Author: Motlhaping Modise

North West Premier Lazarus Mokgosi has assured President Cyril Ramaphosa and members of the National Executive that his administration is hard at work to improve the lives of the people of the province. He said the province is aligning itself with the mandate of the 7th administration and to also implement the three strategic priorities of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as contained in the Medium-Term Development Plan. Mokgosi was speaking during Ramaphosa’s engagement with the North West Provincial executive at the Rustenburg Civic Centre in Rustenburg on Friday. The visit stems from the National Government Programme of Action of…

The Land Reform and Rural Development Department has noted widespread challenges faced by Communal Property Associations (CPAs) in the North West. These include but are not limited to internal conflicts, inadequate management skills, and a lack of administrative capacity, poor financial management, and significant delays in title deed transfers. Some of these concerns were laid bare to the North West MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Madoda Sambatha, who on behalf of the Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyontsho chaired the engagement session of the meeting on Thursday. Speaking on YOUFM News Hour, Sambatha said that some of these…

The North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) has threatened court action against tenants who have been subletting and collecting rental payments on its behalf but not paying it to the entity. The entity has also sworn to evict the government employees who are also occupying the flats without paying rent despite receiving housing allowance from the employer. The move comes as the corporation has announced its debt collection and revenue enhancement drive, due to the tenancy debt which have piled up to unacceptable levels leaving it to pay the price for non-payment of services on its properties that includes Kagiso, Kamogelo…

The Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, based in Vryburg, has expressed gratitude towards the North West provincial treasury for its financial intervention, which has significantly improved the municipality’s financial standing. The provincial treasury’s proactive measures began in September 2022 when Provincial Treasury MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi engaged municipal representatives to implement Financial Recovery Plans as advised by the National Treasury. Executive Mayor Motseokae Maje shared insights during an interview with YOUFM Newshour about the municipality’s challenging yet progressive journey towards financial stability. “It’s true, we were among the eight municipalities placed under financial mandatory intervention in line with the Municipal…

The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has thrown its weight behind a campaign urging Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, to rethink the potentially devastating amendments to the National Credit Act. The university students’ organisation has expressed strong opposition to a gazette proposal that could see indebted students and graduates blacklisted, compounding the difficulties facing the nation’s youth as they navigate their post-academic financial futures. Under the proposed amendments, which were introduced for public comment by the department, higher education institutions would be added to a growing array of entities, including the financial banking sector, court judgements,…

In a decisive move following alarming revelations about the dysfunction plaguing several municipalities, the North West provincial government has swiftly acted to address the governance crisis at the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, located in Zeerust. The intervention plan, laid out by Premier Lazarus Mokgosi, was unveiled during a recent joint sitting of Parliament focused on Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs, and Oversight Committees. Just two days after a joint delegation committee highlighted severe operational issues in the municipality, Premier Mokgosi confirmed the establishment of an ad-hoc committee comprised of three seasoned advocates tasked with investigating the conduct of the councillors responsible…

The North West Provincial Legislature has vowed to be indefatigable in playing its role of oversight and interventions to underperforming municipalities in the province. This after a shocking and concerning state of dysfunction discovered by a parliament’s joint delegation comprising the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General in Mahikeng. The three-day oversight laid bare shocking political interference, infightings amongst municipal leaders which led to political instability in most of the municipalities, failed service delivery, fraud and corruption, including mismanagement of municipal funds. This was particularly…

The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mahikeng in the North West has urged all striking employees to immediately return to work to allow the restoration of essential services to communities without further interruption as negotiations with the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) continues to resolve their grievances in the municipality. It is reported that some municipal workers abandoned work and embarked on an industrial action which commenced on Monday, blocking the entrance of the municipality with the water trucks, Executive Mayor, Khumalo Molefe, who was speaking on YOUFM Newshour, said that the municipality is aware of the concerns…

The African National Congress (ANC) structures in Limpopo said they are confused by the party’s provincial chairperson’s unexplained decision to step aside as chairperson. This after Stanley Mathabatha, the former Premier of Limpopo and current Deputy Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, wrote a letter to the party’s National Executive Committee of the ANC through the party’s Secretary General Fikile Mbalula requesting to step aside from the party. In the letter seen by Newsnote, Mathabatha cited “concerns over misconduct and a departure from the party’s core values during regional conferences in the Vhembe and Waterberg regions.” The ANC Youth…

The misappropriation of clients’ funds allegations remains one of the most common complaints that the Legal Practitioners Council (LPC) in the country deals with on a yearly basis. This according to the council’s North West Provincial Chairperson Gadafi Lehabe who confirmed that some of the complaints include the deferral by some legal practitioners to keep their clients abreast on the developments of their cases, and some practitioners taking a matter which they do not have a capability to handle. He ascribed the increasing number of complaints the LPC received to heightened public awareness. There are 21 legal practitioners in the…