Springbok only feels occasional light shakes and a moderate‑magnitude quake every few years, adhering to key earthquake safety tips — such as Drop, Cover, Hold On, securing heavy objects, and maintaining an emergency kit will keep residents safe and prepared. Read more: Moderate 4.3‑magnitude earthquake hits Northern Cape town of Springbok
The Petrusville Regional Court has jailed a 19-year-old for 20 years after he admitted to murdering a 13-year-old boy who had taken mielie meal home for his hungry family. Read more: Northern Cape teen jailed for stabbing 13-year-old to death over mielie meal
The SAPS “Christmas Kiddies Mall on Wheels” brought early festive joy to 90 Vioolsdrift schoolchildren, turning classrooms into a pop-up Christmas shopping experience filled with gifts, games and community celebration. Read more: Christmas magic rolls into Vioolsdrift as SAPS ‘Mall on Wheels’ brings joy to schoolchildren
The Northern Cape has allocated R1 billion in its 2025/26 Adjustment Budget, including major funding to address the Health Ombud’s scathing findings on mental-health care, support struggling municipalities, improve compliance, and relieve wage-bill pressures across key departments. Read more: Northern Cape Adjustment Budget: R100 million to fix failures flagged in Health Ombud report
A 21-year-old man was electrocuted while allegedly vandalising a Ring Main Unit in Homevale Extension, causing a major power outage that left the area without electricity on Tuesday morning. Read more: Man electrocuted during vandalism of Homevale Extension power unit
Kumba Iron Ore’s Women in Mining donates office supplies and hygiene products to Kathu’s Sprout Academy, supporting 33 neurodiverse learners with special educational needs and reinforcing the company’s commitment to inclusive education and corporate social responsibility. Read more: Kumba Iron Ore’s Women in Mining donates to Sprout Academy in Kathu
The police are searching for Icherene Savada Sussana Windstaan who was last seen wearing light‑blue jeans, a white shirt and white shoes and is believed to be in the vicinity of Upington. Read more: Kakamas SAPS seek information on missing Upington resident Icherene Windstaan
Milner Street in Kimberley dazzles with Christmas decorations and fairy lights as the inaugural holiday‑lights competition crowns 48 Milner Street the winner, earning a R3,000 prize and R5,000 in gift vouchers, and promising to become an annual festive tradition. Read more: Milner Street lights up Kimberley: Vouchers awarded in Christmas decorations contest
A week-long Operation Shanela II crackdown across the Northern Cape has resulted in 258 arrests, major seizures, and a high-impact crime blitz in Kimberley led by provincial police leadership. Read more: Roadblocks, raids and blitzes: Operation yields 258 arrests in Northern Cape