Lentswe, Mahikeng - The Office of the ANC Chief Whip in the North West Provincial Legislature is mourning the death of one of its caucus staff members in a car accident over Easter weekend. Sello Shimmy Moleko (55) commonly known as Comrade Shakes served as Constituency Officer. He died in a head-on collision involving his VW Amarok bakkie and a VW Polo sedan that occurred on the R503 Lichtenburg-Mahikeng Road around 19:30 on Sunday evening March 31.
DA questions gambling board appointment
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Acting Premier Nono Maloyi admitted that he is aware of the alleged irregular and unlawful appointment of Collen Maine to the North West Gambling Board during a questions session in the North West Legislature last week.
Legal Aid SA gives wider access to legal services
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A wider group of South Africans now qualify for free legal aid after Legal Aid SA revised its “means test’’.
The test is used to determine if applicants qualify for legal aid and was revised upwards to cater for increases in the Consumer Price Index. This will enable access to legal services to a wider group of people. The changes came into effect on Monday, April 1. Below is a summary of the new Means Test thresholds.
Churches pray for Matlosana
On Saturday March 23, the office of the Executive Mayor, led by Cllr James Tsolela, hosted interdenominational churches at the Recreation Centre. They prayed for the people of Matlosana to be safe with their loved ones during upcoming Easter holidays.
Arrests for murder, assault and burglary
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - “Operation Shanela” operations conducted in the province resulted in the arrest of 995 suspects. The arrests are for crimes such as murder, attempted murder, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm and common, dealing in drugs, illegal dealing in liquor, possession of drugs, and burglary at business and residential premises, malicious damage to property and driving under the influence of alcohol.
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