Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - The North West Department of Health in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District is working on closing the HIV treatment gap.

Almost 8 000 patients need to return to treatment. According to the Chief Director: District Health Services, Bongani Patrick Maboe, the department is actively running a campaign with multiple outreach services across the district to find HIV positive clients to initiate and keep on treatment, and to return missing clients to treatment. Returning to treatment and adhering to it, has been proven to be the only way to close the 1.1 million gap of missing HIV clients in the system.

In Remitly’s 2024 study, the nation topped the world’s friendliest list, earning 34.63 out of 40 on the Big Five Personality Test’s agreeableness trait. That finding meets its perfect match on Heritage Day, affectionately known as Braai Day, when people across Mzansi gather to salute a patchwork of cultures by doing what they do best: Lighting fires, sharing food and swapping stories.

If there’s one thing the Smith family of Centurion knows how to do, it’s light a fire - literally and figuratively. For the past 25 years, Anton and Lizel Smith have been dishing up more than just boerie and chops on their legendary Braai Night Wednesdays - they’ve been serving connection and conversation in a world that’s always rushing off to the next thing. Their motto: A family that braais together, stays together.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - Believers are invited to participate in the prayer walk and worship at Solid Ground on Saturday September 20. The Ascend Prayer Walk and Worship Gathering promises to be a powerful experience where families unite, grow in faith, and worship freely as a community. “As believers, we want to take hands to publicly declare that Jesus is Lord over Klerksdorp,’’ says Louis Wiid, organiser of the event. He explains that the walk and worship is planned for the whole day, starting at 09:00 until 23:00.