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Bushy Maape

Focus on delivery for North West, Bushy Maape

If the premier loves the people of the province, he should not stand for an ANC leadership position

Playing the system: A whistleblower flagged major tender irregularities with the N12 West housing development, where thousands of low-cost housing units were planned, and reported it to the Hawks two years ago – but the City of Matlosana continues to pay MXN Development Construction millions

Suspect mega housing development in Klerksdorp evades scrutiny

Clean governance remains elusive in troubled North West municipality where managers continue to misbehave with impunity

At work: Gontlafetse Leinane (45) sprays hand sanitiser on community healthcare workers in Pudumong. (Photos: Gulshan Khan)

The quiet front line battle of South Africa’s rural nurses

The focus may have been on urban nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic, but those in rural areas suffer similar fates. However, very little is known about how they have been able…

Troubling past: Papers have been filed in the high court asking that  municipal manager Tsietsi Roger Nkhumise be removed from his post.

ANC heavy ‘stops’ municipal probe

David Mahlobo denies preventing the suspension of the broken Matlosana council’s manager

Questioned: Matlosana local municipality manager Theetsi Nkhumise.

Matlosana municipal manager accused of hiding his criminal record

The Matlosana local municipality, has been wrapped up in this infighting

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North West town eerily calm after protest

The protest however has particularly affected day patients who usually actually access health services at the hospital.

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

Numsa scores from NUM battles

While union officials in the Klerksdorp area fight for control, its majority is being whittled away

Tourism students jetting to Germany

Tourism students jetting to Germany

Two grade 11 tourism studies learners from North West province have won a trip to an international tourism conference in Germany.

Mass Cosatu strike grips South Africa

Masses of workers supported a national strike against rising living costs on Wednesday, paralysing transport services and immobilising businesses.

Youth groups pay tribute to late Malaika star

Jabulani Ndaba, member of award-winning local music group Malaika, was a ”talented star and an inspiration to young South Africans”.

‘God can let you just vanish within seconds’

Township areas outside Klerksdorp will be without power on Monday night following the weekend’s freak storm that damaged about 1Â 900 homes. They will also be without water,…

Father runs through storm with injured child

A father told on Monday how he ran eight kilometres to hospital with his two-year-old child in his arms, after his shack fell down during a freak storm near Klerksdorp. Daniel…

Miners in quake were ‘very frightened’

One injured gold miner, his skull fractured in Wednesday’s earthquake at Stilfontein, has been transferred to the intensive-care unit at West Vaal hospital in nearby Orkney.…

Jubilation as rescuers reach trapped miners

The team that rescued three injured gold miners at Stilfontein on Thursday travelled about 6km underground before reaching the shaft where they surfaced. Team captain Darren…