SUID-AFRIKA – Die departement van minerale bronne en energie het ’n verhoging in die pryse van petrol, diesel en parafien in Suid-Afrika vanaf Woensdag 3 Maart aangekondig. Die kleinhandelsprys van albei grade petrol sal met 65 sent styg, terwyl die groothandelpryse van 500 ppm en 50 ppm diesel onderskeidelik met 54 sent en 56 sent […]
FREE STATE – An 18-year-old Bloemfontein matriculant, who recently scored seven distinctions in her final exams, made a wild discovery on Monday 1 March, after she found a baboon hiding underneath her mother’s vehicle in the city. Read more on OFM.
Cape Town – In a huge operation led by Western Cape organised crime narcotics unit detectives, police confiscated a massive cocaine haul from a fishing vessel off the Saldanha coast on Saturday night. Read more on IOL.
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.
SOUTH AFRICA – Your pension fund savings may soon be invested in green energy, dams, and roads after the government published proposed changes to pension fund regulations that will make it easier for funds to invest in infrastructure. In fact, up to 45% of a pension fund may be invested in these projects, according to […]
Die weer het gisteraand inwoners op Gansbaai en Overstrand-omgewing met ’n vertoning van weerlig verwonder. Dit is deur Johan le Roux, ’n inwoner, op foto’s vasgevang.
SOUTH AFRICA – Co-chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, says the government is ready to deal with the third wave of coronavirus infections even though challenges still remain. Read more on the SABC.
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 […]
