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NWPG to defend Labour Court ruling favouring Dr Thabo Lekalakala 12 December 2018
Friday, 14 December 2018

Mahikeng: The North West Provincial Government notes the Labour Court unopposed ruling in favour of suspended Head of the Provincial Department of Health, Dr Thabo Lekalakala that he must be re-instated with immediate effect. The North West Provincial Government was surprised to learn on Thursday evening that he has obtained a court order that he be re-instated to his post......Read more

Call for application - Provincial Bursary and Skills Development Fund
Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Mahikeng: Office of the Premier in the North West Province is inviting qualifying learners, students and unemployed youth who are South Africans and residing in the North West, to apply for a bursary to study on a full-time basis at any tertiary institution in the country. The Provincial Bursary and Skills Development Fund targets.....Read more

Media Statement on the outcomes of the assessment of the performance of the Provincial Government
Thursday, 06 December 2018

We have called you here this afternoon to share with you, and the public, the outcomes of my assessment of the performance of the Provincial Government since my election to the position of Premier of the North West on June 22 this year. During the period from then to date, I have embarked on a series.....Read more

Invitation to a Press Briefing - Today, 06 December 2018, 15h00
Thursday, 06 December 2018

Mahikeng: Premier of the North West Province, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro invites members of the media to a press briefing which will be held as follows:......Read more

Premier Mokgoro appoints Administrator in Ramokokastadt
Wednesday, 05 December 2018

MMahikeng: The Baphalane Traditional Community has recently been involved in violent community protests mainly at Ramokokastadt, but also affecting other villages such as Bojating, Witrandjie and Phadi, resulting in serious instability in the areas.......Read more

District Prayer Services to focus on peaceful and stable North West
Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Mahikeng: The North West Provincial Government will in working together with the Moral Regeneration Movement and different churches across the province, host District Prayer Services across the four (4) districts, this in an effort to galvanise a coordinated community campaign aimed at uniting all......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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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.