Lentswe - Community News

Reaching out...

Diocesan executive members of a Roman Catholic solidarity Kemolo ea Maria (Immaculate Conception) visited the Rethabile Children’s Home to donate toiletries. Seen are members of the solidarity and staff of Rethabile, among others Cecilia Mokoena, Clarina Makau (Kalake) and Victoria Martin.

New liquor trading hours

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Liquor trade in North West is being overhauled with the amendment of the North West Licensing Act that came into operation on April 1. For the first time ever, liquor stores in the province can now operate on public holidays and Sundays. The MEC for Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism said that new trading times is applicable while the amendment process is unfolding.

‘Rape is a pandemic’

Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The police in North West are concerned about the number of rape cases that are reported mostly in townships, rural communities’ villages and farms. The Acting Provincial Commissioner of Police, Major General Patrick Asaneng called on community leaders to what he is saying is a pandemic afflicting society.

Khaya Tshepo still up and running

Khaya Tshepo Home for Vulnerable Children in Elandia is most grateful to the precious ladies of the Methodist Women’s Manyano Movement in the Matlosana area, who donated a large freezer, together with a food voucher to start filling it.

Make the world safer - one drop, one jab at a time

From smallpox to polio, vaccines have rewritten the story of human health. During World Immunisation Week, we recognise their crucial role in protecting us from serious diseases. Shabir Madhi, a professor of vaccinology and director of the University of the Witwatersrand’s Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), which is dedicated to preventing and controlling communicable diseases, spoke to Caxton Local Media about the importance of vaccines.