14 500 government-built houses in N Cape require remedial work

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

The Province is facing a major challenge with faulty government-built housing structures.

N Cape dept postpones school staff return dates

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Staff were supposed to return today but this has been postponed by at least week.

N Cape dept postpones school staff return dates

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Staff was supposed to have reported for work next week but this has been postponed by at least a week.

Sol Plaatje Municipality to brace for total water shutdown

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

The Sol Plaatje Municipality has confirmed that most of the city will be without water on Friday in order to allow repairs on main line from Riverton.

Petrol price increase will be ‘catastrophic’

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

City residents can brace themselves for one of the highest fuel price increases as the cost of petrol smashes the R17 a litre mark.

Kimberley couple tell of horrific robbery ordeal inside 'secure home'

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A Kimberley couple woke up to a group of robbers in what they say was a well protected and secure home.

Grade 8 pupil stabbed to death outside Northern Cape school

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A Grade 8 pupil in the Northern Cape has been stabbed to death, allegedly by another pupil at the school, while attending catch-up classes.

Eskom calls on citzens to start planning for power cuts

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Eskom has warned of possible load shedding this week following industrial action by trade unions.

Elderly citizens 'suffer' at one of SA's 'worst-off' old age homes

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

An assessment of all old age homes in the Northern Cape has identified that a total of seven are non-compliant, while two are among the worst-off in the country. ...

Kimberley flights in chaos

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Business people are losing millions of rands due to cancelled or delayed flights between the Kimberley and Johannesburg.

Murder trial on hold, witness sent for medical evaluation

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

The murder trial of four people accused of setting a man alight has been postponed after the State?s main witness is expected to be hospitalised.

Couple lose fight for return of forfeited ‘diamond house’

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Ashley Brooks, one of 13 high-profile accused in what has been tipped as SA's biggest illicit diamonds case ever, will not be getting back his home.

ICYMI: Man loses over R71k in SIM swap horror

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A Kimberley man lost more than R71 000 due to fraud after the new SIM card in his cellphone was hacked.

Caregiver in clinic 'spiked water' before alleged rapes

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A man, who is believed to have been an employee of the Kimberley clinic, has been arrested following claims of an attempted rape and rape of two patients.

‘Please... do not let me die’

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

Motorists were left traumatised after a shootout between a gun-wielding man and the police broke out in Kimberley.

ANC fully behind corrupt Block's appeal

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

WHILE the ANC in the Northern Cape has expressed its shock at the 15-year sentence handed down to the party’s former provincial chairperson John Block, other political ...

Water panic in Kimberley

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

The water situation in Kimberley is critical and by yesterday afternoon, the larger dams at the Newton Reservoir were basically empty, resulting in the high-lying ...

Raped baby back home

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

While she still faces a long road of recovery ahead, Kimberley's six-week-old rape victim is back at home.

Baby rape accused says no to lawyer

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

"I am sharp. I will defend myself," the man accused of raping a six-week-old baby told a Kimberley court.

‘I am not a pervert, spying on people’

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A Northen Cape man has been accused of spying on his neighbours using his remote-controlled helicopter.

Beaten woman dies after 9 years in coma

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A woman, who has been in a coma for nine years after her fiancé beat her up for apparently cheating on him, has died.

Fake bank employee cons client

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

A woman posing as a bank official offered to assist a customer wanting to deposit money and then ran off with the cash.

Parties want NCape trio out of public office

Patsy Beangstrom|Published

The DA has called for the suspension of John Block and Alvin Botes as MECs after fresh charges of money-laundering against them.