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Story Supplied The police in Delportshoop confiscated a stolen vehicle and arrested a 62 year old male on Tuesday, 03 October 2023. The police were informed by a tracking company of a stolen vehicle that is stationery around Ulco mine.…

The Kimberley Regional Court recently handed down a 25 year direct imprisonment sentence to a 42 year old male for exposing children to pornographic material during 2019 and 2021. The court heard that the accused would allure boys and…

Story Supplied A teams of Roodepan Police Station detectives led by Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Mashodi, embarked on a wanted suspects tracing operation on Wednesday, 04 October 2023. Fifteen (15) suspects who have been on the run…

Story Supplied The Kuruman Regional Court recently imposed a 18 years direct imprisonment to a 27 year old man for raping a 16 years old female victim on Saturday, 27 February 2021. The Court heard that the  victim was walking with her…

Story Supplied On Sunday, 01 October 2023 at about 12h55 Kimberley Crime Prevention members namely Sergeant Mabusweni and Sergeant Sedimo arrested two males for possession of suspected stolen property. The members received a complaint…

Story Supplied Operation Shanela remains intentional in rooting out illicit mining and stabilizing crime in the Northern Cape. This was evident in the operational successes achieved during intensified disruptive police actions across…

Story Supplied The SAPS Management welcomed the fraud sentence  handed down to Keobakile Riet (28) in the Kimberley Magistrates  Court recently. During the 2021/2022 South  African Police Service recruitment drive, Riet applied to…

Story Supplied The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, and her Management and members from the Provincial Components, the office of the District Commissioner…

By Thato Mgoma It took Morena Mohale sheer determination to rise above the rest and become a sought after computer technician in his adopted hometown of Galeshewe in the Northern Cape. Morena was born and bred in section H2,…

Story Supplied On Wednesday, 27 September 2023 the Kuruman Regional Court handed down a 15 year direct imprisonment to 27 year old Moeketsi Nkoane for the murder of  32 year old Onewang Edwin Booysen in January 2022 at Loopeng village…

By Waaqiah Jaffer Growing up in Jan Kempdorp in the Northern Cape where there were very few black doctors Mpho Hammer née Bantobetse (42) has always aspired to be a doctor. Despite being born into a family of teachers she decided to…

By Palesa Mofoti It took filmmaker Mercia Wechoemang seven years to realize her dream as a cinematographer. During Heritage Month celebrations, she illuminated the life of struggle heroine Francis Baard. Mercia Wechoemang (33), in…

By Waaqiah Jaffer Television presenter Tumelo Maketekete of DSTV's "4-Wheel Drive to the Max" show turned up at Galeshewe's first 4x4 and Outdoor Lifestyle Expo, staged at the local stadium over the Heritage weekend in Kimberley. This…

Story Supplied On 2023-09-27 the JTG District Employee Health and Wellness (EHW) hosted a powerful Prayer Service in Mothibistad polcing area. The church service was attended by Station Commanders and members from the stations within…

Story Supplied The District Commissioner of JTG, Major General Keagekae Besnaar  commended  the team work executed by Deben SAPS , the Community and Ger Cor security company. On 2023-09-27 members on duty followed up information that…

Story Suuplied The South African Police Service in Mothibistad in the JTG district celebrated Heritage Day on 26 September 2023 The day was filled with fun, laughter, dance, good food, colourful cultural attire and acknowledged…

Story Supplied The Springbok (FCS) Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit requests the assistance of the public  in tracing Ruwaiden Whitlow(16) from Buffelsrivier near Komaggas. Ruwaiden is mentally challenged and…

Story Supplied The South African Police Service in the Northern Cape celebrated Heritage Day on 26 September 2023 at the SANDF Sports Grounds at Diskobolos in Kimberley. The initiative was spearheaded by the Provincial SAPS Women's…

Story Supplied On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at approximately 14:00 , the Lime Acres Vispol Commander, Warrant officer Ben Eiman and the Detective Commander, Warrant officer  Thembelani Booi and Sgt Mzimkhule Dube continued with crime…

Story Supplied During the weekly Operation Shanela high density operations on Friday, 22 September 2023 at 12:00, the station commander of Lime Acres SAPS,  Captain Ricky Daniels accompanied by the Vispol Head, Warrant Officer Ben Eiman…

Story Supplied On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at approximately 14:00 , the Lime Acres Vispol Commander, Warrant officer Ben Eiman and the Detective Commander, Warrant officer  Thembelani Booi and Sgt Mzimkhule Dube continued with crime…

Story Supplied The high density "Operation Shanela", netted 148 arrests for an array of crimes while a further 133 daily wanted suspects were traced by detectives across the province this past week in the Northern Cape. Police actions…

Story Supplied The Sutherland SAPS are requesting assistance in tracing 73 year old Lydia Van Wyk who was reported by her daughter missing on 26 January 2022. Lydia(alias Lietie) is originally from Calvinia but was last seen at the De…

Story Supplied The Kimberley Flying Squad pursued an alleged armed robbery suspect during a high speed chase from the N8 Bloemfontein entering Kimberley to the Griekwastad road, approximately 15km outside the Kimberley. On Saturday, …

Story Supplied On Friday morning , 22 September 2023 a member community  was searching for empty bottles in a garbage hole at Vaal compound nearby Alheit in Kakamas. He noticed a plastic bag covered with blood and opened it when he…

