Breaking News: ANC removes Tumisang Gaoraelwe as Greater Taung Local Municipality mayor, but keeps him as ordinary ward councillor

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Picture: The embattled Greater Taung Local Municipality mayor, Tumisang Gaoraelwe/Facebook

By OBAKENG MAJE

20 October 2025- The ANC in North West said it will implement the ANC National Executive Committee’s decision to remove the embattled Greater Taung Local Municipality mayor, Tumisang Gaoraelwe from his mayoralship position. On Friday, the ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula said, together with ANC NEC members deployed to the North West, met with the ANC North West Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) to receive a report on the state of Local Government and the current developments on the intervention the PEC is implementing to reinforce  Political Management and Governance of Municipalities.

“This is in line with the ANC NEC turnaround strategy on Local Government intervention,” he said.

ANC provincial spokesperson, Tumelo Maruping said the ANC NEC has instructed the ANC in North West to remove Gaoraelwe as mayor of the Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM). Maruping said they are now engaged in a meeting with the ANC Provincial Working Committee (PWC) to ventilate the matter.

“This is what is going to happen. We are having a ANC Provincial Working Committee (PWC) meeting now at 10am and the point now is to implement the decision of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC), which is to remove Gaoraelwe as the mayor.

“The how part of redeployment of Gaoraelwe, will be discussed now during the meeting. Immediately after the meeting, I will call you and give you the exact answer regarding the PWC decision on the matter,” he said.

Maruping further said the decision on redeployment of Gaoraelwe will be done not later than this week. He added that it is true that the ANC NEC instructed them to remove him as a mayor, but keep him as an ordinary ward councillor.

“We will now discuss who will be deployed as the mayor of the Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM) during the meeting today,” said Maruping.

However, Gaoraelwe said the ANC in the province has not communicated its decision to remove him yet. He said even the municipal Chief Whip has not said anything, so it will be very difficult for him to comment.

“So, I do not know anything about that, but I will wait for the report. Remember, there have to be reasons for the removal. Up until they furnish me with that information, I will know how to respond,” said Gaoraelwe.

Meanwhile, a call to remove Gaoraelwe as Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM) mayor gained momentum a few weeks ago after he crashed another municipal vehicle worth R560 000 in an accident. The ‘disgraced’ Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM) mayor, crashed a luxury municipal vehicle, Nissan Navara 2025 worth R560 000 during an accident in the early hours of Thursday, 25 September 2025.

This caused uproar amongst the public as this is the third municipal vehicle Gaoraelwe crashed.

In 2022, Gaoraelwe crashed municipality’s luxury BMW X3 worth R700 000 in an accident on N12 road between Schweizer Reneke and Wolmaranstad. He was also allegedly involved in an accident again on 30 June 2024.

Gaoraelwe crashed the municipal vehicle after allegedly being followed and shot at by unknown assailants. However, there are allegations that Gaoraelwe crashed the municipal vehicle during the day while drunk and later on, staged the attempted hijacking as a cover-up.

On 17 August 2025, Gaoraelwe damaged a newly-bought municipal bakkie in an accident. It is alleged that Gaoraelwe crashed the municipal vehicle after he hit a tree at his residential area.

At the time, the Greater Taung Local Municipality spokesperson, Ricky Oliphant said the equipment damage report indicated that the vehicle was driven into a tree. Oliphant said the damages for this incident amounted to R120 000, which is going to be covered by the insurance.

Now, the Democratic Alliance councillor, Sam Nape said they are indeed thunderstruck by the situation the municipality found itself in under the stewardship of Gaoraelwe. Nape said this is a major setback and he is so disenchanted.

“I have lost count of how many accidents Gaoraelwe was involved in while driving municipal vehicles. This is a forlorn situation and I do not know how much embarrassment his political party, ANC, is willing to take before removing him from his position. Well, we call for his removal as always, however, if he continues to be protected by his party, then there is nothing that we can do.

“The challenge is that the ANC councillors are in majority at the municipal council and the opposition parties are outvoted even if they table a motion of no confidence against the mayor,” he said.

