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Premier Nelson takes the
wheel… for now

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        TOGETHER WE MOVE BOKONE BOPHIRIMA FORWARD
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        @semphetenews                         Semphete Bokone Bophirima                       www.semphetenews.co.za

Wendy Nelson holds the fort as Acting Premier
Obakeng Maje                                      Less than 24 hours after she was            She is committed to serve to the best of       lent protests that resulted in destruction
                                                appointed, government was already             her ability by ensuring transparent and        of both public and private property.
                                                faced with a task of speaking out against     good governance,” said Setswambung.              Acting Provincial Secretary of the ANC,

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           EC for Finance, Economy              attempts to tarnish Nelson’s name in            He continued: “The allegation that the       Sussana Dantjie, said the party wel-
           and Enterprise Development           order to defocus her.                         Provincial Treasury has paid Mediosa           comes Nelson’s appointment as acting
           (FEED), Wendy Nelson, is               The Provincial Administration said it       as suggested by media reports is devoid        Premier.
           acting Premier of Bokone             noted with concern the “misleading and        of the truth and has been confirmed in            “The Premier [Mahumapelo] has not
Bophirima while the incumbent, Supra            unfounded” media reports that imply that      many engagements by the Department             yet resigned and the PEC is the highest
Mahumapelo, is on leave.                        Nelson stands accused of fraud, corrup-       of Health and any enquiries relating           decision making body in the province in
  African National Congress (ANC) in            tion and maladministration.                   to this matter must be directed to the
                                                                                                                                             terms of the Constitution of the ANC. We
Bokone Bophirima welcomed the ap-                 “The Provincial Administration plac-        Department of Health”.
                                                                                                                                             would like to call for calm in the prov-
pointment after it stopped Mahumapelo           es it on record that the Acting Premier,        The Provincial Administration request-
                                                                                                                                             ince, while the Inter-Ministerial Com-
from resigning on Wednesday, saying             Ms Wendy Nelson, has never had fraud          ed that Nelson be given space and time
                                                                                                                                             mittee concludes its investigations. The
no ANC structure had instructed him to          charges laid against her by the North         to execute her new responsibilities.
                                                                                                                                             Inter-Ministerial Committee is busy with its
resign or approved his decision.                West Health and Social Development              “Her track record speaks volumes hav-
                                                Committee as incorrectly reported by the      ing served with distinction in various port-   processes to find a solution to the chal-
  Provincial Government spokesper-
                                                media. It is therefore unfortunate that the   folios in all three spheres of government,”    lenges that our province is facing. Until
son, Brian Setswambung, confirmed the
appointment and that Nelson was sworn           media has decided to run with such incor-     Setswambung said.                              this IMC has reported back and its report
in on Wednesday.                                rect information, which casts aspersion         President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cab-           has been exhausted within the move-
  “We believe in her leadership to con-         on the character of the Acting Premier.       inet appointed an Inter-Ministerial Task       ment, there is no reason for the Premier
tinue to address the needs of our peo-          Allegations made are malicious and seek       Team led by Minister in the Presidency         to step down,” Dantjie said.
ple. We will give Nelson the necessary          to tarnish the work of the Acting Premier     Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, to conduct            The final report by the Inter-Ministerial
support when she performs her duties,”          in her commitment and determination to        an urgent assessment of the state of gov-      Task Team is expected by the end of next
Setswambung said.                               selflessly serve the people of North West.     ernance in Bokone Bophirima, after vio-        week.

                                                                                              Acting ANC Bokone Bophirima Provincial Secretary Sussana Dantjie and
Acting Premier Wendy Nelson (right) and Premier Supra Mahumapelo
                                                                                              PEC spokesperson Gerald Modise during a Special PEC meeting press
(Left) who is currently on leave
                                                                                              conference
Photo by Mpho Bilwane
                                                                                              Photo by Mpho Bilwane

Cabinet Committee denies resistance from NW Government
Semphete Correspondent                          experience of the IMC,” said IMC spokes-      Bophirima.                                       “The Intervention that we have made
                                                person, Phumla Williams.                        “Cabinet was presented with the report       as the IMC in the North West Province is