Waaqiah Jaffer Two out of ten small startup businesses that pitched their products and services at the small business hub in Galeshewe last month will represent the Northern Cape at the "BoostUP 2023" national competition in Cape Town.…

Dwight Sekgoro The Springboks' Pool B match against Romania at Stade de Bordeaux stadium in France during last Sunday's Rugby World Cup was one for the ages. It was an emphatic statement by the defending champions. The Springboks recorded…

Dwight Sekgoro On Saturday, the Northern Cape Heat hosted the Limpopo Impalas for the first game of the CSA One-Day Cup cricket’s division two season at the Diamond Oval in Kimberly. It was a crucial clash for both teams as they set…

Dwight Sekgoro Picture Sourced The USA Women’s national football team will today (Friday 22 Sep) host South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the first of two international friendlies the second of which will be on Sunday. The first game…

Waaqiah Jaffer African Bank hosted an empowerment seminar for women in business at Nare Boutique Hotel in Kimberley last month and roped in Keabetswe ‘KB’ Motsilanyane the award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman…

Story Supplied Kimberley- 21 September 2023:* The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit are investigating a kidnapping and rape case at Delportshoop. On Tuesday, 29 August 2023 two unknown assailants forced a…

Story Supplied On Saturday, 04 July 2023 at 21:30 in Prieska, a 20 year old female victim was sleeping in the bedroom with her disabled son and daughter. The stepfather entered the bedroom and started to beat the victim with a stick and…

Story Supplied Childhood cancer, a leading cause of disease-related deaths past infancy in children and adolescents that faces numerous barriers that impede its early diagnosis and referral of patients with cancer to treatment centres.…

Story Supplied KIMBERLEY: 20 September 2023 :  In an effort to address the pursuing illicit mining activities in the Namakwa District, the Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, executed a…

Story Supplied Emmanuel Ali(19) was sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment for the murder of Itumeleng Godfrey Marekwa(20) in Barkly West. On Saturday, 11 December 2021 Itumeleng Marekwa was working outside Shoprite as a shopping…

Story Supplied Kimberley: In two unrelated incidents  on Monday, 18 September 2023,  Douglas crime prevention unit conducted high density, intelligence driven operations in Breipal, Douglas. Members received information about drugs and…

Story by: Karabo Ntanzi The City of Hope church in Kimberly a fortnight ago held a service to appreciate, acknowledge and celebrate health workers for their selfless service to society . City of Hope Reverend Jan Ren explained the mission…

Story by: Thato Mgoma Pictures by: Thato Mgoma Teenage pregnancies have taken a toll in Northern Cape, but ‘Pathways to Change’ and its partners have stepped in with solutions focused on avoiding the emergence of such occurrences.…

Story Supplied The high density, multi-disciplinary, intelligence driven Operation Shanela which commenced on Thursday, 14 September 2023 until Sunday, 17 September 2023  resulted in the arrest of 186 suspects for an array of crimes…

Story Supplied Kimberley: On Friday, 15 September 2023 and Saturday, 16 September 2023 between 02:00 and 14:00, Douglas police assisted by De Aar Public Order Police, Provincial Murder and Robbery Unit and Douglas Neighborhood Watch…

By Dwight Sekgoro Kgothatso Montjane and her doubles partner Yui Kamiji of Japan had a great outing at the United States Open winning their second doubles title together in what proved to be a smashing weekend of tennis finals. The…

By Dwight Sekgoro The Kgosi Galeshewe Athletics (KGA) club hosted its first half marathon last week as the two years old organisation commemorated its namesake with a well executed event. Winnie Mobita Spokesperson for KGA said: “This…

By Dwight Sekgoro An all Northern Cape football affair will take place at the Windhoek Draught Park in Kimberley on Sunday afternoon as Hungry Lions take on Upington City in the Motsepe Foundation championship clash  Hungry Lions are…

By Waaqiah Jaffer Robyn Rossouw, a 26-year-old talented actress born and bred in Utility and Ashburnham in Kimberley has turned her dream of being a television and movie star into reality. “Growing up I was always so captivated by TV…

By Waaqiah Jaffer Over the past warm spring weekend writers as young as 18 years and as old as 52 years were bringing the heat to the stage with their astounding performances at the Northern Cape (NC) theatre last weekend. The three…

By Palesa Mofoti Partially blind Maria Motale (67) was overjoyed to finally have a brick and mortar house of her own in the twilight of her years in the village of Ntswelengwe in Kuruman. Ronald Lamola, the Minister for Justice and…

Story Supplied The South African Police’s (SAPS) anti crime drive “Operation Shanela” a multi-disciplinary, high density exercise has yielded positive results and will be retained for some time to stabilize crime. Police said the…

Andiswa Bayi (21) made a brief appearance in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court last Monday to face a charge of allegedly kidnapping a new-born baby from a nursery at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley. According a SAPS…

Story Supplied The Department of Employment and Labour in partnership with the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has today come to an end in Cape Town.   The Roadshows which were conducted throughout the country…

By Waaqiah Jaffer Maria Magdalena Hough ‘Manda Hough (48) from Kimberley is ecstatic over her career path which has seen her win the coveted “Librarian of The Year “ prize for the past year. The annual competition was hosted by…