Latest articles on Kimberley

PAC rejects ‘sham’ elective conference by ‘rogue members’

Article Kaveel Singh - 18 Dec 2018

Party spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe says the party held its last elective conference in December 2015, with the next only scheduled for the year 2020

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Sol Plaatje Mayor steps down following reinstatement by the court

Article Gemma Ritchie - 4 Sep 2018

The ANC regional executive committee will now provide the provincial executive committee with three potential candidates to become the new mayor

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Kimberley protester: We want the mayor to see how serious we are

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Aug 2018

A Kimberley resident who has been active in the looting of shops gives an account of her actions and voices her frustration with the municipality

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75 schools closed in Kimberley as violent protests pick up

Article Gemma Ritchie - 30 Jul 2018

Sol Plaatje municipality may be facing another shutdown after schools were closed and businesses disrupted on Monday

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Kimberley rocked by ‘R260 riot’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jul 2018

Protest action in the Sol Plaatje municipality has been attributed to the mayor's imposition of a R260 electricity tariff

Thousands of zama-zamas receive mining permits

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 7 Jun 2018

After years of illegally extracting diamond fragments, the Kimberley Artisanal Mineworkers will finally be recognised as a legal mining cooperative

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From church to shop and back: God never left the building

Article Gemma Ritchie - 29 Mar 2018

For 70 years services were held twice a week. But numbers dwindled to two and it closed. Then 12 years later praises once again raised the rafters

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Kimberley’s Sol Plaatje statue at the heart of new wrangle

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Oct 2017

A life-sized statue of Solomon Plaatje has been languishing in storage for nine years after objections from his family over the way he was depicted

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Diamond dreams turn to dust as miners eye one last scoop

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Sep 2017

For small-scale diggers in the North West, red tape is making it harder to mine the elusive gem

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