Despite several warnings from the Sol Plaatje Municipality, city residents continue to fall victim to scamsters, who have already conned them out of thousands of rands for supposed electricity saving devices. In the last incidents, which occurred on Thursday and ...
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Municipalities may not cut off power to or block pre-paid meters of tenants with utility accounts in their own names to force landlords to pay outstanding rates bills. This is according to a ruling handed down by the high court ...
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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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Residents demand that the Sol Plaatje municipality fix the potholes which have made the streets dangerous THE Northern Cape capital city of Kimberley is impassible in some areas because of potholes and no one wants to take responsibility. For now, ...
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Beware of Cows near the c/o Green Street and Diebel Street. From Charlotte Kaplan via FB “Beeste het so pas voor ons ingehardloop in Greenstraat. Wees op die uitkyk vir hulle”
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By Antoinette Slabbert on MoneyWeb – While the number of municipalities with clean audits has increased by 14 to 54 in the 2014/15 financial year, the financial health of 92% of the country’s 278 municipalities remains concerning or requires intervention, the Auditor ...
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According to the workers, the bag was amongst other rubbish bags which were left for collection on the corner at the De Wall building. They said the baby was inside a foam cooler box which had been placed inside a brown ...
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A R366 million upgrade to the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works (HWWTW) in Kimberley is nearing completion and will see a nearly 50 percent increase in capacity at the plant. Continue reading… R366m plant upgrade almost complete NORMA WILDENBOER STAFF ...
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UPDATE 20:00 – Repairs to the pipeline has been completed and Sol Plaatje Waterworks has started the water restoration process. NOTE: It make take some time for water to reach high areas and areas further away from Newton reservoir. UPDATE ...
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WHILE the Sol Plaatje Municipality has come under fire for high electricity costs, the tariff increase of 7.5 percent, which is set to come into effect on July 1, is actually below the stipulated Nersa increase of 7.64 percent. Continue Reading ...
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