Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - The National Minimum Wage for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from Saturday March 1 by 4.4% from R27,58 per hour to R28,79 per hour. This means domestic workers should be paid R28,79 per hour which equates to R230,32 per day or R5 067,04 per month.
The monthly amount is calculated by working 8 hours per day over a 22 day cycle. 

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - As a water-scarce country, South Africa faces ongoing water shortages driven by shifting weather patterns, infrastructure challenges, and persistent droughts. In response, Shoprite and Checkers have stepped up to support customers by offering purified water at just R1 per litre in the majority of its supermarkets.  

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - Die stalletjiemark by Pick n Pay hipermark het die afgelope naweek plaasgevind en dit was ‘n dag vir al die sterkmanne om hul spiere te bult. Volgens die organiseerder, Tinus van Staden, was daar 46 uitstallers op Saterdag 1 Maart. “Die reën het ons bietjie gekortwiek, maar ons kon al ons vertonings afhandel,” vertel hy. Johan Els, een van die sterkste manne in die wêreld, het ‘n kragmanvertoning gelewer asook Venter Gim in Klerksdorp se liggaamsbouers.  Hannes Venter (75), die eienaar van die gimnasium, het ook ‘n vertoning gelewer. Hy was al drie keer ‘n wêreldkampioen.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - In a watershed occasion on Tuesday February 25, the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District was the first district municipality in North West to hold the Induction of the Civil Society Forum Leaders for the 2024/25 financial year.