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                                                  “The IMC would like to place on the         by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT)      not intended to sow any divisions. It is an
         he Inter-Ministerial Committee         record that the IMC as well as the Tech-      on North West. The report provided the         intervention that is intended to assist the
         (IMC) appointed by Cabinet to          nical Task Team of senior officials have       preliminary work that has been done in         province as mandated by Cabinet. The
         establish facts on the ground in       received nothing but cooperation from         the last two weeks.cCabinet was satis-         IMC is working hard on the ground to en-
         Bokone Bophirima province said         the provincial executive led by Premier       fied with the progress made by the IMTT         sure that it reports back to Cabinet within
it has received nothing but total cooper-       Supra Mahumapelo. At no point during          in its efforts to stabilise the province,”     the stipulated timelines,” Williams said.
ation from the provincial government and        the engagements between the IMC, its          said Communications Minister Nomvula             “The IMC regrets that such misleading
its Premier, Supra Mahumapelo.                  Technical Task Team and the North West        Mokonyane during her media briefing on          reports have been publicised without any
  The IMC was responding to false media         government has there been lack of coop-       behalf of Cabinet.                             verification with the chairperson of the
reports that insinuated that the provincial     eration. All engagement have been in the        The committee – formed by Cabinet            IMC or the IMC spokesperson. We hope
executive has been uncooperative, in            spirit of collegiality and cooperation.       after violent and destructive protests that    the publication concerned will take the
particular the Premier.                           On Thursday Cabinet said it was sat-        accompanied calls for Premier Mahu-            necessary corrective actions to ensure
  “The media reports are not only mis-          isfied with the progress made by the           mapelo to resign – said its purpose in the     that a similar misrepresentation is not
leading, but also far from the actual           inter-ministerial task team in Bokone         province is to build, not divide.              allowed to happen again”.

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Maponya Attorneys awards bursaries
to NWU law students
Nthusang Lefafa                               now be able to concentrate on my stud-
                                              ies and pass with distinctions. My father
                                              is the only breadwinner and I have an-

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           ne of the top law firms in the      other sister who is doing her third year in
           country has partnered with the     Transport Economics at the same institu-
           North West University (NWU)        tion. My father was not able to cope with
           to give deserving first year law    both of us at tertiary so this bursary has
students an opportunity to complete their     really helped a lot,” she said.
studies without worrying about finances.         The Founder of Maponya Attorneys,
  Maponya Attorneys is the first law firm       Phatudi Maponya, told the student ben-
in the 30-year history of the NWU Law         eficiaries that it is important to give back
Faculty to give learners bursaries that       to communities that have contributed to
will help them to realise their dream. The    their personal development.
firm has committed R350 000 that will go         “Only when you have made a meaning-
towards paying fees for five law students.     ful contribution to the lives of those who
  One of the beneficiaries, Tshaba Mat-        are less fortunate than yourself can you
sietso, told Semphete that this bursary       then say you are successful. It is impor-
would change his life because both his        tant to develop a culture of helping one      Maponya Attorneys’ leaders with the five beneficiaries
parents are unemployed.                       another so that we help fight the scourge      Pictures Supplied
  “This bursary will improve my life be-      of crime and drug abuse in our African
cause both my parents are unemployed          communities,” Maponya said.
                                                                                            Even though government made a pro-          the bursary would cover the students’
and I have three siblings. My family de-        He added that the law firm intends to
                                                                                            nouncement on free tertiary education,      tuition fees, accommodation, books and
pends on social grants for their survival.    grow the number of beneficiaries on an
                                                                                            students still need all the financial sup-   meals.
This is a great opportunity for me because    annual basis.
                                                Spokesperson for the NWU Mahikeng           port they can get,” said Motabogi.            The NWU recently adopted a new logo
I now have an opportunity to change the
                                              Campus, Christopher Motabogi, said              Managing Director of Maponya Attor-       that is purple in colour, which is a symbol
fortune of my family. I will remain commit-
ted to my studies by ensuring that I pass     the increasing cost of university fees is     neys, Baitseng Rangata, said 15 first
                                                                                                                                        of unity across all three campuses. Previ-
all my modules so that I can obtain my        a problem that government cannot deal         year law students went through a rigor-
                                                                                                                                        ously, all three campuses had been using
LLB degree,” Matsietso said.                  with alone.                                   ous selection process for the company
                                                                                            to award the successful five the bursa-      different logos and university manage-
  Naledi Molefe from Unit 15 in Mmaba-          “Partnerships with the private sector
                                                                                            ries. She said the company looked at the    ment felt that they had to use one logo
tho, said she will now be able to con-        to pay for university fees are important
centrate on her studies knowing that her      because government cannot deal with           financial background and academic per-       because all campuses had merged into
finances are taken care of.                    these challenges alone. Funding chal-         formance of the learners. Following this    one institution. The university said the
  “The bursary has really taken a lot of      lenges manifested themselves through          process, five learners were selected for     use of one logo re-affirms their principle
weight off my shoulders because I will        the #FeesMustFall student protests.           the bursary programme. Rangata said         of unity across all campuses.
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       @semphetenews                      Semphete Bokone Bophirima                        www.semphetenews.co.za

