reaction to the […]
KIMBERLEY – Protest action near the Phutanang turnoff has ground traffic on the R31 to a halt. According to the Diamond Field Advertiser, residents are demanding water and toilets.
The Sol Plaatje Traffic Department’s Licensing Section in Ashburnham in Kimberley was closed early on Monday. The current operating hours are weekdays from 07:45 to 15:00. However, motorists who thought they could pop in during the final hour found themselves locked out at the front gate. The national lockdown alert level has been relaxed, but […]
The burning of waste at the Department of Sports, Arts & Culture in Kimberley caused a stink in Ashburnham on Monday afternoon. A van with its doors open can be seen close by the source of the fire. However, without more information immediately available one can only speculate as to what was being disposed of.
KIMBERLEY – ’n Verslaggewer van GroundUp, gaan Kimberley môre besoek, om ondersoek in die waterkrisis en ander kwessies in te stel. So sê Shell Curtis Goliath, n inwoner hier. Sy se: “Ons wil graag al die probleme in die stad aan hulle uitwys.” Sy vra dat inwoners wat hulle ervaring en frustrasies will deel om […]
KIMBERLEY – What a year 2020 was, some of us lost loved ones and some of us like myself were left jobless without livelihood and income. Never give up Instead of giving up or begging on the streets, I hustled and bustled from day to day while searching for work. Due to the pandemic finding […]
KIMBERLEY – Wat ’n jaar was 2020, sommige van ons het geliefdes verloor en ander soos ek was werkloos gelaat sonder lewensonderhoud en inkomste. Moet nooit opgee nie In plaas daarvan om op te gee of op straat te bedel, het ek van dag tot dag gewoel terwyl ek werk soek. As gevolg van die […]
KIMBERLEY – Sol Plaatje Municipality workers were busy fixing burst pipes on two sites in Innes Street in De Beers. The following images were posted by Kimberley resident Veronica Williams in the Kimberley Infrastructure Facebook group.