BONUS - PHOKENG - The Community Development Unit of the Department of Health and Social Development Services (HSDS) at the Royal Bafokeng Administration Office has successfully trained 30 individuals as Nail Technicians in partnership with Planet Nails. This initiative, under the Community Empowerment Programme, aims to tackle unemployment by equipping disadvantaged community members with skills for self-sustainability.
SAOU verwelkom aanpassings op Bela-wet
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Die Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwys Unie (SAOU) het in 'n mediaverklaring die voorlopige regulasies oor die aanpassings aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Skole Wet (bekend as Bela) deur Minister Siviwe Gwarube verwelkom en is tans besig om aan die ontleding van die voorlopige regulasies te werk.
Die SAOU beoog om die insette wat deur verskillende forums oor die voorlopige regulasies gemaak is te vergelyk, om sodoende volledige terugvoer oor die regulasies te formuleer.
Hospitals unite to reduce surgical backlog
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The collaboration between Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital and MediCare Private Hospital Rustenburg has resulted in improving access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved populations through performing operations aimed at reducing JST Hospital surgical backlog.
According to JST spokesperson, Kagiso Mbaiwa, the reduction of surgical backlog was done in celebrating Nelson Mandela Month on Friday, 1 August to Saturday, 2 August.
Life sentence for rape of ex-girlfriend
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Maj Gen Patrick Asaneng, has welcomed a life sentence handed down to 55-year-old Ben Sedireng Jacob by the Bafokeng Regional Court in Tlhabane on Thursday, 31 July.
According to information received from North West provincial police spokesperson, Brig Sabata Mokgwabone, Jacob was sentenced for kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend, then aged 24, in October 2023, at Bethel Section, Kanana Village outside Rustenburg.
Number plate cloning rife in SA
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Rob Hutchinson, Founder of Dear South Africa, has recently released a statement asking, "Are the traffic fines in your name all yours?"
Hutchinson commented, "Judging from the feedback I received, the issue of incorrect fines is substantially greater than I thought."