Health department dedicates budget to
turn service delivery around
SAnews.gov.za                                 delivery of the budget speech, the MEC       get to the bottom of all wrongdoing in           Talks are underway between the
                                              described the intervention as a positive     relation to all other contracts which are       department and trade union, National
                                              move.                                        questionable,” assured the MEC.                 Education Health and Allied Workers

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                                                “In the face of the challenges we            While the decision by Cabinet took            Union (Nehawu) to bring an end to the
         he Health Department in Bokone                                                                                                    strike.
                                              faced in recent times, the intervention is   place last week, healthcare workers are
         Bophirima has undertook to use
                                              needed. The department is aware of the       still on strike, affecting health services in
         the over R11 billion budget for
                                              implications and we will, together with a    the province.
         the 2018/19 financial year to im-
                                              team from national [government] review         “We have seen disruptions of services
prove service delivery.
                                              our plans and some of the commitments        at about six clinics around Mahikeng.
  “The department will ensure that most
                                              made in this budget speech as they guide     Lehurutshe and Zeerust hospitals were
of the accruals are paid by the end of the
                                              us,” said the MEC.                           also disrupted and patients had to be
second quarter. Focus will be on prior-
                                                Masike said a few meetings and             evacuated. The result of this was over-
itising contractual obligations to ensure
continuous service delivery at a level of     engagements with teams tasked to as-         crowding at the Mahikeng Provincial
health institutions.                          sist the department are in the pipeline,     Hospital.
  “We plan to equip financial staff mem-       demonstrating the “eagerness in ensur-         “Subsequently, the services at the Ma-
bers to ensure uniformity in rendering        ing quality health care services”.           hikeng Provincial Hospital were also dis-
services. We are in the process of re-          The decision by Cabinet follows a string   rupted leaving patients with no service
viewing current contracts. The principle      of administrative issues which include       point,” explained the MEC.
of value for money will be strictly adhered   the flouting of procurement procedures          In an effort to curb the impact of the
to while we also strengthen monitoring to     and maladministration in the department      strike the South African Military Health
ensure good governance,” said Health          brought to the fore by the Legislature’s     Services has stepped in to assist.
MEC, Dr Magome Masike.                        Portfolio Committee on Health and Social       “As we emerge from this difficult period,
  The budget the MEC tabled on Thurs-         Development and the Public Accounts          I wish to thank the South African Military
day last week saw a five percent incre-        Committee.                                   Health Services for having responded to
ment from the 2017/18 budget. The               “As you are aware, the North West          the call for duty when our people desper-
commitment to ensure service delivery         Premier has handed a forensic report on      ately needed them. The SANDF came in
comes at a time when the department           Mediosa contract. We will proceed to for-    and stabilized the situation, particularly at
faces a mirage of challenges that led to it   mulate charges and institute disciplinary    the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital and the
finally being placed under administration.     actions against those who are found to       Medical Depot,” said Masike.
  Just two weeks ago Cabinet took a           have flouted the rules.                         Doctors without Borders are also on           Health MEC, Dr Magome Masike,
decision to place the provincial depart-        “The department will continue to co-       board to provide care in critical wards at      delivering his department’s
ment under administration under Sec-          operate with law enforcement agencies        Mahikeng and Job Shimankana Tabane              budget speech last week
tion 100(1)(b) of the Constitution. In his    and forensic investigations instituted to    hospitals.

