UPDATE: 22 March 2024 – 16:31 The Sol Plaatje Municipality calls on all residents to store enough water for critical use with immediate effect. We are experiencing excessive water losses from a leaking gasket at Mid-station near Roodepan which might ...
Read More »Kimberley Water Supply UPDATES – February 2024
UPDATE: 22 February 2024 – 19:00 According to the municipality, Newton is currently off due to a lack of supply from Riverton. The reason given is a trip on one of the pumps. Once the issue is resolved, supply will ...
Read More »Kimberley Nightly Water Shutdown Status
UPDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2024 – 14:30 Nightly Interruptions will be effected – 20h00 until 05h00. The nightly water interruptions will continue in order to boost water levels at Newton Reservoirs. Time of Nightly Water Shutdown: 20:00 – 05:00 / 8pm ...
Read More »Water Supply Interruptions – February 2024
UPDATE: 16 February 2024 – 16:00 REINTRODUCTION OF DAYTIME AND CONTINUATION OF THE NIGHTLY WATER SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS The Sol Plaatje Municipality would like to update the residents about the reintroduction of the Daytime Water Supply Interruption from Saturday, 17 February ...
Read More »Kimberley Water Supply UPDATES – Nov/Dec 2023
[PUBLIC NOTICE, 28 DEC 2023]: RE: CONTINUED WATER INTERRUPTION UPDATE, THURSDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2023 The Sol PlaatJe Municipality would like to update the residents about the continued Water Recovery Programme which is continuing from Thursday, 28 December 2023 until further ...
Read More »Kimberley Water Supply UPDATES – October 2023
UPDATE: 29 October 2023 – 12:54 The Municipality will switch off water today at 13:00 until 16:00due to low reservoirs level. This is to avoid complete depletion of reservoirs. We will continue implementing the nightly water interruptions at 21:00 until ...
Read More »Afternoon Water Interruption – October 2023
UPDATE: 26 October 2023 – 12:13 The Sol Plaatje Municipality will be implementing the afternoon water interruption from today at 13:00 till 16:00. Due to the dropping of levels at the Newton Reservoir. As a result the Municipality will be ...
Read More »TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 25 OCTOBER
25 OCTOBER 1882, Trial pumping of water from the Vaal river to Kimberley. 25 OCTOBER 1940, Springbok John (Jack) Braine dies. (Pictured is an engraving published in the Illustrated London News of January 1883 showing the Waterworks on the Vaal ...
Read More »Water Interruption Daily Schedule – 10 October 2023
UPDATE: 10 October 2023 – 12:35 The Sol Plaatje Municipality would like to update the residents about the additional water interruption schedule, over and above the nightly water interruption taking place. This is due to low and still dropping water ...
Read More »Kimberley Water Supply UPDATE – 6 October 2023
UPDATE: 6 October 2023 – 12:05 The Sol Plaatje Municipality would like to inform the residents about the current nightly water interruptions which is taking place between 21:00pm to 04:00am daily as a result of low water levels at the ...
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