Elderly couple tied up and murdered on farm

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The bodies of Sakkie van der Berg and his wife Ina were discovered on their Free State farm by a neighbour.

Human Rights Commission urged to tackle Kimberley's sewage mess

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The Public Protector in the Northern Cape has indicated that sewerage blockages remain a ?massive and ongoing challenge for the people of Kimberley?.

Extremely graphic video of dog slaughter goes viral

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A video depicting a dog being hacked apart and dragged across the ground after being stabbed with a garden fork has gone viral.

Policeman shoots girlfriend, turns gun on himself

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A Warrenton police constable committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his service pistol moments after shooting his girlfriend.

Man pleads guilty to brutal murder

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Naledi Kgadiete pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and assault following an incident where a Kimberley resident was brutally stabbed to death.

Nightclub killer offers victim's family money in exchange for freedom

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A man who stabbed a fellow nightclub patron to death for ?insulting his manhood? offered to pay the victim's family in return for staying out of jail.

Man gets 18 years in jail for killing mom with sjambok

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of beating his mother to death with a sjambok.

Necklaced burning body found on dump

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A pair of feet were the only identifiable remains of a man who was murdered in what is believed to be a ?necklacing? incident in Ritchie.

Rare buck, valued at R8m, killed for food

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Three men appeared in court for allegedly poaching an extremely rare black oryx, believed to be the only one of its kind in SA and valued at around R8m.

Dad gets life and ten years for horrific abuse

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Magistrate Memory Qomoyi described the rapes as ?appalling and utterly outrageous acts? that ?inflict horrific suffering on the young victim.

Seven life terms for Galeshewe serial rapist

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Christian Julies was sentenced to seven life terms as well as a further combined 388 years imprisonment for 32 counts of rape and two attempted rapes.

Residents take to the streets over road project

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Chaos erupted in the streets of Homelite after disgruntled residents prevented municipal workers from starting work on the road.

Heartbreaking final farewell to hero cop

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Kimberley residents bid a final farewell to one of their hero cops who lost his life in the line of duty, during a bloody shooting.

Gem operation: Audio evidence brought to court

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A man testifying in the Project Darling illicit diamond buying case was heard saying that if he had to kill the case’s informant, he would've done so.

Witness pulls gem operation apart

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Mining giant De Beers paid police officers who were involved in undercover illicit diamond dealing operation, Project Darling, a court heard.

Mom of newborn left under tree has been found

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The mother of a newborn baby girl, who was found abandoned after birth in a veld in Kimberley last week, has been found.

Teenager rescues dumped newborn

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The faint cries of a baby led a Cassandra teenager to discover an abandoned newborn baby girl, who had been left next to a road in the suburb.

Teen's half-naked body found tied to railway track

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The half-naked body of a 17-year-old girl, who was reportedly raped, strangled and then tied to a railway track, has been discovered in De Aar.

Wife of ‘genitalia accused’ shot dead

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The wife of Danish national Peter Frederiksen – who is accused of mutilating female genitals and storing them in his freezer at his house in Bloemfontein – was gunned ...

SA's huge step for sustainable energy

Norma Wildenboer|Published

The Northern Cape is set to become the province with the largest production of renewable energy.

Judgement reserved in diamond theft case

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Judgment was reserved in the application for leave to appeal by Michael van Rensburg who was jailed for stealing diamonds.

Tests to be conducted on dead birds

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Nature Conservation finally enters the fray following the deaths of thousands of birds at Kamfers Dam.

Mystery bird deaths at N Cape dam

Norma Wildenboer|Published

Experts have warned that there could be a massive wipe-out of birdlife, as well as a serious threat to residents in Kimberley.

Murder trial resumes after AWB claim

Norma Wildenboer|Published

All eyes will be on Kimberley, where the Steenkamp murder trial resumes in the Northern Cape High Court.

We killed Griquatown family - AWB member

Norma Wildenboer|Published

A right-wing female farmer claims that she was part of a "hit squad" behind the murders of the Steenkamp family.