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PREMIER MAAPE TO TABLE OFFICE OF THE PREMIER BUDGET VOTE FOR 2022/23 FINANCIAL YEAR

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Mahikeng - North West Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will this week table the 2022/23 Budget Vote for Office of the Premier at the North West Provincial Legislature. ...Read more

SUMMIT TO PAVE WAY FOR EX MINERS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Monday, 23 May 2022

Mahikeng - North West Premier, Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will on Wednesday set the tone for the North West Ex-Miners Summit. The three-day Summit is expected to come up with a remedial action plan that is aimed at compensating miners who left their jobs due to various occupational diseases and injuries. ...Read more

Premier Maape visits Henwil Chicken - Lichtenburg

Sunday, 15 May 2022

Lichtenburg - North West Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape recently visited the operations of Henwil at Lichtenburg in Ditsobotla Local Municipality. ...Read more

Premier Maape to visit flood-stricken Deelpan village

Thursday, 21 April 2022

Mahikeng: Premier of the North West Province Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will today, Thursday, 21 April 2022, visit Deelpan village in Tswaing Local Municipality which has been affected by floods, leaving hundreds of families destitute. Premier Maape who is visiting the area to assess the situation, will be joined by the Executive Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District, Cllr Khumalo Molefe. ...Read more

EASTER WEEKEND MESSAGE BY NORTH WEST PREMIER KAOBITSA BUSHY MAAPE.

Thursday, 14 April 2022

The 2022 Easter Weekend comes at a time when the Covid-19 State of Disaster has been relaxed. Hundreds and thousands of people will be travelling to different destinations to spend time with family and friends. Some will be travelling to different holiday destinations to spend some quality time with their loved ones. I would like to take this opportunity to remind our people to be cautious at all material times and apply all non-pharmaceutical precautionary measures in preventing the spread of Covid-19. ...Read more

PREMIER MAAPE TO GRACE THE FIH WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CUP FINALS

Monday, 07 March 2022

Potchefstroom: Premier of the North West Kaobitsa Bushy Maape accompanied by MEC for Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation Galebekwe Tlhapi will form part of the closing event of the International Hockey Federation Women's Junior World Cup at Potchefstroom in the J.B Marks Local Municipality. The tournament which started on 1 April 2022 featured 15 women's junior teams from across the globe. The tournament ends today with Netherlands and Germany battling it out in the finals.
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MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL IMBIZO, MAHIKENG IN NORTH WEST PROVINCE

Tuesday, 08 March 2022

Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) calls on members of the media to apply for accreditation for the Presidential Imbizo which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 12 March 2022 in Mahikeng, North West Province.
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GOVERNMENT CONTINUING EFFORTS TO INSTITUTIONALISE THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT MODEL (DDM) WITH THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT TO NORTH WEST PROVINCE

Monday, 07 March 2022

Following the 2022 State of the Nations Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa will on 12 March 2022, undertake the DDM Presidential Imbizo to the North West Province, Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality - Mahikeng. The President will be accompanied by the Premier of North West Province, various Cabinet Ministers including the DDM champions, North-West Province MECs, Mayors and Councillors.
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North West 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 North West 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.