Author: Thabang Morutloa

The North West provincial government says it has reached an agreement with Eskom for the exemption of water treatment plants from load shedding. The agreement is expected to alleviate water shortages that have forced people to riot and take to the streets in areas such as Zeerust, Vryburg, and Taung have taken to the streets in demand of water. Cooperative governance MEC, Nono Maloyi, said the agreement with the power utility is meant to improve the water supply which is currently hampered by constant electricity outages. Maloyi took part in the debate on Premier Bushy Maape’s State of the Province…

The ANC’s North West provincial deputy chairperson, Lazzy Mokgosi is the new chief whip of the ANC at the provincial legislature. Mokgosi takes over from Paul Sebegoe who resigned and was elected to fill the vacant position of the chairperson of the Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Education, Arts, Culture, and Sports Recreation during a Committee meeting held on Monday, February 27, 2023. Former North West MEC for Department of Cooperative Governance, Mmoloki Cwaile occupies the position of the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee of Public Works and Roads, Community Safety and Transport Management, which was left vacant following the resignation…

The 22 Comrades Marathon Champion from Mahikeng, North West Tete Morena Dijana yesterday broke the World Record by becoming the first South African athlete to run under 2:40:00 over the distance, crossing the line in 2:39:04 and trumping the national record of 2:40:13 set by Steven Mokoka at the same race last year. Dijana was competing, and became the winner, at the 3rd edition of the 50km Nedbank Runifield Breaking Barriers Ultra Distance Race held in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape on Sunday. The 34-year-old Dijana from Signal Hill Village said he was thrilled his race plan had worked out.…

The EFF leader Julius Malema has once again called on South Africans to join the planned national shutdown on the 20th of March against the continuing load shedding. Speaking during the Andries Tatane clean-up campaign over the weekend at Lichtenburg in the North West, Malema said the march also aims to pressure President Cyril Ramphosa to resign. “Load shedding is a big problem. The ANC will not solve it because the ANC is hell-bent on eating the money at Eskom. And for as long as the ANC is in power, we will continue to have a problem of load shedding. …

EFF leader Julius Malema wants North West Premier, Bushy Maape to account for implying his province has no service delivery challenges during the State of the Nation (Sona) debate in parliament, which sparked public outrage. Malema led the Andries Tatane clean-up campaign in Lichtenburg in the North West on Friday and accused Maape of turning the challenges of the residents of the province into a mockery. “I saw a lot of potholes, and there is no way that any person who is alive to the realities of the North West, who would have taken his medication before he spoke at…

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chairperson of the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, China Dodovu has raised concerns about dysfunctional municipalities in the North West. Dodovu made the remarks on the sidelines of Premier Bushy Maape’s State of the Province address (SOPA) yesterday. He cited political conflicts as one of the reasons for having collapsed municipalities. “There are political challenges facing municipalities, councils are not functioning as they should. There are party differences within the municipalities and that affects how they must achieve the developmental objectives of our society. “There are problems of governance, administration, the…

The North West State of the Province Address (Sopa) got off to a rough start, with the EFF members forcibly removed from the legislature, when they called on Premier Bushy Maape to apologise to citizens of the North West province, for claiming there were no water shortages and bad roads in the province at the Sona debate in Parliament. Maape’s remarks sparked outrage from political parties, the public, and different organisations, who are accusing him of not being in touch with the problems facing the residents. During his Sopa at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng on Friday, Maape assured the…

All eyes are on North West Premier Bushy Maape who is expected to deliver his State of the Province Address (Sopa) tomorrow. Maape courted controversy when he claimed during Sona that there were no water and road problems in the North West. His comments sparked outrage among the province’s residents who are forced to endure giant potholes on major roads. Despite being the provincial capital, Mahikeng looks like an abandoned town, with the infrastructure in decay as well as regular interruptions in the supply of water and electricity. Over and above load shedding, residents are often subjected to longer spells…

The EFF in the North West has called for a thorough investigation into how the R8 million earmarked for the victims of flooding in Deelpan, North West, was spent after the area was flooded last year. Deelpan was flooded again recently following heavy rains in some parts of the country including in the North West and this prompted the EFF to start asking questions on how the money allocated to the area was used. The government has declared a National State of Disaster to allow an intensive, coordinated response to the floods, which have stricken parts of seven of South…

The municipal workers union SAMWU in the North West is threatening court action against state institutions such as the North West Department of COGTA and SALGA, which it claims are failing to act against the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality for allegedly violating the law, and failing to deliver basic services. SAMWU’s deputy chairperson in the Ngaka Modiri Molema region, Lucky Petersen, said the union will spare no effort in ensuring that the municipality is accountable. “We have given SALGA and the Department of Local Government in the North West the memorandums of our grievances and given them time to…