The ACDP councillor, Gaolatlhwe Tshipo shared the same sentiments.

Tshipo said: “We have seen a trend of negligence and misuse of the municipal properties by the mayor. Gaoraelwe was supposed to be the custodian, who leads by example and showing the public how municipal assets are protected.

“However, he is not protecting municipal assets, instead, he is misusing them. The BMW X3 worth over R700 000 was written off because of carelessness after he was involved in a car accident.”

Tshipo said they call on the ANC to act against Gaoraelwe as its deployee. He said that they are going to lobby other opposition parties and call for his removal.

“Gaoraelwe is a disgrace to the people of Taung. We are not going to allow this kind of lawlessness. Actually, this is a theft of taxpayers’ money. Gaoraelwe is not fit to be called the mayor of the Greater Taung Local Municipality,” he said.

The Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM) spokesperson, Ricky Oliphant said: “Yes, the municipality is aware of the recent accident. The mayor was driving to his house in the early morning of Thursday, 25 September 2025, when he lost control of a vehicle, while swerving to avoid a collision with a donkey.

“The mayor was alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident. The concern is not limited to the municipal assets, but also about the safety of the mayor, its councillors and employees,” he said.

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NWU hails SA’s bold, progressive new energy blueprint

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The North West University (NWU) principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Bismark Tyobeka/Supplied 

By REGINALD KANYANE

20 October 2025- The North West University (NWU) principal and vice-chancellor, Prof Bismark Tyobeka said that South Africa will generate more electricity from non-fossil fuel sources than fossil fuels, if the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 projects is anything to go by. Tyobeka said South Africa can reclaim its leadership position as Africa’s foremost nuclear power nation.

As a nuclear expert in his own right, he further said the IRP recognises the urgency with which they must act in addressing climate change. Tyobeka added that on 19 October 2025, the Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, outlined South Africa’s new energy transition strategy – the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) – which emphatically shifts the country’s energy reliance from fossil fuels to renewables, gas and nuclear.

“The IRP sets the country on a 15-year path to diversify the national energy mix, modernise ageing infrastructure, and restore faith in an economy long constrained by blackouts. At the heart of the plan lies a familiar dilemma of how to keep the lights on without worsening the climate crisis.

“Coal, which still provides 58% of South Africa’s electricity, will gradually yield to renewables, and together with distributed generation, this energy mix will make up over half of new installed capacity by 2035,” he said.

Tyobeka said the government expects more than 105 000 MW of new generation capacity by 2039, with 34 000 MW from wind and 25 000 MW from solar. He said yet fossil fuels will not disappear entirely.

“On gas-to-power, 6 000 MW by 2030 will act as a stabiliser, while a “clean coal” demonstration plant remains on the cards. Perhaps most striking is the return of nuclear energy to the national conversation.

“The IRP calls for 5 200 MW of new nuclear generation by 2039, with potential expansion to 10 000 MW if a forthcoming Nuclear Industrialisation Plan proves viable,” said Tyobeka.

He said the government argues that nuclear power offers reliable base-load power and industrial spinoffs, echoing a global resurgence that has seen 70 reactors under construction and renewed financial support from development banks. Tyobeka has lauded the new framework, praising it for both its environmental commitment and how it will reposition South Africa as the continent’s foremost nuclear power nation.

“I think the IRP 2025 released by the Minister on Sunday is quite progressive, especially in the sense that it recognises the urgency with which we must act in addressing climate change. I view it as a strong affirmation from the South African government that we have clear climate obligations to meet, and that reducing our carbon footprint is a vital part of this commitment.

“For the first time, the IRP 2025 projects that South Africa will generate more electricity from non–fossil-fuel sources than from fossil fuels. This represents a significant turning point, as we begin to scale down fossil-fuel-based generation and increase the contribution of cleaner energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind, and nuclear,” he said.

