The North West Provincial Government has noted sustained malicious and defamatory articles published by Mail and Guardian that insinuate that the Office of the Premier and her in person are interfering in a road rehabilitation tender awarded to Down Touch investments (Pty) Ltd by the provincial Department of Public Works, Roads & Transport......................[Read]
North West Premier, Mme Thandi Modise, views the article published in the Mail & Guardian of Friday, 07 October 2011, under the heading “Premier at centre of tender row” not only as malicious but also defamatory and has vowed that she will not take the unjustifiable attack on her person and integrity lying down......................[Read]
SUN CITY — The greatest energy efficiency and renewable energy interventions should occur in the mining sector as it consumes about 63 percent of electricity supplied to the North West province, Premier Thandi Modise, observed at a networking dinner hosted ......................[Read]
MAHIKENG – North West Premier, Ms Thandi Modise, has urged commercial farmers to build healthy working relations between themselves and the provincial government..
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RUSTENBURG — North West Premier, Thandi Modise, says the people of South Africa must honour women for helping to deliver freedom in their land, for keeping families intact and for raising children under harsh and desperate conditions.
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MAFIKENG – North West Premier, Thandi Modise, has urged all government communicators to work hard towards rebranding the North West province.
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North West Premier, Ms Thandi Modise, says the provincial government will intensify its women empowerment programmes as part of building a just and equal society.
In her Women’s Month message, the Premier said the advent of the new democratic order......................[Read]
North West Premier, Thandi Modise, says she adopted Ward 5 (Children’s Ward) at Mafikeng Provincial Hospital as part of her personal contribution to ease the burden on the shoulders of the hospital staff and to help address the plight of sick children in the ward .....................[Read]
RUSTENBURG — North West Premier, Ms Thandi Modise, says corruption is an enemy of effective and quality service delivery in the country. The Premier made this statement at the conclusion of the two-day Round-Table Discussion on Anti-Corruption.
She lauded delegates for emerging with practical and implementable resolutions. Among other things .....................[Read]
MAHIKENG - North West Premier, Ms Thandi Modise, has urged all newly-elected councillors to put the interests of their communities first.
“Our people have spoken! They have spoken so boldly and eloquently that the effort to build a better life for all must proceed with accelerated speed. Our councillors must demonstrate through their own practical actions that they have heard what our people want,” said Modise.....................[Read]
LEKGOPUNG – Ninety Three thousands girls from the needy families in the province are going to benefit from the sanitary pads project launched recently by the North West Premier, Thandi Modise and Health MEC Dr Magome Masike, in the rural village of Lekgopung, about 100 kilometres north of Zeerust. ....................[Read]
PRETORIA – The head of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the North West Province, Dr Tumelontle Thiba, says they are ready to deliver an election that is free and fair and which the whole country will be proud of. ....................[Read]
PHOKENG — The Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Dina Pule, has urged business to partner with government in the creation of more jobs and in the fight against poverty.
The Deputy Minister was addressing the gala dinner following the North West African Chamber of Commerce (NWACC) Business Leadership Summit recently at the Phokeng Conference Centre....................[Read]
PHOKENG – Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, has urged communities of the North West province to report any suspected disregard for children’s rights by any organ of state to her office.
Madonsela was speaking during the commemoration of Human Rights Month recently in Phokeng near Rustenburg, with the main focus on the rights of children...................[Read]
POTCHEFSTROOM — The more we are told we cannot call ourselves by who we really are the more we entrench apartheid from generation to generation. This was said by the North West Premier, Me Thandi Modise, during the Human Rights Day commemoration at the Ikageng Stadium, in Tlokwe Local Municipality.
She said everyone had the right to dignity, and denying someone their identity was an infringement of their right.... ..................[Read]
MAFIKENG – In an effort to steer the economic growth of the province to a higher level, North West Premier, Thandi Modise, has focused the provincial government's attention on job creation...
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Hon. Speaker, it is my privilege and honour to table the 2011 North West Provincial budget. This budget is presented at the time when the economic environment has not yet to receive sufficient funds from national government. Tekanyetso-kabo eno re e tlhagisa ka nako e go leng thata mo moruong re sa kgone go ka dira lotseno le le mothamo o utlwalang. Fela seno ga sea tshwanela go re nyemisa moko go tlisa ditirelo go bagaetsho..
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Pretoria - Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has announced that the Local Government Elections will be held on 18 May.
"After consultation with the Electoral Commission, government has set the date for the Local Government Elections as 18 May 2011,' he said during a sitting of the National Council of Provinces today.. ..................[Read]
MANTHE — Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has encouraged communities of Greater Taung Local Municipality, to get involved in the fight against poverty and help themselves to improve their lives.
Speaking during his interaction with local communities in Manthe village, as part of the War on Poverty Campaign, recently, the Deputy President said poverty would not go away if people who were living in it were not trying hard to take themselves out of their situation.
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MANTHE – Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe arrives here tomorrow on a one-day blitzkrieg anti-poverty visit to the North West. Manthe village in Taung is one of the places severely affected by floods some two years ago.
During his visit, the Deputy President will meet with North West Premier Thandi Modise, MEC’s, Mayors and also visit households as part of his mission to find out for himself the situation on the ground. He will also engage the community in an imbizo-like meeting where members of the community will be given an opportunity to voice their concerns and get direct answers from MEC’s and Mayors. Deputy President Motlanthe will then address the crowd before leaving in the late afternoon.
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“Now all over the world there are three words, which spoken together express the triumph of freedom, democracy and hope for the future. They are President Nelson Mandela”. These are the words of former US president Bill Clinton speaking about our own Father Nelson Mandela.On behalf of the people of the North West let me therefore take this opportunity to salute our father of the nation, Ntate Mandela. He is the foundation and pillar upon which the cherished noble values of human dignity
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``This assignment requires a team of men and women who not
only understand their political mandates, but also their
broader constitutional and nation building mandates. Knowing
where our people live, means knowing
what they need. Knowing what their needs are, means knowing
how to respond. Knowing how to respond, means knowing what
will create a better life for
them,''.This was said by the new Premier, Thandi Modise
when she announced her revamped cabinet today. New cabinet
include six new faces, left out four but retained some
of the old guard in one of the major shake-up...[Read] [Click
to see pics] 
Hon. Thandi Modise
Mr. Abram Tlaletsi
