Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - The Local Economic Development (LED) Directorate in the City of Matlosana, led by MMC Wesley Kgang, launched the Kwalata Hiking, Camping, and Spring Festival at Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve. 
The festival is a celebration that goes beyond recreation, bringing together community, nature, and economic empowerment, said Ntswaki Makgetha, municipal spokesperson. The event was attended by the North West Tourism Board, the Matlosana Hiking Club, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, EMRS, and hiking enthusiasts from across the region. Delivering the keynote address, Cllr Kgang emphasised the festival’s importance for both the local economy and community well-being.

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - Mosterdsaad Gemeenskapshulp het verlede week ‘n dekade van diensbaarheid aan die Klerksdorp gemeenskap gevier. Maggie van Zuydam wat aan hoof van die nie-winsgewende organisasie staan het saam met haar span vrywilligers ‘n spesiale dankie sê-oggend gereël vir skenkers wat die afgelope tien jaar al ‘n pad met die organisasie stap. Dit is by Nuwe Lewe gehou waar pastoor Wikus van Zyl ook ‘n dankboodskap gelewer het. Hy het spesifiek vir Maggie bedank wat met haar toewyding aan die gemeenskap vir Mosterdsaad uitgebou het tot die instansie wat dit vandag is. 

Klerksdorp Midweek, Klerksdorp - Renaming the Kruger National Park will have severe consequences for South Africa’s tourism sector, as the park is synonymous with the country’s tourism offering and, as a brand, its name holds immense value both locally and abroad. This is according to Prof Elmarie Slabbert, director of the research unit Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society (TREES) at the North-West University (NWU), who warns that the decision should be taken with great care, as it will have far-reaching implications.