NORTHERN CAPE – In the dimly lit corridors of Kimberley, a journalist grapples with fear so profound it echoes the silence of a community suppressed. The chilling parallel to a rape victim’s torment, too afraid to speak out, hangs heavy over a city drowning in the stifling hush of dissent. In this atmosphere of fear, […]
KIMBERLEY – In a plot twist more twisted than a contortionist on a rollercoaster, the De Beers group generously donates the iconic HOH building to Sol Plaatje University, leaving Kimberley residents pondering a wetter issue—the city’s water crisis. While Zamani Saul, the premier of the Northern Cape, flaunts keys at an official ceremony, Kimberley residents […]
‘VARKSTAD’ – In a city where potholes throw birthday parties and become old enough to register to vote, and in a ‘schitty’ where residents play hide-and-seek with the municipal water supply, Kimberley’s ongoing water crisis has become the recurring soap opera Kimberlites never asked for. Like clockwork, the rough diamond of a city experiences water […]