FEED MEC outlines support to audit outcomes improvement
                                              Kelepile Mokaila                             her department’s R484 million budget            concluded and an appropriate target-
                                                                                           to enable it to achieve its annual              ed training to build capacity and skills

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                                                                                           performance targets.                            in the Chief Financial Officers units
                                                       inance, Economy and En-               Apart from the current initiatives to         will be rolled out in the new financial
                                                       terprise Development MEC,           improve accountability and audit out-           year. This, she said, is considered a
                                                       Wendy Nelson, says her de-          comes through the Office of the Account-         catalyst to improve audit outcomes.
                                                       partment will continue to sup-      ant General, the department will continue         She said in view of infrastructure un-
                                              port departments, municipalities and         to strengthen a combined assurance re-          der-spending during the past financial
                                              public entities towards the improve-         view on interim financial statements, risk       year by departments, various oversight
                                              ment of Audit outcomes.                      management, financial and performance            and monitoring initiatives will be strength-
                                                Nelson said the MFMA supported plan        reporting, IT governance and compliance         ened. To achieve this, the department will
                                              would focus on monthly monitoring of         systems. Central to these interventions         continue to engage all provincial depart-
                                              internal controls, implementation of Post    will be key control and compliance frame-       ments on a quarterly basis with special
                                              Audit Action Plan (PAAP) and review of       works to be implemented henceforth.             attention to expenditure management
                                              interim financial statements in prepara-        “We will continue to support municipal-       reviews.
                                              tion for quality financial statements sup-    ities with effective contract management          Furthermore, Nelson told the Legis-
                                              ported by the audit files.                    to improve supply chain management              lature that provincial departments and
                                                “We will continue to support munic-        and audit outcomes. By implementat-             municipalities are already in the process
                                              ipalities with effective contract man-       ing contract management we seek to              of implementing the Infrastructure Devel-
                                              agement to improve the supply chain          improve accountability and effective            opment Improvement Plans (IDIP’s) as
                                              management and audit outcomes.               planning with respect to asset mainte-          part of the initiatives to improve the plan-
Finance, Economy and Enterprise               By implementating contract manage-           nance and replacement, as well as opti-         ning and delivery of infrastructure in the
Development MEC, Wendy                        ment we seek to improve accounta-            mising revenue and service delivery,” she       province.
Nelson, tabling her department’s              bility and effective planning regarding      added.                                            In an effort to increase the provincial
budget at the Provincial                      asset maintenance and replacement,             MEC Nelson said to address lack of            revenue envelope by 5%, the department
Legislature this week                         as well as optimising revenue and ser-       appropriate skills and capacity chal-           will implement and monitor the revised
                                              vice delivery,” she said, when tabling       lenges, skills gap analysis has been            revenue enhancement strategy.
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                                                                        @semphetenews                      Semphete Bokone Bophirima                      www.semphetenews.co.za

Mochware announces a major boost
for artists in the province
Vusi Kama                                                                                                                                     route projects will be implemented in col-
                                                                                                                                              laboration with the national Department
                                                                                                                                              of Arts and Culture and the National
                                                                                                                                              Heritage Council.

