MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: MEC for Social Development, Basetsana Sussana Dantjie, kept true to her word on Tuesday, 5 November by donating a laptop to the North West Older Person’s Forum, as promised in a first meeting with them.
Then, the forum had indicated to the MEC that their work was hamstrung by lack of resources, chief among them a laptop, which is central to record keeping and communication.
Six classrooms at Rauwane Sepeng Secondary destroyed in devastating fire
MAHIKENG MAIL - TLHABANE: The North West Department of Education expressed deep concern over the recent fire that severely damaged a block of Grade 12 classrooms consisting of six classes at Rauwane Secondary School in Tlhabane, in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, on Monday this week.
Chinese businessman and accomplice arrested for illegal cigarettes
MAHIKENG MAIL - ZEERUST: A Crime Intelligence-driven operation by Zeerust K9, Ottoshoop Visible Policing, Customs Officials, Mahikeng Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and Mahikeng Local Criminal Centre (LCRC) arrested a Chinese foreign national and an co-conspirator for possession of illicit cigarettes last week Wednesday in Ottoshoop.
Minister inspects water infrastructure
MAHIKENG MAIL – MAHIKENG - Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo has fervently called on municipalities that were discharging raw sewerage into water sources to take decisive action and tackle municipal waste water infrastructure challenges in order to address the widespread problem of pollution in rivers and streams.
The Deputy Minister met with different stakeholders and the Executive Mayors of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Francis Baard and Pixley ka Seme District Municipalities in North West, whose waste water systems discharge effluent into the rivers, and where cholera bacteria was detected in raw water.
Annual KFC Mini Cricket Festival
MAHIKENG MAIL – MAHIKENG - North West Department of Education supported the North West Cricket Federation during the Annual KFC Mini Cricket Festival with more than 250 learners and 25 educators in attendance for a full day experience playing cricket.
FC Mini-Cricket is the first taste of cricket that aspirant young boys and girls are introduced to.