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Kgetsi ya petelelo le polao e boela kgotlhatshekelo

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Setshwantsho: Moswi, Motlalepula Kau

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

20 Diphalane 2025- Kgetsi ya go thopa ka dikgoka, kgothoso e tseneletseng, petelelo ga mmogo le polao kgatlhanong le banna ba le babedi ba kwa kgaolong ya ga Manyai kwa motseng wa Tlakgameng, gaufi le Ganyesa, e solofetswe go boela kwa kghotlha-tshekelo ya Ganyesa mo letsatsing la gompieno.

Kgetsi ene ya busediwa morago gonne mmueledi wa balatofadiwa a sa iponatsa kwa kgotlhatshekelo.

Balatofadiwa, Tshepiso Montswane (33) ga mmogo le Gaonapotso Rantsho (33), ba latofadiwa ka go thopa ka dikgoka, kgothoso e tseneletseng, petelelo ga mmogo le go bolaya Motlalepula Kau (43), wa kwa motsesetoropong wa Montshioa kwa Mahikeng. Go begwa fa Montswane ga mmogo le Rantsho, ba ne ba itira dingaka tsa setso, mme ba tsietsa Kau ka leleme gore a lebe kwa motseng wa Tlakgameng gore ba mo thuse. 

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone are lelapa la ga Kau le ne la itsise sepodisi fa a timetse. Mokgwabone are kgetsi ya motho o timetseng ene ya bulwa kwa seteisheneng sa sepodisi sa Mahikeng ka di 23 Moranang 2025, mme sepodisi sa bolotsa dipatlisiso.

“Go begwa fa setopo sa ga Kau se ile sa bonwa kwa lebitleng le le seng boteng kwa nageng magareng ga motse wa Tlakgameng le Kudunkgwane fa Moranang a ne a tlhola matsatsi a le 24.

“Setopo seo, se ile sa shupiwa ke mongwe wa leloko la lelapa fa ele sa ga Kau. Sepodisi se ile sa bolotsa dipatlisiso mabapi le go bolawa ga ga Kau, mme seo sa ba lebisa kwa go tshwarweng ga ga Ransho le Motswane. Banna ba, ba ile ba tlhagelela kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Ganyesa, mme ba bolelela lekgotlha fa ba na le kgetsi e nngwe gape ya petelelo kgatlhanong le bone,” Mokgwabone wa tlhalosa.

Banna ba, ba ne ba ganelwa ka beile mme ba tla nama ba letile letsatsi la tsheko kwa ntlolefitshwana.

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Ditheetso tsa beile mo kgetsing ya petelelo kgatlhanong le motsamaisi wa kwa Boxer Liquor Store di a tswelela

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Setshwantsho: Motsamaisi wa kwa lebenkeleng la Boxer Liquor Store, Tebogo Romeo Mahusi/Facebook

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

20 Diphalane 2025- Ditheetso tsa beile mo kgetsing ya petelelo kgatlhanong le motsamaisi wa lebenkeleng la Boxer Liquor Store mono Taung, Tebogo Romeo Mahusi (32), di solofetswe go tswelela mo letsatsing la gompieno. Mahusi one a tshwarwa le go tlhagelela ka boripana kwa kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung mabapi le ditatofatso tsa go betelela modiri wa mosadi wa teng kwa Boxer Liquor Store.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone are tiragalo e, ke ya Lamatlhatsho motshegare kwa lebenkeleng la Boxer Liquor Store. Mokgwabone are dipatlisiso mo kgetsing e, di tsweletse.

Go begwa fa modiri wa dingwaga di le 20, teng kwa Boxer Liquor Store, a ne a tsweletse ka tiro ya gagwe ya go paka dilo fa motsamaisi a ne a mo biletsa kwa kantorong ya gagwe ka Lamatlhatso motshegare. Go begwa fa go tseneng ga bone kwa kantorong eo, Mahusi o ile a lotlela lebati la kantoro.

Go begwa fa e ne ya re fa modiri o a sentse a maketse gore go diragalang, ke fa Mahusi a mo phamola a mo atla ka nkane. Go begwa fa Mahusi a ile a mo fekeetsa ka maatla, mme a mo apola borogwe.

