MAHIKENG, April 20 – The African National Congress (ANC) has heard the people of North West, National Executive Committee (NEC) member Obed Bapela said on Friday. “The matters that they raised we have heard as the ANC, we are now involving all role players to listen again, so that the NEC can determine the next […]
RUSTENBURG, April 20 – Heavily armed men made off with an undisclosed amount of money after robbing a cash van and killing a security guard in Klerksdorp, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in North West said on Friday. #CITRobbery North West / Klerksdorp. Outside Standard Bank Midtown. G4S. @MakeSAsafe WATCH as gunfire […]
RUSTENBURG, April 2 (ANA) – A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death, allegedly by his younger brother in Makabole outside Ganyesa, North West police said. Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Funani said a 26-year-old man allegedly stabbed his brother with a knife during a family gathering on Sunday. The younger brother allegedly behaved unruly and went inside […]
RUSTENBURG, March 5 – The Forum 4 Service Delivery (F4SD) has expelled 12 councillors with immediate effect in various municipalities in the North West province for laziness, leader Mbahare Kekana said on Monday. “During local government elections in 2016, F4SD made a commitment with the community that lazy and incompetent councillors will not be […]
BRITS, February 1 – Two people have died due to listeriosis in South Africa’s North West province, Health member of the executive council (MEC) Dr Magome Masike said on Thursday. “We lost one patient in Klerksdorp and another in Rustenburg, we got another on admitted now in [hospital in] Klerksdorp. Listeriosis has always been a disease that has […]
BRITS, January 31 – The Madibeng local municipality in North West on Wednesday denied that mayor Jostina Mothibe and the municipal manager is set to spend over R1 million on an overseas trip. Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in Madibeng, Jan van Rhyn said the African National Congress-led council approved a trip to Malaysia from February […]
RUSTENBURG, January 6 – A 27-year-old woman died when she fell from a mountain in Rustenburg on Friday evening, North West paramedics said. Shortly after 8pm, paramedics from ER24 and local fire services arrived on the scene where they found a group of friends at the top of the mountain, ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said […]
RUSTENBURG, December 8 – North West deputy speaker Jane Manganye offered to resign and remain a Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL), the African National Congress (ANC) said on Thursday. Provincial secretary Dakota Legoete denied that Manganye was being forced to resigned because she preferred Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the ANC. “We would like […]
MAHIKENG, November 30 – Renowned veteran radio personality Cebo Manyaapelo died of cancer, mourners were told at his funeral service in Mahikeng, North West, on Thursday. “The media must stop spreading false information that Cebo died of depression. He died of colorectal cancer,” his cousin Golaotswe Mmolai told a packed hall of several hundreds at […]
RUSTENBURG, November 27 – Boitekong near Rustenburg in North West province is ranked as the province with the highest in murder cases, according to the South African Police Service 2016/2017 crime statistics. The township east of Rustenburg is standing at the top with a 66 murders, 193 reported sexual offences and 171 rape cases. It […]