Author: Boitumelo Tshehle
The North West Department of Education has pleaded with independent schools that are not in compliance with the legislation or are not registered to begin doing so,to be able to receive support in incorporating Early Childhood Development Centers and implementing the 4IR. The department said this during an address to 160 independent schools from across the province in Mahikeng on Thursday. Institutional Development Services director at the department, Dr. Charity Majafi emphasised the need for all schools to register with Umalusi, the school accreditation body. “We are having 160 independent schools both registered and unregistered. We want to say to…
The case against the owners of three pit bulls that attacked and viciously mauled their domestic was postponed by the Potchefstroom Magistrates Court to allow their lawyer to obtain a copy of the docket. Chandra van der Linde and Marno Monste appeared in court on Tuesday facing charges of keeping vicious animals after their three pitbulls attacked 48-year-old The 48-year-old Dipuo Kokolosi while working at their home in January 2022. Kokolosi lost several features of her face in the severe attack and she has been having major facial reconstruction at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Joburg. Not only that,…
Acting North West Premier Nono Maloyi has made a new commitment to speed up service delivery in the province. Maloyi launched Thuntsha Lerole, on Friday in Ipelegeng township outside Schweizer Reneke, a project aimed at accelerating the provision of essential services to the communities. “It is critical that we change the way we do things; on many occasions, we are simply talking but not providing services to the people. I want to expedite this and bring services to the people,” Maloyi told Ipelegeng residents. Maloyi said his office opted for the name Thuntsha Lerole to reflect the government’s increased commitment…
A mother in Jouberton, outside Klerksdorp in the North West, wants answers following a failed suicide attempt by her 15-year-old daughter, after she had complained about relentless bullying at school. The Grade 9 learner from Alabama Secondary School is said to have slit her wrists in an apparent attempt to take her own life. Her frustrated mother said the abuse has gone on for over a year and that the school management has done nothing to help her. “My daughter has been bullied since the first day she started school there last year. I initially did not consider it to…
The case against five men arrested for robbing a cellphone store in Klerksdorp has been postponed by the Orkney Magistrates Court. The suspects were arrested 30 minutes after the robbery when their vehicle was spotted on the R30 road near Orkney. According to the court documents, the firearm that was found inside the suspects’ vehicle, was stolen during a house robbery in the Free State. The suspects are facing charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition and possession of suspected stolen property. The case was postponed to September 11 for further investigations. NPA spokesperson Henry Mamothame said the state…
North West Farmers and residents have welcomed the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill during the public hearings conducted in Klerksdorp by Members of Parliament, saying the bill will address a number of challenges faced by the sector. A game farmer Richard York said the bill will help more farmers to create much-needed jobs and that the bill was a positive move because it recognises that land must be used for optimum production and it must ensure growth in terms of job creation and economic stimulation. “We see huge potential for this bill on a local scale , provided…
Residents of Kanana outside Orkney in the North West have barricaded the R30 with burning tyres and stones demanding RDP houses, water, and toilets. The community said it has been living in Extension 15, Kanana, for almost ten years but still lacks basic services and complained that the local councilor Queen Mahumapelo was taking too long to resolve their service delivery issues. “Our councilor comes to our area and promises us a lot of services with time frames, but she never follows through. The previous ward councilor had done the same thing. We now want someone from the province or…
The North West Department of Education has provided five mobile classrooms at Zamukulunga Public School in Jouberton, outside Klerksdorp, as a temporary solution to the school’s classroom shortages caused by the renovations at the school. This comes after parents of learners, particularly those in the foundation phase, complained that their children were not adjusting to the newly implemented platooning system, which required grade 1 to grade 3 learners to attend school in shifts. In June the school informed parents that, due to a lack of classrooms, their children would begin attending in shifts until the school’s renovations were completed. However,…
Two suspected illegal miners were granted bail by the Orkney Magistrates Court in the North West while 26 others, mostly from Lesotho, were remanded in custody. The suspects were arrested last Wednesday, while they were being transported in three taxis. It is alleged that some of the suspects fired shots at the police, who returned fire, resulting in the death of one of the suspects. It emerged in court that three of the suspects were South Africans, and the rest were from Lesotho. The third suspect, who’s South African, was however not granted bail, as the court must still verify…
Matilda Meyer is a 47-year-old Good Samaritan from Promosa in Potchefstroom who provides food for the needy after she learnt to be charitable from her mother who used to help her poorer neighbours. She started the charitable initiative in 2014, a year after her mother died with the goal of giving everyone who was hungry something to eat in her honour. She said her mother was an orphan and she created a family wherever she went. “We used to come with the children home, and my mother used to cook a lot, and she believed that people should always leave…