Author: Thabang Morutloa

With the festive season around the corner, South African consumers have been warned to hold tight to their year-end bonuses as syndicates of scammers are working overtime and have devised creative ways to get them to part with their hard-earned cash. A forensic investigation company called Bizz Tracers have cautioned consumers to be wary of people who call and claim to represent cellphone services providers, giving away airtime or data. Bizz Tracers’ senior forensic investigator Calvin Rafadi said consumers must be careful and not give away personal information to strangers on the phone as this is the favourite modus operandi…

The North West department of local government and traditional affairs said it will see to it that the Ramotshere Moiloa local municipality and the Ngaka Modiri Molema district municipality provide services to residents of Extension 5 of Palamakwa in Lehurutshe outside. The assurance for service delivery comes after a ruling from the Human Rights Commission which had to intervene to force the two municipalities to provide the needed basic services to the communities. The residents had gone to the SAHRC to complain about the violation of their human rights by the municipalities who were failing to provide electricity as well…

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has intervened to force two North West municipalities to deliver basic services to its residents. Residents of Extension 5 in Lehurutse told the SAHRC and reported that the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality and the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality were violating their human rights by failing to provide electricity as well as water and sanitation.  The residents of Palamakwa also complained to the SAHRC that there have not been any human settlement developments in the area since 2010. The SAHRC’s Provincial Manager Shirley Mlombo, said the two municipalities have indeed violated the rights…

The Department of Environment in the North West is optimistic that it will come up with a strategy that will prepare the province for climate change. The department is holding a two-day provincial climate-change strategy workshop with different stakeholders in Mahikeng. Tlhapi said they will ensure the province has a plan that’ll prepare it for any form of climate change. “We are here to engage with different stakeholders, there are a lot of experts that are going to present and tell us how best can we even know when we have rain, when there will be a heat wave, and…

The North West Premier believes the changes he effected in his Provincial Executive Council (PEC) will help in strengthening the work of government in expediting service delivery and addressing a number of challenges confronting the province. The Premier, Bushy Maape reconfigured his cabinet yesterday replacing Lenah Miga with the ANC Provincial Chairperson Nono Maloyi as MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs while Virginia Tlhapi and Keenetswe Mosenogi swapped positions as MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism and Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation. Maape said the decision follows consultation with the ANC and its alliance. “The…

The North West Department of Transport Management said it will comply with law enforcement agencies that are investigating the controversial donkey carts donation to the residents of Dibono, and Manawana outside Mahikeng. This was revealed by the Department MEC, Sello Lehari during a media briefing in Mahikeng on Friday, as the controversy regarding the carts rages. Lehari said the department will also launch its own investigation regarding the matter. “To seek clarity I have asked for a report, and I’m still going through it. If there are further questions, those will push me for a formal investigation to be conducted.…

ANC Treasurer General, Paul Mashatile is confident that he’ll succeed in his bid to be elected as the party’s deputy president. Mashatile has been endorsed by Gauteng, Limpopo, and the North West, as their candidate to the ANC’s national elective conference to be held in Nasrec from 14 to the 20 of December. Speaking during the ANC campaign in Boikhutso in the North West ahead of Ditsobotla local municipality by-elections next month, Mashatile said he has all the qualities to be elected the party’s deputy president.“As far as I know, branches of the ANC nominate comrades that they know are…

Some residents of Mahikeng in the North West have raised concerns about some cultural practices that they say disrupt children’s basic rights to education. This emerged during a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) dialogue aimed at promoting and protecting children’s rights to education, equality, and respect for their language and religion. One of the participants, Grace Matolo, cited initiation schools as one example of traditional practices that are disrupting children’s education. “Our children are leaving school because of initiation schools. The so-called initiation school owners abduct children during school hours without the consent of parents. I was privileged enough…

ANC’s treasurer general, Paul Mashatile assured residents of Ditsobotla his party will ensure that those deployed to the disbanded municipality will do the right thing by the people and deliver services.But it was crucial for the municipality to be dissolved, Mashatile said this yesterday – during an election campaign ahead of next month’s by-elections – in one of the squalid informal settlements called Jerusalema, outside Lichtenburg. By-elections to be held on the 14th of December, follow the dissolution of Ditsobotla local municipality after months of instability. “The council was dissolved precisely because of service delivery problems. When I arrived here,…

The ANC in the North West is the latest to back President Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term as ANC leader. The party, led by the newly elected chairperson, Nono Maloyi has also endorsed the current Treasurer-General, Paul Mashatile as a preferred deputy president candidate. This comes as branches prepare for the party’s 55th elective conference scheduled to take place in Nasrec, Johannesburg in December. The North West ANC’s Provincial Secretary Loui Diremelo, said the announcement represents the view of the Provincial Executive Committee and that branches are still coming up with their own preferences. “Our guidance to the branches was…