North West Provincial Legislature to Host House Sitting to Debate on Human Rights Day and Social Cluster MECs Reply to Oral Questions   


Picture: Speaker of NWPL, Dr Desbo Mohono/Facebook

By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI  

16 March 2026 – The Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature (NWPL), Dr Desbo Mohono will hold a Legislature House Sitting, where Members of all Political Parties represented in the Legislature will Debate on the Human Rights Day and Members of the Executive Council (MECs) from the Social Cluster (Department of Social Development, Department of Health, Department of Education and Department of Community Safety and Transport Management) will respond to Oral Questions sent by Members.

Mohono said the house sitting will be held in the Legislature Chamber at 9am. She said the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) Supreme Council will also be present at the sitting as part of their official two-day visit (17-18 March 2026) to the Legislature aimed at strengthening cooperation between democratic governance structures such as Legislature, North West Provincial Government and Traditional Authorities.

“The proceedings of the House Sitting will be streamed live on the Legislature’s Facebook page,” said Mohono.

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449 professional nurses set to graduate in North West


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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
The North West Department of Health will on Friday, hold its very first graduation ceremony under the newly amalgamated North West College of Nursing. 

North West College of Nursing comprises of two government nursing colleges based in Mahikeng and Klerksdorp, and it is tasked with training and producing nurses for the public health facilities in the province. 

A total of 449 nurses will be graduating from various nurse-training programmes which were offered by the Provincial Department of Health under the North West College of Nursing.

With 449 students who will be graduating as professional nurses, it is expected that they will assist in decreasing shortage of health professionals in the province particularly in the rural communities. 

The proceedings scheduled to take place as follows:

Date : 18 September 2015

Venue : North West University, Great Hall

Time : 10:00 am
-TDN
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