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Hon. Prof Job Mokgoro

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Rehabilitated road to attract investors and boost local economy – Premier Mokgoro
Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Klerksdorp: North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro believes the newly rehabilitated P3/4 Road on the N12 at Klerksdorp will attract investors to Matlosana Local Municipality and the province at large and boost the local economy. Premier Mokgoro who was accompanied by MEC for Public Works and Roads Mmule Maluleke,........Read more

Premier Mokgoro sends Heads of Department to Ventersdorp
Thursday, 15 October 2018

Mafikeng – North Premier, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, has today sent a delegation consisting of all Heads of Provincial Government Departments to Ventersdorp in the JB Marks Local Municipality to interact with various stakeholders following recent public protests in the area........Read more

Premier Mokgoro wishes all 2018 matriculants well in their exams
Thursday, 15 October 2018

Mafikeng – North Premier, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, would like to send the Provincial Government’s well wishes to all 2018 Grade 12 learners in the North West and other parts of the country as they sit down for the National Senior Certificate Examinations from today, 15 October 2018.......Read more

Keynote address by North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary commemoration of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce at the Rustenburg Civic Centre
Thursday, 11 October 2018

I feel both honoured and privileged to be standing before an august and auspicious event of this magnitude to address mostly pioneers of black business who are the essence and epitome of black entrepreneurial excellence.......Read more

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2018/19 Provincial Budget Speech (Honourable MEC Wendy Joy Nelson)
2018 State of the Province Address - Premier SOR Mahumapelo
2018 National Budget Speech - Hon. Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Finance
2018 State of the Nation Address - President Cyril Ramaphosa
North West Provincial 1st Quarterly Perfomance Report on Customised Sector

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Bokone Bophirima Province is bordered by Botswana in the north and is fringed by the Kalahari desert in the west, Gauteng to the east, and the Free State to the south. It is known as the "Platinum Province", owing to its wealth of this precious metal. The province has a population of 3,2 million people who mainly speak Setswana. Mahikeng (previously Mafeking) is the capital,well-known for the famous siege which took place in October 1899 during the Anglo-Boer/South African War.

The mainstay of the economy of Bokone Bophirima Province is mining, which generates more than half of the province's gross domestic product and provides jobs for a quarter of its workforce. The chief minerals are gold, mined at Orkney and Klerksdorp; uranium, mined at Klerksdorp; platinum, mined at Rustenburg and Brits; and diamonds, mined at Lichtenburg, Christiana, and Bloemhof.

The northern and western parts of the province have many sheep farms and cattle and game ranches. The eastern and southern parts are crop-growing regions that produce maize (corn), sunflowers, tobacco, cotton, and citrus fruits. The entertainment and casino complex at Sun City and Lost City also contributes to the provincial economy.