KIMBERLEY – WhatsApp messages posted by Ockert Fourie, a Democratic Alliance (DA) Councillor for Ward 25 of the Sol Plaatje Municipality in Kimberley, have sparked controversy. The messages include the councillor explicitly calling for unregistered residents to remove themselves from a service delivery group and denying them access to essential services, based on their voter […]
The Sol Plaatje Municipality (SPM) is calling on all residents to immediately begin storing water for essential purposes due to a leaking gasket at Mid-Station near Roodepan. This leak could worsen and force an unplanned water shutdown in addition to the already scheduled interruption set for April 4th to 8th, 2024. The leak, originating from […]
The Sol Plaatje Municipality (SPM) announced a planned water supply interruption from Thursday, April 4th, to Monday, April 8th, 2024. This five-day outage aims to address four major leaks and improve the overall water supply infrastructure. The municipality emphasizes extensive communication efforts before, during, and after the interruption. Residents can expect detailed information on water […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
KAMFERS DAM – A year after concerns were first raised, Kimberley’s Homevale Waste Water Treatment Plant remains in a state of disrepair. Excessive water levels at Kamfers Dam, allegedly already above the critical 1.56-meter mark, pose a grave threat to the city’s iconic Lesser Flamingo. This vital habitat for these birds is dangerously overflowing due […]