Norma Wildenboer

A 38-YEAR-old paramedic said yesterday that he was “lucky to be alive” after being stabbed 28 times by four men who robbed him. dfa.co.za/news/paramedic…

THE JS Du Plooy building in Kimberley, which houses the Northern Cape Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs (Coghsta), was yesterday renamed in honour of Larry Moleko Louw. dfa.co.za/news/city-buil…

A 27-YEAR-old Kimberley man, Fikile Moses Peters, was yesterday sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment after killing his friend following an argument over R5. dfa.co.za/news/man-gets-…

THE NORTHERN Cape’s acclaimed Apollo Theatre in Victoria West has lost out on hosting Africa’s first International Tourism Film Festival. dfa.co.za/news/nc-town-l…

FARMERS affected by the ongoing drought in the Northern Cape yesterday started receiving much needed fodder for their starving animals. dfa.co.za/news/nc-farmer…

THE ONGOING drought in the Karoo and the devastating economic impact on the region has opened up the debate about economic alternatives, with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on the table again. dfa.co.za/news/fracking-…

ABOUT 300 workers from West Coast Resources (WCR) diamond mine in Koingnaas, in the Northern Cape, are set to lose their jobs after the company last week lodged an application to the Western Cape High Court to be placed under provisional liquidation. dfa.co.za/news/300-nc-mi…

THE NORTHERN Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, Rural Development, Environment and Nature Conservation has announced the implementation plans for the R30 million drought relief awarded to the Province. dfa.co.za/news/plan-in-p…

An unemployed mother from Greenpoint, Kimberley is seeking damages of more than R30 million from the NC Department of Health, after her son was born with brain damage at the Kimberley Hospital following alleged negligence by medical staff. dfa.co.za/news/r30m-laws…

THE WILLIAM Humphreys Art Gallery (Whag) is currently hosting the Kimberley Art Centre Grade 12 Prestige Art Exhibition for 2019, featuring works by 24 matric art pupils from various schools in the City. dfa.co.za/news/exhibitio…

CONCERN has been raised about the police being unequipped to deal with the growing spate of sexual offences in the Northern Cape due to persistent stock outs of rape kits in the Province. dfa.co.za/news/nc-police…

THE NORTHERN Cape Tourism Authority has reacted to the announcement that the AfrikaBurn festival will be relocating its event site to the Western Cape by saying that the move would not have a negative impact with regard to tourism in the Northern Cape. dfa.co.za/news/festival-…

NORTHERN Cape Premier Zamani Saul stated that investment generated by the Square Kilometre Array telescope should not be like an “alien spaceship” that lands and departs without making an impact on the socio-economic conditions of the people in the area. dfa.co.za/news/investmen…

THE BLOODHOUND Land Speed Record programme’s high-speed test campaign launches in the Northern Cape today, when the Bloodhound LSR car will make its first appearance on the Hakskeenpan desert racetrack. dfa.co.za/news/jet-car-r…

THE NORTHERN Cape will play host to the popular AfrikaBurn event for the last time next year, as the AfrikaBurn organisation announced yesterday that the event will be relocated to a new site, situated in the Western Cape, in 2021. dfa.co.za/news/last-afri…

A desperate mother from Kimberley yesterday pleaded for authorities to assist her physically disabled son, who has not been able to attend school for the last two weeks. dfa.co.za/news/disabled-…

A 11-YEAR-old performer from Kimberley has been selected to represent South Africa at the IMTA International ARTS convention in New York next year, where she will perform in front of 300 international performance industry professionals. dfa.co.za/news/a-little-…

COMMUNITY protest actions across the Northern Cape have been blamed for the sharp increase in the occurrence of crime in the Province. dfa.co.za/news/spike-in-…

NORTHERN Cape Premier Zamani Saul said that crime not only impacted on the safety and well-being of people but it also seriously threatened the economic development of the Northern Cape as a whole. dfa.co.za/news/crime-is-…

MORE than R420 million has been spent on local contractors through the construction of KAT-7 and MeerKAT in the Northern Cape. dfa.co.za/news/ska-proje…