Lentswe, Kanana - The police registered nine cases in Kanana after the funeral of a gangster over the weekend. The funeral on Saturday March 9 came with its own challenges when mourners took to the R30 and disrupted traffic with reckless behaviour on the road. One motorist said cars were spinning on the road with crowds of people looking on. “As a motorist I felt threatened and could not see any traffic officers or law enforcement.’’

Lentswe, Jouberton - This serves to notify consumers of a planned interruption to normal water supply that will be experienced this weekend. The City of Matlosana said in a notice that residents will experience an interruption in water supply on Saturday and Sunday March 16,17. The interruption is due to the cleaning and disinfection of Alabama 4,5Ml and 26Ml reservoirs on respective days.

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A local arts group from Randlespark has just returned from Nepal, after representing SA. Thebe Arts Group represented the Setswana culture at the South Asia International Folk Festival in Kathmandu. The group made history as the first Setswana dance group to perform abroad.

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in North West will collaborate with the Municipalities, the communities and various stakeholders with regard to its advocacy programmes in March, to commemorate World Water Day on March 22. The focus of World Water Day is on the global water crisis and aims to raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water and aspire nations for longer-term action, to ensure that everyone in the world has access to safe water by 2030.