Author: Mpho Manyaapelo
The government is looking at geophysical scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators to come up with ideas to grow the economy and create employment opportunities, this is according to the deputy minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Nobuhle Nkabane while speaking a the 17th annual Geophysical Association Conference in Sun City outside Rustenburg, North West. The three day conference convened under the theme: “Reconnect, Reimagine”, comes at a time when the government is facing criticism for convening summits and other gatherings that are not coming with long term solutions for growing the economy and creating jobs. Nkabane highlighted that the country’s…
The Executive Mayor of Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West, Matlakala Nondzaba, has encouraged the community of Macharora, Mafenya, Chaneng, Robega and Rasimone, to report any kind of abuse against women and children and assist each other when reporting such heinous crimes. Nondzaba led a march against Gender Based Violence (GBV) together with various non-governmental organisations, business, organised labour in Chaneng village outside Sun City on Saturday as South Africa kick started the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. The march started from Chaneng Village to Robega Community Hall and more than 50 women and children…
A woman who became a mother at the age of 17, is encouraging teenagers to abstain from sex to avoid pregnancy at an early age as this will destroy their future. Nokuthula Klaas from Kroondal near Rustenburg described how she got pregnant at an early age and was forced to drop out of school in Grade 10 because she had to take care of her baby. Klaas, now 23-years of age, was addressing the youth at the North West Department of Health’s teenage pregnancy summit and PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) launch on Thursday in Rustenburg. According to the latest adolescent pregnancy…
Three illegal immigrants have been arrested on Wednesday, morning and goods confiscated and destroyed at the 11th Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC) Joint Law Enforcement Operation (JLEO) ‘Thank-A-Trucker’ campaign held on the N4 route in Rustenburg, North West. The Trans-Kalahari Corridor ( TKC) which consists of law enforcement agencies from South Africa, Botswana and Namibia is aimed at preventing cross-border crimes between the three countries as well as to ensure compliance with rules of the road. ‘Thank-A-Trucker’ campaign is set to appreciate the truck drivers for the role they play in the economies of the Three Member States and SADC countries at…
A 29 year old police Warrant Officer Thapelo Molomo, who is a health and wellness psychologist at Brits, North West, has made the entire country proud by being crowned the new Idols SA 2022 winner. The 18 season winner from Mokopane, Limpopo walked away with the crown at an event held in Tshwane’s Arena on Sunday night, after defeating fellow contestant, Nozi Sibiya from KwaZulu-Natal. After being crowned the winner, Molomo thanked South Africans for their support, adding that he is grateful to God and people who have voted for him. The Minister of Police Bheki Cele, who attended the…
The Department of Health in the Bojanala District this week launched the MINA (Nna, I) campaign with the aim of empowering men to help reduce the scourge of HIV and AIDS and to talk about socio-economic challenges facing them. The campaign was launched on Wednesday, in Letlhabile, Brits. The Madibeng Aurum Institute area manager Msanyana Skhosana encouraged men to take a stand against HIV and Aids and said MINA is a national campaign which started in 2022 and all about men taking responsibility for their own health. “MINA simply means NNA, ME, it means it starts with me, it’s me as…
– Mpho Galetshitse Newly elected Executive Mayor of Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, Magdeline Matlakala Nondzaba, has promised to eradicate poverty and crime. She was elected at the first council meeting on Tuesday at the Rustenburg Civic Centre. Nondzaba said she will ensure that residents of Bojanala are provided with service delivery. “I will ensure that we intensify our oversight role, to ensure that the frontier of poverty, unemployment, shortage of water and proper sanitation, lack of reliable electricity and lack of environment are pushed backwards,” she said. The new Executive Mayor has thanked the ANC for entrusting her with the responsibility…