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Bokone Bophirima Premier
Hon. SOR Mahumapelo

Acting Director General
Prof. Job Mokgoro

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Premier SOR Mahumapelo to deliver the State of the Province Address...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

The North West Premier, Mr Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo will on Friday, 6 March 2015 deliver the second State of the Province Address (SOPA) for the fifth administration. The address will be made at the official Opening of the North West Provincial Legislature which will be held at Mogwase stadium, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality... Read more

Approach to service delivery accessibility to be amplified – Mahikeng Taxi Rank a pilot...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

The Mahikeng taxi rank will on Tuesday, 03 March 2015, be a hive of activity as Provincial Departments will be delivering services from this rank. Viewed as part of government’s quest for improved access to services by the public, the initiative which will be implemented within the context of Bua le Puso Programme and piloted at the Mahikeng taxi rank... Read more

A rigorous payment of creditors’ campaign initiated to enforce compliance...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Consistent with the call by Premier of Bokone Bophirima Province Mr Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo for government departments to ensure payment of service providers within the prescribed Treasury timeframe of 30-days, a campaign that seeks to enforce payment of service providers who have done business... Read more

Integrated planning and delivery of service high on Provincial EXCO Planning...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

The establishment of a first of its kind shared-service centre model and immediate implementation of a ward-based planning approach are some of the strategic issues raised sharply at the two-day Provincial EXCO Planning Lekgotla, which are viewed as practical ways of responding to the needs of North West communities... Read more

Attack on appointed contractor in Majakaneng worries provincial government...
Sunday, February 08, 2015

The North West Provincial Government has received with astonishment and disappointment news about the attack on the contractor appointed recently by government to work on restoring water for the community of Majakaneng near Brits. The incident which according to the police happened last night... Read more

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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.