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Today a teaser copy of the upcoming SolomonStar Newspaper was distributed in Kimberley, The Northern Cape, Free State and North West. The paper will be published on a weekly basis.  Initially 30 000 print copies will be distributed with a ...

Part two of a three part in depth feature on Vigilantism in South featuring Operation Wanya Tsotsi from Galeshewe, Kimberley.  Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.     Members of Operation Wanya Tsotsi bang on the door of the shack and ...

Part two of a three part in depth feature on Vigilantism in South featuring Operation Wanya Tsotsi from Galeshewe, Kimberley.  Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.     Pantsi Obusitse, the chairman and one of the founding members of Operation Wanya ...

Part one of a three part in depth feature on Vigilantism in South featuring Operation Wanya Tsotsi from Galeshewe, Kimberley.  Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.     On a cold July evening in the township of Galeshewe on the Western ...

Striking miners at Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture, in the Northern Cape, say they will only return to the surface once their demands have been met. Workers embarked on an underground strike since Friday demanding salary increases and better working ...

Mineworkers at Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture(KEM-JV) in the Northern Cape remain underground after refusing to return to the surface on Friday when their shift ended. They are demanding a salary increment and also complain about unfair treatment by mine management. ...

15/09/2017 12:30 – Reports via Social Media state that the Zama Zamas (illegal miners) are in the area by the Northern Cape High Court, near the Oppenheimer Gardens. Although no rioting has been reported, members of the public are cautioned ...

  Thursday, 14/09/2017. Conflict between Illegal Miners and KEM-JV Ramps Up Illegal miners marched to the Transvaal Road Police Station and the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning after the arrest of two of their leaders on Tuesday .  Lucky Seekoei, ...

Update 12:18 13/09/2017 Reports via social media state that the Boshof Road is open and peaceful at the moment.  Update 10:47 13/09/2017 Reports that the Zama Zamas (Illegal Miners) are throwing stones again at passing motorists on Boshof Road.  Update ...

Operation Wanya Tsotsi, a community-based operation against crimes in Galeshewe, Kimberley, has been adopted by the South African Police Service (Saps) as a nationwide campaign. The idea by Tebogo “ Pantsi “ Obusitse was spurred on by an apparent lack ...