RIVERTON – The Sol Plaatje Municipality has announced significant progress on a multi-year project to improve its bulk water supply infrastructure. The project, funded by an R2.5 billion grant from the National Treasury’s Budget Facility for Infrastructure Programme (BFI), aims to address critical maintenance issues and reverse the municipality’s water challenges. Contracts Awarded and Work […]
DELPORTSHOOP – The tireless efforts of Detective Warrant Officer Jim Williams of the Delportshoop Detective Unit have brought a violent criminal to justice. Wendell Swartz (21) was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Kimberley High Court on March 4, 2024, for a horrifying string of crimes. Brutal Assault and Arson Swartz’s reign of […]
A wave of outrage is sweeping Kimberley as residents face outrageously inflated water bills for February 2024. Nowhere is this more shocking than in the case of a pensioner who received a 50Kl (50,000 litres) charge. For their low-consumption, single-person household, this amount seems plucked from a realm of fantasy. This pensioner’s plight is far […]
Shocking discovery reveals that years-long leak has created a makeshift “pool of death” as the pipeline supplying Kimberley bleeds into the veld. Kimberley resident, Henry Meier, has exposed a shocking state of disrepair on the Riverton Pipeline, a crucial water supply line for the city of Kimberley. Meier’s discovery of a major leak, used as […]
Three women, aged 25, 40, and 43, were arrested on Friday, February 23, 2024, at a Kimberley Mall in connection with a suspected large-scale theft operation. One of the women is a Lesotho national. Police recovered R20 000 worth of stolen goods and seized a vehicle believed to be involved in the crimes. Sergeant Phumla […]
Learning about the water cycle just got a whole lot more interactive for Kimberley’s young learners! A new game called the “Newton Air Pump Game” uses a unique approach to teach kids about the city’s water supply in a playful and engaging way. Developed by TioMello, this innovative game delves into the fascinating journey of […]
Residents of Kimberley are facing a deepening water crisis. For almost two weeks, since contractors took over for emergency leak repairs, many areas receiving water from the Newton Reservoir have experienced severely low water pressure, and daily and nightly interruptions, with some residents now allegedly getting less than 3 hours of water per day. This […]
Kimberley, Northern Cape – A frustrated resident has taken to social media to voice their concerns regarding the quality of pothole repairs in their neighbourhood. Citing examples on Aviva, Millin, and Kiara Roads, the resident criticizes what they call a “patchwork” approach to fixing roads. “We live in a society where work gets done just […]
KIMBERLEY – A thick pall of toxic smoke hung over Kimberley on 20 February, the result of a smouldering waste fire at the city’s Municipal Dump site. The blaze, visible from the N12 highway and Galeshewe, sparked serious concerns for the health and environmental well-being of Kimberley residents. A concerned cyclist, while riding on the […]
