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Credo Mutwa laid to rest
The late Sanusi, our spiritual elder, uBaba Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa, was laid to rest on Friday 3 April 2020. His final resting place will be in the , where he has been accorded a…
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UIF to be processed online
The Minister of Employment and Labour, T.W Nxesi has recently announced measures that the Department will put in place under the current special circumstance relating to the Corona…
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Motsepe family donates R1bn to fight COVID-19
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Patrice Motsepe and his family have donated R1bn to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Motsepe made the announcement in a virtual press…
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Sol Plaatje provide water tanks to residents
Forty Water Tanks were distributed by the Sol Plaatje Municipality to vulnerable communities within the municipal area. According to the executive mayor's office more water tanks…
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Petrol price drop – no April Fool’s
Motorists will experience one of the biggest fuel price drops in years. The Automobile Association (AA) has predicted a massive fuel price drop as from 1 April 2020. One of the…
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Two confirmed cases of corona virus in NC
The Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa had increased to 554. With two patients in Intensive care unit (ICU) in…
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BREAKING NEWS – 21 Day Lockdown declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa
This evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a drastic new measure to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in South Africa. A 21-day lockdown with severe…
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Alcohol outlets to close at 6pm
In a fight against Corona Virus preventative measures have been put in place to avoid escalation of the disaster in a government Gazette. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma signed the…
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SONA 2020 in numbers
Anniversary
• 30 – years since Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster Prison.
Education
• 2.4 million – children in Early Childhood Development and…
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Too Much Reliance on Private Sector for Investments – COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has reacted mainly positively to the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa. In a carefully penned…
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CPS appeal dismissed
The Constitutional Court dismissed the cash paymaster services (CPS) application for leave to appeal the supreme court of appeal judgment that ordered them to repay the R316…
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Sol Plaatje University hosts the annual Sol Plaatje Lecture
The annual Sol Plaatje lecture, usually held as the opening of the Annual Northern Cape Writers Festival,takes place as close possible to Plaatje’s date of birth. Solomon Thekisho…
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Hulana Park gets a facelift
The Executive Mayor of Sol Plaatje, Mr. Patrick Mabilo launched the revamped Kekana Park (most commonly known as Hulana park). The park suffered tremendous vandalism over the years…
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Early childhood development in trouble
The South African Early Childhood Review released by Ilifa Labantwana last month found that there are 2.5 million young children from age three to five living in households below…
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Entrepreneurship in the Arts
In an effort to promote social change and drive innovation in the food, arts and crafts business, on the 4th of October 2019, the Sol-Plaatje University (SPU), School of Economic…
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Funds mzantsi champions
The Department of Correctional Services held a luncheon in honour of its Free State/Northern Cape offenders, who won 34 trophies at the Funds Mzantsi Championship in George. The…
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Commission for gender equality probes sexual violence in schools
We all know of learner who was or is in a relationship with an educator,which resulted in pregnancy and the educator continuing with life like it's normal. While the young girls…
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Northern Cape highest in housebreaking
Statistics South Africa recently released the victims of crime survey which revealed that male-headed households were more likely to experience housebreaking than female-headed…
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Community policing strategy launched
The Launch of the provincial Community Policing Strategy took place on the 21st September in De Aar, headed by the South African Police Service and the Northern Cape Provincial…
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Clean up and recycling week takes off
Coca Cola Beverages collaborated with the Department of Environmental Affairs and handed out cold drinks in exchange for empty plastic bottles at the Greenpoint park on Tuesday.…
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Economic Development and Tourism Budget
The Department of Economic Development and Tourism gave a review of what they had achieved in the last financial year with hopes of making improvements this year.
107 businesses…
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Man graduates in heels to activate against LGBTI discrimination
With South Africa being the first country in the post-apartheid Constitution to outlaw any discrimination based on sexual-orientation, it ranks fifth in the world in legalising…
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Information center blues
Whilst an information center is supposed to be the first point of access for tourists and travelers coming and passing through the town, Kimberley Information Center does the exact…
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DEDAT’S cleanup campaign
The Department of Economic Development and Tourism held a stakeholders session with the aim of specifically dealing with the deliberate dumping by residents which in turn makes it…
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Black Thursdays at Premier’s office
The employees of the Premier's office held a black Thursday in honour of all those who have died in the hands of their abusers. What was meant to be a mourning time, turned out to…
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