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LISTEN: Kimberley community speak out against “self-serving” municipality

LISTEN: Kimberley community speak out against “self-serving” municipality

KIMBERLEY – The Sol Plaatje Municipality is allegedly not rendering services equally to communities and wards run by other political parties, and the municipality’s losses are used to inflate the price of electricity, revealed in the latest radio interview. Listen to community leaders, Tumelo Mosikare and Boyce Makodi, speak about the issues residents are facing […]

Drain still blocked marked fixed by municipality

Drain still blocked marked fixed by municipality

KIMBERLEY – A drain in Gwele Street in Mankurwane is causing a stink after municipal workers allegedly couldn’t unblock it. According to a community member, the matter was reported to the Sol Plaatje Municipality. Municipal workers were deployed but allegedly they couldn’t fix the problem and left it unresolved. The person who reported the matter, […]

“Things are looking better” improvement at Newton Reservoir

“Things are looking better” improvement at Newton Reservoir

Dam levels taken at 5:00 this morning at the Newton Reservoir in Kimberley show improvement to the level of all four dams. 102ML at 14 ft91ML at 14 ft 6″45ML at 14 ft 6″23ML at 14 ft 6″ DA councillor Ockert Fourie says things are looking better. Nightly shutdowns at Newton Reservoir will continue to […]

Room for improvement at Newton Reservoir

Room for improvement at Newton Reservoir

Dam levels taken at 6:00 this morning at the Newton Reservoir in Kimberley show minute improvement to the level of three of the dams. 102ML at 12 ft91ML at 12 ft45ML at 14 ft23ML at 14 ft DA councillor Ockert Fourie says the dams show improvement, but it has some way to go. Previous dam […]

Activist alleges municipality lied about toilet reconstruction project

Activist alleges municipality lied about toilet reconstruction project

KIMBERLEY – Tumelo Mosikare, community leader and activist, says the Sol Plaatje Municipality lied about the toilet reconstruction project. The Kimberley Prospector previously reported that the municipality is planning on installing 2 640 toilets to replace the bucket system at a cost of R97 680 000 in various suburbs of Kimberley. The municipality says they […]

Municipality reports electric problem fixed, but street dark at night

Municipality reports electric problem fixed, but street dark at night

KIMBERLEY – The Sol Plaatje Municipality sent an SMS notification that the street lights in Bartle Place have been fixed, residents are, however, still living in darkness. A Kimberley resident reported a problem with the street lights in Beaconsfield not working via SMS to the municipality. He says he received an SMS notification from the […]

Dam levels barely improving at Newton Reservoir

Dam levels barely improving at Newton Reservoir

Dam levels taken at 5:00 this morning at the Newton Reservoir in Kimberley show another night of improvement to the level of one of the dams. 102ML at 13 ft91ML at 11 ft45ML at 13 ft23ML at 13 ft A message forwarded by Phetole Sithole, the acting infrastructure executive director of the Sol Plaatje Municipality, […]

Sol allegedly mix up suburbs for loadshedding

Sol allegedly mix up suburbs for loadshedding

The Sol Plaatje Municipality allegedly switched off the wrong suburb for loadshedding this afternoon. Instead of switching off power to HA Morris & Midlands at 16:00 the municipality unexpectedly left the suburbs falling under the Hadison Park legend without electricity. The muncipality had to send out electricians to investigate according to a local online information […]

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