Editors’ Picks

Aggrey Zola Klaaste was born in Kimberley, Greenpoint but spent most of his years in Johannesburg after his family moved to Sophia Town when he was about 3 years old. He later…
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"From midnight on Thursday, March 26 until midnight on Thursday, April 16, all South Africans will have to stay at home," President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday evening in a…
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Less than 48 hours into ‘lock-down’ it has become painfully clear that many South African’s have refused to accept the need to self-isolate to slow, and hopefully contain, COVID-19…
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This evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a drastic new measure to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in South Africa. A 21-day lockdown with severe…
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If the Northern Cape had a fan club, David would definitely be in the top 5 fans. For the last 30 years David Moore has been visiting, filming and creating stories within the…
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ESKOM and load shedding According to President Ramaphosa extra grid capacity will be developed from renewable energy, natural gas, hydro power, battery storage and coal by giving…
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In this last week alone, we have heard of over five incidents of women losing their lives at the brutal hands of men. Some were primary school kids; some were collecting packages…
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable “- John F. Kennedy. The Kimberley shutdown proved to be exactly that; a shutdown of the city…
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Mandisa Mfeka is a young black female fighter pilot raised in Kwazulu-Natal who made headlines after the inauguration of the President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Mandisa excelled…
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Coming from a family tradition of radical politics with both parents being Pan Africanist, and having to explain himself when in conversations on politics and on the subject of…
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By Mzwandile Mrabe A social commentator, Advocate, pastor, freelance columnist and an aspirant writer This month of May, Africans in Africa and in its diaspora celebrates the…
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The Kimberley airport has made it as one of the three fastest growing domestic airports in the country, followed by George and Lanseria.   The Northern Cape and…
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By Mkhokeli Pino LLB NWU , African Political Economy Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute “I think we all as South African’s including the media owe this nation an obligation…
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There are few things that beat the beauty of a crisp and clear sunrise, unpolluted with natural colours equivalent to that of these days’ Instagram filters. The Northern Cape…
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Ah, election season. When the names of candidates constantly pour from every media outlet like a political monsoon and no matter how strong our umbrella, we still manage to get…
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“Universal adult suffrage, a national common voter roll, regular elections and/or multi-party system of democratic government” are founding principles of the 1996 constitution of…
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The Solomon Star’s online news and politics talk show, “Speaking Plainly with Thabo Makweya”, had an exclusive interview with the Economic Freedom Fighters, Commander In Chief,…
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Born as the second son, Solomon was raised in Pretoria by his mother Martha Mahlangu, who was a domestic worker. He dropped out of school during Grade 10 due to the riots and…
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By Mkhokeli Pino (LLB) (NWU), International Trade and African Development (TMALI) “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the…
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Credit ratings agencies rate a debtor’s ability to pay back debt. In the global bond market, the agencies provide an independent evaluation of debt securities issued by governments…
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Excitement has started to bubble as locals anticipate the commencement of the first phase of the Barkly West Waterfront Development. Solomon Star got exclusive coverage in…
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By Mzwandile Mrabe Galeshewe, Kimberley On the 08th March 2019 the world celebrated the International Women’s Day under the theme “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.”…
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Maphiniki Stadium, 50km out of Kuruman saw a host of red Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) supporters come through to cheer their Commander in Chief, (CIC) on as he encouraged them to…
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