Go begwa fa Mahusi a ile a mo rapamisa mo tafoleng le go mo betelela a mo tlhaga kwa morago.

Kgabagare, kgotlhatshekelo ya Taung, ene ya busetsa kgetsi e morago go netefatsa bodulo jwa ga Mahusi le ditheetso tsa beile. Mo letsatsing la gompieno, mosekisi o tlhagisitse fa Mahusi a ile a romelela mosadi o go begwang fa ele motswa-setlhabelo molaetsa wa SMS, mme a mo kopa gore a seka a ya go mo tshwarisa. Ditheetso tsa beile di tla tswelediwa ka letsatsi la Mosupulogo.

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MRM applauds 25 years imprisonment of Ikageng GBVF perpetrator    

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Picture: A bloody knife found at the crime scene/Generic

By OBAKENG MAJE

19 October 20025- The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) in the North West on Sunday applauded the 25 years imprisonment handed down to Molefi Benjamin Ramoholokoane (61) by the Potchefstroom Regional Court for the murder of his intimate partner, Maria Masego Fumba (37) committed on the 11 February 2025. The civil society led organisation promoting the Charter of Positive Values expressed hope that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).

Convenor of the MRM Provincial Interim Committee, Pastor Lesiba Kgwele remarked that the conviction which was realized within a short period will contribute towards restoring public confidence in the criminal justice system. 

“We trust that the Fumba family will find closure in the knowledge that justice was done and commend the investigation officer, Constable Pholoso Mosenogi of the Ikageng Detectives and the prosecution team on the successful conviction.

“We urge men who are experiencing pressure in their relationships and personal lives to seek professional counselling instead of taking matters into their own hands. Ramoholokoane was driven by jealousy, insecurity as a well as control to commit a heinous and ghastly act as he suspected that his girlfriend was cheating on him with a neighbour (77), whom he was reportedly cooking a meal,” he said.

Kgwele further said he abrogated his responsibility as to protect his live-in partner whom he claimed to have loved when he resorted to senseless violence, ending her life in a gruesome manner. He added that evidence presented in court revealed that Ramoholokoane had stabbed the deceased with knife multiple times with two knives until she succumbed on the scene.

“The police were called to the scene and arrested him on the same day. He remained in police custody until the conclusion of the trial,” said Kgwele.

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SACP: “Tshepo Boysa is not our member” 

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By AGISANANG SCUFF 

19 October 2025- The South African Communist Party (SACP) in North West has distanced itself from wayward Tshepo Boysa, who were seen in videos wearing either ANC or SACP attires on various social media platforms using harsh and offensive words to demean ANC and SACP provincial leaders. The SACP said it has learned with shock the continuous utterances made on behalf of the organization and downing of its regalia by Boysa affectionately known as Azania. 

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The SACP provincial secretary, Madoda Sambatha said the organization can confirm that the said individual is not a member of the SACP and does not in any way speak nor represent the views of the organization. Sambatha said the SACP is a glorious movement founded on the values and principles of respect, dignity, and compassion and cannot be associated with such characters. 

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Motsumi encourages Grade 12 learners at Charora Secondary School to work hard ahead of NSC final examinations

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By BAKANG MOKOTO

19 October 2025- The North West MEC for Education Viola Motsumi visited Charora Secondary School in Luka village, near Rustenburg to motivate both parents and Grade 12 learners on 18 October 2025, as part of the Last Push campaign before the National Senior Certificate (NSC) final examinations. Motsumi said the visit followed the poor performance of Charora Secondary School in the third‑quarter matric results, wherein they obtained 63.5 %.

She further said the school has a total number of 159 Grade 12 learners, and 59 learners failed in the third quarter. Motsumi added that parents and teachers committed to helping learners during this period of the final examinations.

“During the Pledge Signing, parents played an important part in the commitment. We plead with parents to release learners to attend the incubation camps. I am extremely pleased to see a large number of parents who have responded to a call on Saturday morning. This action shows that parents of this school have a keen interest in education.    

