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Media Advisory - Premier Mokgoro to lead the Service Delivery Outreach Programme to celebrate Public Service Month
Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Mahikeng – North West Provincial Government is to celebrate the Pubic Service Month by hosting the Service Delivery Outreach Programme at Lebotloane Village in the Moretele Local Municipality......Read more

Media Statement - Premier Mokgoro condemns the torching of Councillors’ homes in Khuma
Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Klerksdorp - North West Premier Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro has today condemned the torching of several houses belonging to City of Matlosana councillors in the violent protests that took place in Khuma township near Stilfontein.....Read more

Media Advisory - Premier Mokgoro to address the NCOP
Monday, 16 September 2019

Mahikeng – North West Premier, Prof. Tebogo Job Mokgoro will tomorrow be delivering the welcome address for the National Council of Provinces - NCOP at Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Council Chambers - Orkney in the Matlosana Local Municipality Matlosana......Read more

Statement by North West Premier, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, on the release of the Commission into the traditional disputes and claims- Bakgatla Ba Kgafela Traditional Community at the Rustenburg Civic centre on Monday, 26 August 2019
Monday, 26 August 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, Good evening. The basis upon which the Commission was established on 15 June 2016 was based on the numerous complaints received by the Office of the Premier.....Read more

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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.