Mahikeng- The North West Provincial Government has in the last two years increased
efforts to create job opportunities. As of early this year, the North West province has
shown significant improvement in its labor market, with the official unemployment rate
decreasing by 6.2 percentage points year-on-year.
Delivering the 2026 State of the Province Address during the official Opening of the North
West Provincial Legislature in Mahikeng, Premier of the North West Province, Lazarus
Kagiso Mokgosi, lauded the provincial department of Health for contributing to the
provincial employment statistics through the absorption of over four thousand five hundred
Community Health Workers on a full time and temporary basis.
“Community Health Workers across the province now have a confirmed employment
status, either through permanent absorption into the public service or through fully
standardised contractual arrangements with regulated remuneration,” Premier Mokgosi
announced.
Of these, 2,564 Community Health Workers who hold a matric qualification have been
permanently absorbed into Level 2 posts, while 1, 999 workers without matric have been
fully contracted and are receiving standardised pay. The department has further confirmed
full back pay compliance for non-matriculant Community Health Workers.
The Ngaka Modiri Molema and Bojanala Platinum districts collectively account for 69
percent of the provincial Community Health Worker workforce, with Ngaka Modiri Molema
contributing 42.6 percent, followed by Bojanala Platinum at 26.5 percent. Dr Kenneth
Kaunda and Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati districts are at 17.3 percent and 13.5 percent
respectively.
Premier Mokgosi further commended the creation of opportunities for young people
through their enrolment under the Nelson Mandela–Fidel Castro (NMFC) Medical
Programme.
“As a provincial government we committed to send thirty-one unemployed young people
from across the North West into the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro (NMFC) Medical
Programme to pursue medical studies in Cuba, and this was achieved. An additional thirty
young people will undergo this programme in the next financial year,” he announced.
Premier Mokgosi further announced plans by the provincial administration to continue to
collaborate with SETAs, Organisations in the Skills industry as well as business to build
skills capacity and human development in the province.
ENDS
Issued by the Office of the Premier
For enquiries, contact
Sello Tatai
Spokesperson to the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 064 756 2510/082 450 7842
E-mail: SITatai@nwpg.gov.za
OR
Brian Setswambung
Provincial Head of Communication
Office of the Premier
North West Provincial Government
Cell: 076 012 4501
E-mail: BSetswambung@nwpg.gov.za
