Steve Lunderstedt
February 4, 2025
Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
4 February 1884, West Indian Samuel Trott, murders storekeeper John Jackson in Dutoitspan village. 4 February 1900, The Highland Brigade, including Lt FG Tait (pictured), leaves Modder River camp en route to Koodoosberg Drift. The murder of John Jackson in ...
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Jonathan Dimond
January 3, 2025
Municipal Related Notices, News
UPDATE: 3 January 2025 – 16:00 Nightly Water Supply Interruption will remain in force from – 21:00 to 04:00 – until further notice. The reintroduction of the above mentioned measures is due to the drastic decline in Newton Reservoir levels, ...
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Jonathan Dimond
July 9, 2020
Municipal Related Notices
REFUSE COLLECTION UPDATE: 09/07/2020- 16:02 Apparently the refuse was removed today (9 July 2020) according to schedule, but once again lack of communication by the Municipality to Councillors prevented us from relaying the message to all. I have consulted with ...
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Jonathan Dimond
October 31, 2019
Municipal Related Notices
REFUSE COLLECTION UPDATE: 31/10/2019 – 11:00 Refuse is being collected for areas of Thursday 31st October 2019. The different teams will double up to catch up areas not collected starting from Monday. Labour issues are being addressed to resolve what ...
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Jonathan Dimond
October 30, 2019
Municipal Related Notices, News, News Slider
WATER SUPPLY UPDATE: 30/10/2019 – 16:15 UPDATE ON PUMP STATION AND WATER SUPPLY Please note that the Sol Plaatje Municipality has experienced further challenges with power supply to the plant. The cable blew once more and the municipality is now ...
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James Gird
January 18, 2019
Municipal Related Notices, News, News Slider
Kimberley Sol Plaatje – In an effort to raise the water levels of the Newton Reservoir Dams Sol Plaatje Municipality will shut down water to the City of Kimberley from 12pm Saturday 19 January 2019 to 12pm Sunday 20 January ...
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James Gird
January 17, 2019
Municipal Related Notices, News, News Slider
SOL PLAATJE MUNICIPALITY INTRODUCE STAGE 5 WATER RESTRICTIONS AND LONGER NIGHTLY WATER SHUTDOWNS NIGHTLY WATER SHUTDOWNS Water supply to Kimberley households and businesses will be switched off at 6pm every evening until 4am in the morning. This will be maintained until the situation ...
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James Gird
December 23, 2018
Municipal Related Notices, News, News Slider
UPDATE 23/12/2018 WATER SHUTDOWN UPDATE: There may still be some areas without water due to localized problems. If you still have no water please report the issue to the Sol Plaatje Call Centre on 053 830 6111. For more details on ...
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James Gird
December 19, 2018
Municipal Related Notices, News, News Slider
WATCH: Tumelo Mosikare of the Sol Plaatje Community Forum went out to Riverton with Sello Matsie of Sol Plaatje Municipality to gather information about the upcoming water Shutdown. Kimberley Water Shutdown 20181218 VIDEO 1 With Sello Matsie By Tumelo Mosikare ...
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Webmaster
November 12, 2018
Municipal Related Notices, News
Amid the nightly water shutdowns Sol Plaatje Municipality insists that there is no water crisis in Kimberley. The Sol Plaatje Municipal spokesperson, Sello Matsie, said that every time the main reservoir station reached critical levels, restrictions were imposed as a measure to ...
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