BY REGINALD KANYANE
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President and CIC , will on Sunday the 30th August 2015, address students of North West University.
The gathering is scheduled as follows:
Date: 30th August 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 18H00
Venue: MULTIPURPOSE CENTRE, NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY, MAFIKENG CAMPUS
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BY NALEDI BOGACWI
THE community of Dryharts in Taung, and its neighboring areas welcomed the initiative by Alderwood Trading Company that requested a certain portion of the land to do mining.
Alderwood Trading company managing director, Godfrey Mocwane said the project will create job opportunities for the residents of Dryharts and will offer training to them in various skill developments. “We met with the community on Wednesday to discuss our way forward regarding the project. We also wanted to inform them that our application has been accepted by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Klerksdorp office in the North West Province.
Mocwane said both applications have been accepted by the DMR on 14 July 2015. He said the applications has been accepted by Mineral and are in terms of Section 27 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) and related its Amendments, and are for the mining of Stone Aggregate, Gravel and Sand in the Village of Dryharts.
“We will create job opportunities and also reduce unemployment. Most youth in the area are unemployed, while others only have matric certificates. That is not enough nowadays. We will offer them various skill developments in mining industry and that will help them in the future as we will present them with certificates after completion,” he said.
Community Development Worker from The Office Of The Premier, under Directorate Monitoring and Evaluation from Ward 4, in Dryharts, Tshepiso Jantjies said the project will come in handy as it will produce materials to build roads, pavement and construction. “The area is lagging behind in skill developments. The project will be helpful as there is a shortage of skill in the area and unemployment is at high. We welcome the initiative with open arms,” Jantjies said.
One of the residents, Oratile Moremi, 27, also shared the sentiments as he said they need more projects to come to their area. “Without projects, our economy is at risk, so we appreciate what the Alderwood Trading Company is doing. We need skill development because mostly, young people are the ones at risk. Unemployment is at high and that create crime, and most youth indulge in drugs and alcohol because there have nothing to do,” he said.
According to Bacwane, the project is expected to kick-start soon as they are still busy with some paperwork.
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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
THE NORTH West provincial government led by premier Supra Mahumapelo and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula gathered together at Palms hotel in Mahikeng, and signed a Momerandum of Understanding (MoU).
The partnership between SANDF and the provincial government was unveiled on Thursday. The partnership came to light after the initiative by SANDF to part skills to underdeveloped areas.
Minister Nqakula said her department will work together with the province in developing the province.
“Our plan is to assist the province to achieve a competitive advantage in a global economy by providing the youth with professional advice, benchmarking opportunities, process facilitation, workshops, local and national conferences, network forums and annual research in the field of training resource development.
“We have noted that according to our feasibility study, agriculture is at the apex because it is the only industry that is very imperative in human being kind. Without agriculture, there is no life. What we doing now, we will bring our expertise from our department, SANDF to share the skill with the youth of the province, whether in agriculture, engineering and construction. We’ve realized that most people are living beyond poverty line, and that need to change,” Nqakula said.
Nqakula said all plan will be unrolled in the next financial year in 2016.
North West premier Supra Mahumapelo said the plan is to eradicate poverty and change the lives of the people of North West.
“There are many lands not occupied in the province, and if we plan around carefully, we could make use of them. Many people are migrating to the suburbs, and that is a concern. We planning to decentralize that, that is why we bringing SANDF expertise and other stakeholders. We need to have that ability to imagine unimaginable, by doing so we will see our province increasing its economy,” Mahumapelo said.
Mahumapelo said they have brought in the expertise of commercial farmers to partake in the project of farming that will be unrolled in association with the SANDF department. He said that will help the youth and create job opportunities.
“Our plan as the province is to increase the province’s economy and created triangular key factors. Our aim is to increase the economy of the province by 6% and that is why we having Agriculture at the apex and followed by Culture and Tourism. We need a manifested plan to create job opportunities especially for the youth.
“The province decided to come up with initiative where we dedicate our budget to Villages, Townships, and Small Dorpies. By 2019, 90% of our budget will be spent on these areas because development plan is needed,” he said.
SANDF Chief-General, Solly Zacharia Shoke said they will bring skill developments to the province and create few projects were the SANDF will monitor them. “As the department, we pledged to create job opportunities for our people, and by so doing we will encourage people to outsource local labour, and local procurement policy need to apply. Rural development and coherence structure, will come into place and also have North West University as partners,” Shoke said.
