Northern cape
Over 60 schools close doors in Northern Cape amid COVID-19
The province is the least affected by the pandemic and has registered 15 COVID-19 deaths.
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Man arrested as women’s body exhumed from shallow grave in Roodepan, NC
The 31-year-old, whose body has been found behind a shack in Ivory Park, had been reported missing on 7 June.
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Eskom to cut power to 5 NC municipalities over failure to settle debts
Collectively, the municipalities owe the struggling state-owned entity over R273 million in electricity fees.
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Eskom to cut power to 5 defaulting N Cape municipalities
Collectively the Tsantsabane, Magareng, Kamiesburg, Khai-Ma and Richtersveld municipalities have owed Eskom over R273 million since May.
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Northern Cape man (60) to appear in court for raping his stepdaughter (7)
Police have also handcuffed two suspects who are believed to be related to the child.
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NC girl (7) infected with STDs following alleged abuse by stepfather (60)
According to Northern Cape police spokesperson Mohale Ramatseba, the alleged abuse started in January this year.
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Northern Cape man arrested for raping blind 74-year-old woman
The man allegedly raped the elderly woman at her home in Kathu earlier this week after attacking her grandchildren.
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COVID-19: Over half of people who tested positive in NC recover
The Northern Cape Department of Health said 1,491 coronavirus laboratory tests have been conducted in the province so far.
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Most coronavirus infections in NC contracted outside the province - dept
Nearly 400,000 Northern Cape residents have so far been screened for the novel coronavirus.
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Northern Cape man (33) arrested for ‘stealing’ food parcels
The man allegedly tricked two families into signing for food parcels after they were promised the groceries would be delivered at a later stage, but the delivery never happened.
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Man appears in Prieska court on a charge of human trafficking
It's alleged the suspect recruited the 22-year-old victim last month under the false pretence that she was going to get a job in Prieska, in the Northern Cape.
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Duo arrested after busted with dagga worth R1.5m in NC
Upington police, in the Northern Cape, followed up on information about drug trafficking on the N1.
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Man (36) arrested in Northern Cape for raping, murdering mother
Police said that the mother and her 36-year-old son had been drinking under a tree in Rietvale on Sunday night.
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3 NC men convicted of gang rape slapped with lengthy jail terms
They're part of a group of five rapists, who've been convicted of sexually assaulting the woman in 2017.
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Police arrest suspect after Kathu cash-in-transit robbery in Northern Cape
Police said the 40-year-old suspect and an accomplice ambushed a security officer, while he was pulling a trolley with cashback to his vehicle on Monday.
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Drought-stricken Northern Cape declared a disaster area
The dire situation in the province was noted in May last year in an early warning report after late summer rains did not fall as expected and temperatures soared.
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Ramaphosa orders NC govt to tackle service delivery, unemployment
After witnessing some of the problems residents in the area had to put up with, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he would be watching whether the provincial government effected change from all the way in Pretoria.
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Ramaphosa promises to improve service delivery in Northern Cape
Along with other high-ranking ANC officials, the president visited Phokwane in Pampierstad, where community members slammed the state of service delivery.
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NC teen to face criminal charges for allegedly fatally stabbing fellow pupil
Police said the accused stabbed to death the 14-year-old girl.
