Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Winnie Molapo is a well-known unionist. She passed away recently and will be buried this weekend. Winnie (72) was a central activist in the Jouberton Civic Association and Mass Democratic Movement in the eighties, working with well-known figures such as Sylvia Mamza Benjamin, Pinky Pooe and Dikeledi Sebetlela. The JCA was blessed by leaders such as Goods Matswetlane, JC Nxamakele and Ofentse Mogale, who all became executive mayors of Matlosana. She understood that a thriving economy depends on the well-being of its workers and fought to ensure that the country’s workforce in the retail sector received fair treatment and protection under the law, during her tenure at Saccawu in the ten WTvl.
Resume HIV treatment - Health Dept
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The North West Department of Health in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District is working on closing the HIV treatment gap. Almost 8 000 patients need to return to treatment. According to the Chief Director: District Health Services, Bongani Patrick Maboe, the department is actively running a campaign with multiple outreach services across the district to find HIV positive clients to initiate and keep on treatment, and to return missing clients to treatment. Returning to treatment and adhering to it, has been proven to be the only way to close the 1.1 million gap of missing HIV clients in the system. The District has been allocated to find and return to treatment 7 795 clients.
Police cleaning out crime all over NW
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - As part of stamping the authority of the state, the weekly High Density Operation Shanela operations conducted between September 15 and 21, resulted in the arrest of 1 038 suspects. Police spokesperson Col Adele Myburgh said the operations, among others, focused on stop and searches, roadblocks, vehicle check points (VCPs), high-visibility patrols including foot patrols, the tracing of wanted suspects as well as visits to liquor outlets, taverns, and second-hand goods premises.
The arrested suspects included 21 for murder, 10 for robbery, 43 for rape, 275 for assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm (GBH), 70 for common assault, 12 for burglary at business and residential premises, 19 for illegal possession of firearms, 30 for driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs, 76 for contravention of the Immigration Act, 24 for illegal dealing in liquor and 129 for possession of drugs.
Spaza shop deaths: Sisters buried together
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The death of two little girls shocked the community after it became known that they bought chips from a local spaza shop hours before their death. Sisters Realeboga Khaje (4) and Mosa Mogomotsi Mekgoe (3) were taken to hospital by their mother after feeling sick.
Sewage catastrophe: DA points finger to the Mayor
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Klerksdorp is heading for an environmental catastrophe if the main wastewater treatment plant is not repaired soon. Currently the plant discharges 69 litres of untreated sewage in the Schoonspruit poisoning the community. According to the DA “this is a full-blown sewage crisis that was allowed to spiral out of control’’. The plant has been out of service since July 2023 when an armed mob overpowered security guards at the site, stripping it bare. The main transformer located at the plant and the electrical cable network were stolen.
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