MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: The Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee (PICC) has shut down 14 illegal initiation schools and rescued 67 male initiates in Bojanala Platinum, Dr Kenneth Kaunda and Ngaka Modiri Molema Districts as the winter initiation season starts.

MAHIKENG MAIL – MAHIKENG:  In an endorsement of youth development through agriculture, MEC Madoda Sambatha has expressed strong support for a new smart farming initiative that will empower ten young agri-preneurs from the rural village of Schaumburg, near Skeerpoort.

MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: The community of Lokaleng Village consisting of Ward 2 and 33 residents last week submitted a memorandum of their grievances on the lack of electricity for the past six years, saying while they had on numerous occasions written to the local Councillors to intervene, they received no results. 

MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, specifically in the JB Marks Local Municipality. In the first incident, the Department was alerted by a private Veterinarian who had visited the farm and noted the symptoms.