“In the last quarter we have observed that when learners were writing their examination being hosted in the incubation camp, they passed their exams. When they write exams being home they are defocused and many learners fail. I am appealing with your good selves to bring learners to the incubation camps,” she said.

Motsumi said teachers are available at the camps to assist learners and they are still hopeful that results could improve. She made Grade 12 learners aware that any learner who will be found to have contravened the examination rules will be banned for a period of 3 years.

Meanwhile, Mapule Khunou, a mother of the Grade 12 learner, highlighted that as parents, they never had education, but they are willing to assist their children.   

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Vandalism of water infrastructures have negative impact

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Picture: Vandalism at Matshogo Reservoir in Dinokana village, near Zeerust/Supplied

By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

19 October 2025- The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality said it continues to experience costly vandalism in its water infrastructures across the district, which often creates interruption in supply of water to the community.

The municipality said Matshogo Reservoir in Dinokana village, near Zeerust, was not spared and suffered another blow when about 12 armed men accosted two security officers and cuffed them with electric cables and vandalized.

The executive mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Khumalo Molefe said these criminals opened the nearby pump house and took the entire cables inside, security guards’ cell phones and the security two-way radio communication system. Molefe said the situation seriously affected the flow of water greatly in parts of the wards in Ramotshere with water supply.

“We appeal for patience as our technical staff is onsite assessing the damage in order to mitigate this challenge. The municipality has for a number of times suffered these acts of vandalism and in many instances, our community ended up running out of patience and stage protests against the municipality.

“I am therefore making a humble appeal and hope that the alternative water supply will be available. Currently, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is onsite conducting their investigations with the hope of arresting perpetrators,” he said.

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Molapisi convenes MUNIMEC in Rustenburg

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Picture: North West MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA), Oageng Molapisi

By REGINALD KANYANE

19 October 2025- Following pronouncements from his budget speech, the North West MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA), Oageng Molapisi, will convene a human settlements MUNIMEC with municipalities from across the province. Molapisi said MUNIMEC is an intergovernmental relations forum, where he interacts with municipal leaders to foster cooperation and improve service delivery and governance at municipal level.

He further said it is a consultative platform involving the MEC, mayors, municipal managers and other stakeholders within the human settlements value chain. He added that the forum will deliberate on the progress in addressing the housing backlog as well as the status of housing delivery across the province.

“It will also ensure that there is alignment between planning and budget processes in identifying the needs of communities. Among others the forum will monitor and evaluate projects in local municipalities and further advise the department on relevant issues to be attended to.

“The MUNIMEC will further assist in coordinating other important issues in the human settlements sector, and also keep community leaders updated on plans and challenges relating to the department,” said Molapisi.

He said the forum will meet quarterly and assist in coordinating service delivery in local municipalities. Molapisi said the MUNIMEC will be held at Kings Gate Hotel, Rustenburg on Tuesday at 8am.

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Di ATMs di le pedi di thuntsitswe ka bomo kwa Ganyesa

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Setshwantsho-papiso- Di ATMs di le pedi di thuntshitswe ka bomo kwa Ganyesa

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

19 Diphalane 2025- Sepodisi se batlisisa kgetsi ya go thuntsiwa ga di ATMs di le pedi ka bomo kwa motseng wa Ganyesa. Go begwa fa banna ba le supa, ba ile ba itelekela kwa garage nngwe ya selegae le go thuntsha di ATMs tseo fa masigo a Lamatlhatso a sa.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Colonel Adele Myburgh are go begwa fa banna bao, ba ile ba inaya naga ka madi a seatleng a go sa itsiweng gore a phuphulediwa go bokae morago ga moo. Myburgh are ga gona ope o tshwerweng go fitlha ga jaaka.

“Dipatlisiso di tsweletse, mme re ikuela go mongwe le mongwe o a ka tswang a na le tshedimosetso mabapi le kgang e, go ka itsise sepodisi. Dintlha tsotlhe tse di ka lebisang kwa go tshwarweng ga babelaelwa di ka tsholwa jaaka tsa sephiri,” Myburgh wa tlhalosa.

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