Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The North West Province carries one of the heaviest HIV burdens in the country. Around 22.7% of adults between the ages of 15 and 49 are living with HIV, and in some districts, prevalence is close to 20.3%. The impact is felt most acutely in poorer, rural and mining communities where access to regular care is harder.
Take charge of your health
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - With Women’s Day celebrated this weekend, Thandi Dondolo-Phalatse thought now is a good time as ever for women to take charge of their health. She says you can make a significant difference to your energy, health and sense of wellbeing by living a lifestyle that is compatible with good health.
Klerksdorp library re-opens
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Die city library is open once again after four months of major maintenance and repairs done at the facility. Executive Mayor Fikile Mahlophe visited the library on August 5. Klerksdorp library is one of the largest in the province. Among the work done is an overhaul of the plumbing system whereby old pipes have been replaced and the toilets have been fixed.
Happy birthday Gogo
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A century of life, love, and le-gacy was celebrated as Elisa Kedilatile Letimile marked her 100th birthday surrounded by her large and loving family. Born in 1925, Grandma Elisa is the proud mother of eight children, grandmother to 16, great-grandmother to 17, and great-great-grandmother to five.
Student raped while walking home
Lentswe, Jouberton - A student suffered a terrible ordeal over the weekend, after going to the police station to open a case against her boyfriend for abuse and then being raped on the way home by two strangers.









