On Tuesday, Parliament held its first public hearing on land expropriation without compensation. With the Northern Cape playing host, long queues outside made things even more stressful. Once everyone had a chance to speak, things got even worse. Land Expropriation without compensation: First Public hearing down While there were hundreds of South Africans representing various..
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First hearing on land expropriation full of tension, threats of violence
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112 Municipalities won’t have enough money to cover their expenses
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The majority of municipalities which won’t have enough money to cover their expenses are in Limpopo, followed by the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s emerged more than 40% of municipalities don’t have the money to carry out service delivery plans for the current financial year.
Farmer of Northern Cape who was brutally assaulted with crowbar, dies three weeks after farm attack
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A former farmer of Zimbabwe who fled the country because of old president Robert Mugabe’s groundbreaking policy, died on Monday afternoon after he and his wife were attacked on their farm in the Northern Cape almost three weeks ago. Athol Harvey (80) and his wife, Colleen (78), of the farm Weltevrede near Spitskopdam were attacked and robbed in their home on February 14.
A FEISTY 79-year-old woman fought off three men who forcefully entered her home on a farm situated between Barkly West and Windsorton during the early hours of the morning of February 14.
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Woman (65) brutally murdered, smallholding, Grobelershoop
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The Grobelershoop police in the Northern Cape are investigating a case of murder after the body of a woman (65) was found on her smallholding on Tuesday 27 February 2018.
Captain Jaques September, a police spokesperson, said the body was found in her home at about 14:00 on Tuesday.
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Farm attack, farmer (82) and wife hospitalized, Windsorton
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The SAPS Northern Cape Trio Crime Unit are investigating a farm attack that allegedly took place during the evening of Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at a farm near Windsorton.
The 82 year old farmer and his wife were allegedly asleep when the suspects entered the house, assaulted them and tied them up.
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Suspect walks into cash depot empty-handed and leaves R9-million richer without any effort
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The Hawks in the Northern Cape on Tuesday say they are still looking for a man who duped a cash depot into handing over R9-million to him. The man and his accomplice took off with the loot without any aggression‚ without any hostages‚ without any guns or explosives. The tale of how they made off..
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Nearly 50% of Northern Cape without jobs
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The Northern Cape has the highest expanded unemployment rate in the country with almost half the Province’s population unemployed. According to the latest statistics released by Stats SA, the expanded unemployment rate (which includes the unemployed as well as those available for work who did not look for work) in the Province has jumped to..
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Zuma not invited to celebrate SA Communist Party’s 96TH anniversary – It comes as no Surprise!
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) is hosting celebrations to mark its 96th anniversary in Galeshewe in the Northern Cape on Sunday morning. General Secretary Blade Nzimande will be the key note speaker at the event. The party says the rally will also be addressed by representatives from alliance partners and the Young Communist League…
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The Cape Party’s 20 Point Agenda for Local Government in The Cape, Towards Independence:
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The Cape Party which is contesting local elections on certain wards in the Cape, has issued a 20 point agenda as a election manifesto: 1. To ensure that every Councillor has a line open & available for all Rate Payers, to pro-actively reach out to, connect with, engage and communicate with ward constituents on a..
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