Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Unemployment is approaching a provincial disaster.
The NW continues to be the only province with more unemployed people than working, and there are calls to declare the joblessness a provincial disaster. According to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) from Stats SA, the province has an official unemployment rate of 40.1% and an expanded unemployment rate of 54.7%, meaning more than half of its working-age population is unemployed.
Young man with a bright future in acting
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A young actor from Klerksdorp Technical High School has a very bright future ahead of him. Kumkani Pilonti’s name may not be too familiar, but watch out as he intends to make acting his career and next year he wants to be in various productions as he has signed with a new agency. How did he get into film? He made a Tiktok video and was contacted to audition for a role.Pilonti, now 17 years old and in Grd10, played the support lead character in the film “Thabo & The Rhino Case,” which is a drama now streaming on Apple TV. It was made in 2023.
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Gogo celebrates 100th birthday
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The Selala family celebrated the 100th birthday of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Maletsie Agnes Selala was born on August 20 1925 at Thaba Nchu in the Free State. She is the fifth child of the late Mohlolo Nthoba and Mametswana Selala. She moved to the Transvaal in the forties and got married to John Shikongo. They were blessed with five sons and a daughter. Three of her sons are still alive and she has 27 grandchildren and thirty greatgrandchildren.
Police, SARS combine forces
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The police and customs officials of SARS confiscated illegal cigarettes and alcohol in Klerksdorp, and neighbouring Potchefstroom and Ikageng. These operations took place between August 18 and 20, and were conducted by the Provincial Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCIU) and Crime Intelligence members in conjunction with customs officials, to enforce the Customs and Excise Act.
There is no Capt Pillay
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A scam-mer posing as a police officer is active in the area and the police are asking residents to be alert. The scammer introduces himself as “Capt Pillay from Stilfontein SAPS”, asking suppliers to the police in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District for donations towards a church project called Word of Life Ministries.
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