Author: Thabang Morutloa
The Minister for Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has threatened to invoke a section of the constitution to take over the provision of water in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality should his directives not be headed. Mchunu led a meeting with a delegation from the provincial government and stakeholders that include business forums in Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West to find a solution to water shortages in the region. The Minister said the district municipality has not been accountable for failing to provide a detailed report of the water and sanitation infrastructure in Ditsobotla. “What is clear…
The late former SABC journalist Bobi Serame has been described as the epitome of principled journalism because during his 29 tenure as a journalist, he was never involved or caught up in any unethical conduct. Serame who passed away last Wednesday started his career as a stringer in 1995 for Radio Setswana during the Bophuthatswana government. Former SABC News Editor Frans Nong said Serame proved to be talented at an early age. “I Am the one, I discovered Serame and we were family friends to the Serame family. I discovered his talent when I was always visiting his family. He…
The government is confident that an ongoing data digitisation process will promote access to justice for many underprivileged South Africans. The Justice Department even used the project as part of its commemoration of Mandela Month with provincial and national officials scanning piles of files that only existed in hard copy format. Acting Chief Director for strategy at the Justice Department, Walter Mulaudzi said the digitisation programme being piloted in the North West will be extended to other provinces. “I think what people should understand is that we have a crisis of load shedding, which is affecting service delivery immensely. But,…
The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management has instructed the operator of a scholar transport to pay medical bills of the 5-year-old, who was injured after she fell from a moving bus that allegedly had loose windows and was overloaded in Huhudu, Vryburg on Friday. The Grade R pupil Kgothatso Goralotse who fell off the bus sustained a broken arm, leg and got a cut on her head. Kgothatso’s mother Connie Goralotse said the learner from Moeti Primary School was not even supposed to be on the bus, and she condemned the government officials for failing to…
A distraught Huhudi, Vryburg family, is demanding justice after their daughter Kgothatso Goralotse, was injured after she fell from a moving bus that allegedly had loose windows and was overloaded. Goralotse, the 5-year-old Grade R learner from Moeti Primary School was not even supposed to be in that bus, according to her mother Connie Goralotse, who criticised the government officials for failing to ensure her daughter’s safety. “A bus collected my daughter on Friday morning, and 15 minutes after that two men, including the bus driver came to my house. Ironically it was not a bus driver that collected my…
he North West Public Works Department says it has suspended the R134 Million road construction tender amid criticism after it emerged that the successful bidder had been blacklisted from doing business with the government after allegedly abandoning projects. Officials appeared before the two committees of the North West Provincial Legislature to answer questions about the appointment that was done in December after it was advertised in August last year. Head of the Department of the North West Public Works and Roads, Moss Kgantsi, said the tender in question has been suspended following a public outcry. “Given the current situation, we…
Some residents of Dinokana near Zeerust in the North West have closed the Bosugakobo Primary School because the building is unsafe and are demanding that the authorities provide mobile classrooms. The school hasn’t reopened for the third term on Tuesday and the parents have also stopped the contractor who is refurbishing in a R22 million building contract that should have been completed in 2017. Community leader, Patrick Merementsi, said they decided to close the school after the Department of Education failed to intervene. “A contractor is using old building materials instead of using new materials. When we ask them they…
The Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital in Vryburg, North West, has expressed concerns about the high number of mental illnesses caused by substance abuse that has been recorded over the last 12 months. The hospital has treated more than 500 patients displaying several mental illnesses over this period and Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital’s acting Assistant Director for Outpatient and Casualty, Tshepo Setlhabe, described mental illness as a condition that involves psychological and emotional well-being and affects how one perceives things. “The community members are advised to take note of the following signs and symptoms related to mental illnesses; hallucination-seeing or hearing…
Acting Premier of the North West Nono Maloyi has fired Social Development MEC Boitumelo Moiloa who had been on suspension after falling out with the Head of the Department (HOD) Relebohile Mafokane. The ANC’s provincial deputy chairperson, Lazie Mokgosi has been appointed as the new Social Development MEC. The fallout between Moiloa and her HOD was over a security tender alleged to have been awarded irregularly. Moiloa said the department had established prima-facie information, which alleged Mafokane signed off an R133 million security tender and ignored the Provincial Internal Audit’s warning about some discrepancies in bidding documents. Maloyi the HOD…
The two men facing charges of running an illegal initiation school in Mahikeng have been granted bail of R1 500 each by the Mmabatho Magistrate Court in the North West. Piet Tlotleng and Keotshepile Nkate face charges of contravening the Custom Initiation Act after they allegedly mobilised young men to their illegal initiation and school and later demanded money from their parents. Last week 40 initiates were rescued from the school which operates near Ramatlabama and Tsetse villages, and taken for medical attention at the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital after their parents reported them missing. On Tuesday the Magistrate Duane Spandiel…