The life sized statue Solomon Thekiso Plaatje was placed on the corner of Bultfontein Road & Long Street and scheduled to be officially unveiled on Heritage Day, 24 September 2008. A struggle between the Family of Sol Plaatje and the Northern ...
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Kimberley – The member of the SAPS who was seriously injured during a shooting in the Kimberley CBD, which left two officers along with a former policeman fatally wounded, is recovering well in the Gariep Mediclinic. Communication officer for the ...
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KIMBERLEY WATER SHUTDOWN 15-16/01/2017 UPDATE 10:35 – 16/01/2017 In El Toro Park pressure is slowly starting to rise. KIMBERLEY WATER SHUTDOWN 15-16/01/2017 UPDATE 09:35 – 16/01/2017 – Photos VIA Sello Matsie of Sol Plaatje Municipality. Repairs are done and water restoration will ...
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After almost 100 years, and three generations later, Kimberley saw the end of an era when Alan Chan Yan handed over the keys to K&B Stores in Beaconsfield to the new owner at the end of last month. DFA Oct 17 ...
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THE NEWLY elected executive mayor of the Sol Plaatje City Council has committed the municipality to keeping the city of Kimberley clean and reopening Bultfontein Road. At yesterday’s special council meeting, Executive Mayor Mangaliso Matika, said the new council would ...
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Rural roundabouts have been proposes as part of a R98.5 million upgrade to three intersections on the outskirts of Kimberley in an attempt to manage heavy traffic. These intersections are on the Cape Town Road (N12), the Douglas Road (R357) ...
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Today’s letter in the DFA is councillor Johan Smit’s response to the article in the DFA of 5 February 2016, “Do not open Road” on the response from De Beers to the Sol Plaatje Decision to reopen Bultfontein Road. “Waaroor ...
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DE BEERS has warned the Sol Plaatje Municipality not to re-open Bultfontein Road. From the DFA ‘Do not open road’ PATSY BEANGSTROM NEWS EDITOR DFA Feb 5 2016 DE BEERS has warned the Sol Plaatje Municipality not to re-open Bultfontein ...
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On 4 February 2016 a story was published in the DFA covering a decision by the Sol Plaatje City Council to re-open Bultfontein Road to light trafic 4 Feb 2016 Diamond Fields Advertiser Patsy Beangstrom Road to be re-opened BULTFONTEIN ...
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BULTFONTEIN Road will be rehabilitated and re-opened for all light traffic. This decision was taken by the Sol Plaatje City Council at a meeting yesterday, where it was also agreed that all adjacent roads and intersections to Bultfontein road must ...
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