Author: Motlhaping Modise
Hopes and expectations are high as all eyes will be on the North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi who will deliver the State of the Province Address (SOPA) in Mahikeng on Thursday. The province’s high unemployment rate, slow economic growth, dilapidated and pothole riddled roads, infrastructure and lack of service delivery are some of the key concerns raised by ANC’s alliance partners COSATU and SANCO on You FM Newshour with Motlhaping Modise, on the eve of Mokgosi’s SOPA. COSATU’s newly elected Provincial Secretary Kabelo Kgoro says workers are unequivocal on their needs and expectations from the Premier’s address. “The Congress was…
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has launched a newly revamped call centre to assist workers throughout the country and from other sectors to resolve their challenges.The call centre was jointly launched in partnership with Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) at the union’s headquarters in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.The union said the substantial investment from RMA will help it expand its reach, using state-of-art technology to better serve the interests of both entities and the plight of the workers.This is the first of its kind partnership, and the union hope it is a long productive one, which will inspire other entities…
The North West MEC for the Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT) Bitsa Lenkopane has committed her department and relevant stakeholders to come up with a radical approach in turn State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) around. This follows reports that some of the SOE’s including North West Parks and Tourism Board are unable to meet their financial obligations and pay employees’ salaries.Lenkopane was addressing the media in Mahikeng on Monday, after the North West Provincial Legislature Portfolio Committee threatened legal action against Parks and Tourism Board Chairperson Adv. Matshidiso Mogale, including other board members Barney Lobelo, Sharon Sepeng, Tonto…
The country’s policing union has commended law enforcement authorities in the country and police leadership, for their efforts to address the alarming crime rate in the country. South African Policing Union (SAPU), and Independent Policing Union of South Africa (IPUSA) respectively, were reacting to the third-quarter statistics for 2024/25 that were released by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on Friday in Pretoria. According to the statistics, the murder rate has declined by 9.8% in the period under review. SAPU’s spokesperson Lesiba Thobakgale said that this is commendable given the toxic and dangerous conditions that the police officers work under daily.”We are…
Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on the Higher Education and Training Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane to urgently dispatch a mediation team to cease an ongoing hunger strike by returning students at Wits University. Today marks the seventh day since financially excluded students organised a hunger strike due to their inability to settle their debt or even pay half of the required amount. According to the institution, the students will only be allowed to register if they have a debt of less than R10 000 or pay 50% of their outstanding debt. Makaneta said that the students’ demands can’t be shrugged…
The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism at the North West Provincial legislature has threatened legal action against Parks and Tourism Board Executives, after they failed to appear before the committee for the second time to account on the delayed payment of salaries and status quo of the entity. The members are Chairperson Advocate Matshidiso Mogale, including other board members Barney Lobelo, Sharon Sepeng, Tonto Nkadimeng, Mothusi Raphadu and Dr. Goitseone Pholo. Mogale and five of her board members are accused of twice deliberately snubbing the committee chaired by Mpho Khunou, to account on the state of the…
The R600 million lease and refurbishment contracts relating to the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital during COVID-19 pandemic awarded by the two Gauteng government departments have been declared unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid. The declaration order comes after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) applied to the Special Tribunal to set aside these contracts and recover the state losses. The SIU’s spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said that the Special Tribunal order reviewed and set aside multiple decisions made by the Gauteng Department of Health and Infrastructure Development respectively. These includes lease agreements entered into with AngloGold Ashanti Limited and Golden Core Trade and Invest (Pty)…
The torrential rains that have battered several parts of the North West have claimed the life of a pensioner in Lebalangwa village in the Moretele Local Municipality. According to municipality spokesperson Mothopi Malebye, the weather condition continues to spiral out of control, municipality personnel have had their hands full trying to assist the over 76 affected villages. Mothupi said the flood victim drowned at his home. “The old man who was in the company of his wife, also a pensioner, died after being trapped in a flooded house amid the rain that has left damages estimated to run into millions…
The ANC Women’s League Provincial Task Team (ANCWL PTT) in the North West has come out strongly in defence of the suspended Mayor of Tswaing Local Municipality in Delareyville, Nora Mahlangu. She was placed on a “one month” special leave by the ANC Provincial Executive Committee after her explicit video was leaked on social media last week. In the video that was widely shared on various social media platforms, Mahlangu can be seen removing her bra and later performing some sexual acts. Speaking on YouFM News Hour, the ANCWL PTT Convener Wendy Matsemela accused the ANC Provincial Secretary Louis Diremelo…
The Department of Health has called for calm following an outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in KwaZulu-Natal despite an alarming increase in the number of cases reported thus far. There are over 180 confirmed cases of the disease in KwaZulu-Natal, mostly in the northern parts of Durban. The Department has however sought to allay fears, adding that it is working closely with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases to contain the spread of this common viral infection, which mainly affects infants and children under the age of five. Speaking on YouFM News Hour, the Department spokesperson Foster…