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President Cyril Ramaphosa  delivering the keynote address at the 2026 National Commemoration of #HumanRightsDay held at Ar Abass Stadium, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province. Photo The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa

Do not narrate Sobukwe out of history

Some analyses suggest South Africa’s human rights framework is “normatively robust but substantively fragile”, marked by a growing gap between constitutional ideals and social…

Unyielding Pan-Africanist: The late great Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.
Photo: Wikipedia

The unforgettable Sobukwe

Fort Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch University is to the Afrikaner

DA VOGUE THEBE M VALENTINO
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Thebe Magugu is reshaping stale ideas of African luxury

Thebe Magugu has mastered the nuances between old-guard Euro-centric fashion and the 21st century’s new wave of youthful designers, full of fabulous modernity

The eye-catching architecture of the buildings at the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. Galeshewe, Kimberley.

Nehawu claims R35m Northern Cape tender scandal

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleges that work on the Northern Cape legislature’s building was not completed and, despite this, the company was given…

Danger of infection: Conditions at the Infantry School in Oudtshoorn are particularly grim, with broken toilets and dirty stagnant water contributing to health risks for students

SANDF’s ‘sick’ training camps defy lockdown

Despite Covid-19 regulations and increases in infections, the army has continued some training courses, putting hundreds of students’ lives at risk

The Companions, Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa, June 2015, was taken on a class trip to the region. (Photo: Saaiqa)

The Portfolio: Saaiqa

Photographer Saaiqa shares the story of how she captured this picture that reflects both the socioeconomic realities of our country and simple companionship

Party spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe on Monday said the party held its last elective conference in December 2015, with the next only scheduled for the year 2020. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

PAC rejects ‘sham’ elective conference by ‘rogue members’

Party spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe says the party held its last elective conference in December 2015, with the next only scheduled for the year 2020

ANC insiders in the municipality say this is all bad blood stemming from the removal of former mayor Mangaliso Matika. (Find it in Kimberley)

Sol Plaatje Mayor steps down following reinstatement by the court

The ANC regional executive committee will now provide the provincial executive committee with three potential candidates to become the new mayor

One resident says the looting was motivated by a range of grievances, from a lack of food to frustration with the municipality. (Richard J. Loria/M&G)
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Kimberley protester: We want the mayor to see how serious we are

A Kimberley resident who has been active in the looting of shops gives an account of her actions and voices her frustration with the municipality

In-depth interviews with black women in the media conducted in the study attest to daily struggles with race and gender (John McCann)

75 schools closed in Kimberley as violent protests pick up

Sol Plaatje municipality may be facing another shutdown after schools were closed and businesses disrupted on Monday

The capital of the Northern Cape province has been rocked by civil unrest allegedly sparked by a proposed R260 electricity tariff.

Kimberley rocked by ‘R260 riot’

Protest action in the Sol Plaatje municipality has been attributed to the mayor’s imposition of a R260 electricity tariff

Lucky Seekoei heads the Northern Cape Artisanal Miners’ Association

Thousands of zama-zamas receive mining permits

After years of illegally extracting diamond fragments, the Kimberley Artisanal Mineworkers will finally be recognised as a legal mining cooperative

Al Akhawayn University library. The university is located in Ifrane

From church to shop and back: God never left the building

For 70 years services were held twice a week. But numbers dwindled to two and it closed. Then 12 years later praises once again raised the rafters

Sol Plaatje at his writing desk taken from his book Native Life in South Africa.

Kimberley’s Sol Plaatje statue at the heart of new wrangle

A life-sized statue of Solomon Plaatje has been languishing in storage for nine years after objections from his family over the way he was depicted

Little glitter: These days

Diamond dreams turn to dust as miners eye one last scoop

For small-scale diggers in the North West, red tape is making it harder to mine the elusive gem