NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO RENAME THE KIMBERLEY HOSPITAL TO ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE HOSPITAL ON HERITAGE DAY 2018.

Northern Cape Provincial Government is set rename the Kimberley Hospital into Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital on Monday, 24 September 2018. The renaming will form part of 2018 Provincial Heritage Day commemoration. It will be held at the Kimberley Hospital premises and will be marked under the theme "The Year of Nelson Mandela: Advancing Transformation of

OFFICIAL OPENING OF SPORT IN THE STRUGGLE EXHIBITION 2018

The MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Ms. Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba will unveil the Sport in the Struggle Exhibition at Sol Plaatje University on Thursday, 20 September 2018. The exhibition themed "Honouring the forgotten Heroes" details how the majority of black sportsmen and women were denied access to sporting opportunities by erstwhile Apartheid government. The joint

Heritage Awards Cast A Spotlight On South Africa’s Heritage Champions

This Friday, South Africa’s most luminous champions of arts, culture and heritage will descend upon the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberley to celebrate the annual Golden Shield Heritage Awards. Held under the auspices of the National Heritage Council (NHC) of South Africa, in partnership with the Sol Plaatje Municipality and the Northern Cape Department

National Book Week

Children in and around the Gamagara Local Municipality were spoilt rotten when they were given gift packs and library toys by the local mayor councillor Edward Hantisi. This was during the 2018 National Book Week event which was held at Siyathemba Community Library in Kathu on Tuesday, 04 September 2018. The event which was marked

National Book Week Media Release

South Africa’s largest and most recognised reading promotion campaign is back! This year marks the ninth annual National Book Week (NBW) in association with Department of Arts & Culture, which will see the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) embark on a nationwide tour from 3 to 9 September in all nine provinces, reaching beyond

GREENPOINT THUMA MINA OUTREACH PROGRAMME – 31 AUGUST 2018

The MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture Ms Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba will be embarking on an intensive three day outreach program in Greenpoint in the Frances Baard District from Friday, 31st August up to Sunday 02 September 2018.   The outreach program forms part of our mandate to promote social cohesion and nation building and to

MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCES AND TRIBUTE TO THE “MOTHER OF AZANIA “ MA ZONDENI VERONICA SOBUKWE FROM THE MEC OF SPORT ARTS AND CULTURE MS BONGIWE MBINQO-GIGABA

The MEC for Sport , Arts and Culture Ms Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba would hereby like to take this opportunity to convey her deepest sympathy and condolences to the Sobukwe family on the passing of Ms Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the wife to the PAC founder the late Professor Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe. Like many of her peers who

Address by the Premier of the Northern Cape, Ms Sylvia Lucas, at the Women’s Day celebrations, Douglas Stadium 12 August 2018

Programme Director Members of the Executive Council Mayors and Councillors Government officials Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen   Ons is geseëndomvandag, op n heiligeSondagbymekaarte kan kom om Vrouedag te vier. Hierdie dag is spesiaal aan alle vroue opgedraen gee ookerkenning van nie net die waardevollerol wat vroue in die samelewingvertolk nie, maar dit