Northern cape
Gift of the Givers assists SANDF officers after massive veld blaze
The Gift of the Givers is dispatching aid to 1300 SANDF officials affected by a fire in Lohatla. Six officers were killed in the blaze.
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WATCH: Fires rage in the Northern Cape
The provincial cooperative governance department said teams from the Mgcawu district municipality were working around the clock to extinguish the blaze.
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Eskom begins microgrid rollout in the Northern Cape
The power utility said microgrids will help provide electricity to communities that are harder to connect to the main grid.
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6,000 Northern Cape families affected by heavy rain and flooding
Intense flooding in parts of the province killed at least four people and a fifth person is being searched for.
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Life sentence for Northern Cape father who raped his daughter
After a family funeral, the teen fell asleep in her father’s shack, where the 38-year-old man found her, and raped her.
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US NGO teams up with local doctors for rural eye care project in NC
Organisers of a rural area eye project have been visiting Northern Cape communities where they tested people's eyesight at farms, armed with 240 spectacles.
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Malema: 'Any structure that fails to elect women is destined to fail'
Malema was giving the opening address as the party holds the third Northern Cape Provincial People’s Assembly this weekend.
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NC school becomes first in the province to get 4IR lab to promote science
The Vooruitsig Intermediate School in Upington, in the Northern Cape, recently opened its specialised tech laboratory.
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NC man (43) accused of murdering woman (31) appears in court
Tsietsi Mdluli (43) has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of Leona de Wee earlier in September.
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Northern Cape man accused of murdering pregnant girlfriend denied bail
Aldean Wilkinson appeared in the Kimberley District Court on Monday on a schedule five murder charge.
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NC police arrest 3 people in Danielskuil for possession of drugs worth R500k
Officers arrested three suspected drug dealers in Danielskuil on Monday.
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EC & NC disaster risk officials on high alert after heavy rain hits
Residents have been forced to evacuate their homes in several communities across the two provinces.
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NC and WC see increases in festive season road deaths
Road deaths have increased in seven provinces and declined in two.
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INFOGRAPHIC: NC records the highest increase in festive season road deaths
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that road fatalities had increased in seven provinces and declined in only two provinces.
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Search continues for illegal miners trapped in collapsed tunnel in Namaqualand
Authorities have urged relatives of the men to come forward to report them missing.
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Two men in Northern Cape arrested for allegedly raping 8-year-old girl
The little girl was playing with friends in the Breipal area last week, when she was grabbed, chased and reportedly sexually assaulted.
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Phaahla worried about spiking COVID infections in pre-teens & teens in WC, NC
While this could be linked to the resumption of school, experts are linking it to increased social activities.
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R43m PPE fraud case involving 2 NC health dept officials postponed to Sept
Acting head of health Dr Dion Theys (54) chief financial officer Mosimanagape Gaborone (52) made a first appearance before the Kimberley Magistrates Court on Monday facing charges of fraud and Contravention of the Public Finance Management Act.