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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
The community of Leeudoringstad in Maquassi Hills came in large numbers to attend memorial service of Katlego Diseko (16), Bulelwa Koli (18) and Emily Oageng (22) of North West School for the Deaf at Leeudoringstad Primary School on Friday.
The emotional memorial service was also attended by amongst others; MEC Wendy Matsemela for Education and Sport Development, local mayor of Maquassi Hills, Nonny Khabi and chairperson of the provincial disability forum Moagi Kodisang.
Speaking for the provincial disability forum, Kodisang pleaded with parents of the survived learners to find peace with the incident and continue to bring learners to schools.
“Parents should not despair and continue to bring learners to school. Education is the most powerful tool for the future.
“The police report that will come out of this tragedy will assist the department in correcting the mistakes that happened at the school”, Kodisang said.
MEC Wendy Matsemela also addressed the mourners and the grieving families by assuring them that answers will be issued to the public at large on the investigation.
“I will not try to hide for answers to the South African society. Once the investigation has been concluded and the report is out we will be able to respond to all the questions from the South African society”, an emotional Matsemela said.
Matsemela added that there is hope in the system called education. “Let us continue to work together with all the affected families as we try to give them answers to what has happened. We are hurt as team education and Leeudorignstad community”.
Matsemela pleaded with the community to respect the grieving families during this difficult time.
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
THE Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District to embark on Communicators Lekgotla. A two-day event will take place in Bloemhof and organized by the district.
According to the district manager, Zebo Tshehlo, the district municipality is looking to strengthen their relationship with all communicators within the district for a free-flow of information.
“The purpose of Lekgotla is to strengthen the relationship amongst district communicators from municipalities, government departments and private entities, and to present the Provincial and District Communication Strategy to members of the forum.
“It is in this context that you are requested to make a presentation on the role of community media, advertisement rates and distribution coverage in the district,” he said.
The arrangement will be as follows:
Date: 03 – 04 September 2015
Venue: Why Not Restaurant and Guest Lodge-Bloemhof
Time: 08H30
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
Mmabatho police arrested four suspects between the ages of 36 and 40 for being in possession of dagga in Lokaleng village, near Mmabatho. North West police spokesperson, sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said the incident took place after the police received a tip-off that there was dagga at a certain house in the village.
“Police responded promptly to the information and went to the place. Upon arrival, they found four suspects and searched their house. They found 163 kg of dagga hidden inside one of the rooms with the estimated value of R400 000,” Moleko said.
All four suspects are expected to appear in Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
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BY REGINALD KANYANE
North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Education and Sports Development, Arts, Culture and Traditional affairs held a meeting with the Department of Education on Thursday and requested MEC Wendy Matsemela to go back and prepare a detailed and comprehensive report on the North West School for the Deaf incident; after the Committee found the one she presented lacked details.
The Committee had requested a brief report from the Department of Education after an incident that occurred at North West School for the Deaf in the early hours of Monday morning where a fire gutted down the school hostel, leaving three (3) learners dead and 53 others being hospitalised after suffering minor injuries.
The committee also requested the department to present a comprehensive report on the Christiana School for the Blind incident where a fire broke down at the school on the 29 November 2010, leaving four (4) learners dead.
After hearing about the incident in the media, the Committee went on a fact finding mission at the North West School for Deaf to actually find out what had happened, thus the request for the reports from the department.
Committee Chairperson, Boitumelo Moiloa said the department’s report could not be discussed at the meeting because it lacked detail, and left members of the Portfolio Committee having to guess what had actually transpired.
“It did not specify whether during the time of the incident, there were security personnel and care-givers at the school and educators adequately responded to the incident on time.
“The report can only be taken as a briefing document but then it still lacks detail and it did not include security and disaster management plans of the school,” said Moiloa.
The report for the Christiana School for the Blind incident was not signed; therefore the Committee rejected it on the basis that it was not a legal document that the Committee can hold the department accountable for.
The Chairperson said the Committee had requested the department to provide the Christiana School for the Blind incident report because some issues could have helped the department to ensure that special schools are properly resourced to avoid such incidents.
The department has been requested to submit comprehensive reports on both incidents by Monday, 31 August 2015. Those reports will be discussed in a meeting that will be held at the Legislature on Tuesday 1 September 2015 in the Legislature Committee Room2 at 16h00.
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