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                                                                                                                                                “These are the Dr Ruth Segomotsi
          romising artists from Bokone
                                                                                                                                              Mompati Heritage Site, Onkgopotse Tiro
          Bophirima will no longer have
                                                                                                                                              Heritage Site and Moses Kotane Site,”
          to spend money and leave their
                                                                                                                                              she said.
          home province for Gauteng and
                                                                                                                                                MEC Mochware also announced that
other centers to record their music. Such
                                                                                                                                              the department would, during this finan-
facilities will be available for them right on
                                                                                                                                              cial year, honour a veteran poet and
their doorstep.
                                                                                                                                              political activist, the late Professor Keor-
  This is one of the many pronounce-                                                                                                          apetse Kgosietsile, adding that Cata had
ments mad by MEC for Culture, Arts and                                                                                                        assisted 35 first time writers with editing
Traditional Affairs (Cata), Ontlametse                                                                                                        of their manuscripts. Ten manuscripts are
Mochware, during her Budget Speech                                                                                                            scheduled for publishing with another 10
on Thursday last week at the Provincial                                                                                                       ready to be launched.
Legislature in Mahikeng.                                                                                                                        Regarding traditional leaders, the MEC
  The recording studios in Klein Mar-                                                                                                         said: “In recognising and supporting the
ico (Zeerust), Mmabana Taung and the                                                                                                          responsibility that the royal families carry
Rustenburg Recreation Centre will be              Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs MEC, Ontlametse Mochware pre-                         to manage and resolve disputes, the de-
launched through arts festival events as          senting her department’s budget before the Provincial Legislature                           partment has provided and will continue
part of the Youth Month celebrations.                                                                                                         to provide training on dispute resolution
  Scores of artists from the province                                                                                                         and management to royal families.”
have over the years been forced to find             “In the past financial year, a total of       Route (RLHR) project “to position the           She added that Cata was planning a
centers outside of Bokone Bophirima              61 projects amounting to R2 680 000            freedom fighters at the highest pedes-         summit “in an endeavour to improve
to record their music. Many have ended           [R2.6 million] were supported by the           tal through preservation and promotion        working relationships and foster effec-
up permanently relocating to those prov-         department. The projects range from            of collective memory and South African        tive service delivery strategies between
inces, resulting in a major talent drain.        exhibitions, touring ventures, theatre         history”.                                     dikgosi and government”.
  MEC Mochware told the Provincial               productions, conferences and music               “The development of the liberation            On libraries, she said Cata was planning
Legislators that in the past financial year       festivals,” she said.                          walls of remembrance at Lobatla has           to hand over more libraries to communi-
the department had expanded its support            The MEC also announced that the              commenced and will be completed and           ties. The beneficiary communities include
to individual artists and existing arts, cul-    department sought to continue with the         unveiled during this financial year. Three     Lebotloane, Tshing, Tsetse, Ramatla-
ture and heritage initiatives.                   Resistance and Liberation Heritage             major resistance and liberation heritage      bama 600, Matlwang and Boikhutso.

Parliament condemns the blocking of Tshepong Hospital
Nthusang Lefafa                                  We encourage constructive engagement           look after,” Makhafane claimed.               hospitals to open cases of intimidation
                                                 on platforms put in place to deal with the       He said his union was cooperating with      against those who are forcefully remov-

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                                                 matter,” Dlamini said.                         the inter-ministerial task team led by        ing medical staff from their workplaces.
          arliaments’ Select Committee on          Early this week Nehawu convened              Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to              “We have encouraged management at
          Social Services has decried the        a shopstewards council in Bokone               assist the health department.                 hospitals to open cases of intimidation
          action of protestors blocking the      Bophirima province to make concrete              Makhafane said skeleton staff would be      against those who are removing doctors
          entrance to Tshepong Hospital in       assessment of the current strike at both the   deployed to various hospitals including       from wards and blocking hospital en-
Klerksdorp, which is preventing doctors          Department of Social Development and           Tshepong Hospital.                            trances. The department has spoken with
and ambulances from entering the hos-            the Department of Health there.                  “We are currently engaging our mem-         the South African Police Service (SAPS)
pital grounds.                                     Nehawu Provincial Secretary, Patrick         bers about the possibility of allowing a      so that they patrol affected hospitals
   Nurses and doctors have been prevent-         Makhafane, said the union does not             skeleton staff to begin with the distribu-    to assist security staff,” said provincial
ed from carrying out their duties due the        enjoy the suffering of patients but it is      tion of medicine pending the outcomes         spokesperson, Tebogo Lekgethwane.
recent strike in the Health Department,          within the workers’ rights to embark on        of the progress report to be tabled to
led by health workers’ unions Nehawu             strike action if their grievances are not      us. Our view is that this strike action has
and Denosa. Patients on chronic medi-            heard.                                         been protracted unnecessarily and last-           Chairperson of the
cation also failed to receive their medica-        “The strike at the health department         ing solutions would have to be found as
tion at Tshepong Hospital because they           has been ongoing for the past three            soon as possible to return everything to      parliamentary committee,
were denied access.                              months. Strike action has been unnec-          normalcy. The community can no longer
   Chairperson of the parliamentary com-         essarily protracted due to unwillingness       suffer and be denied medical care in pub-      Cathy Dlamini, said the
mittee, Cathy Dlamini, said the provision        of the department to concede to workers’       lic health institutions. We are concerned
of life-saving services to patients should       demands. This has left the public without      about patients who are on chronic medi-
                                                                                                                                                provision of life-saving
always take priority above any discon-           services and further pushed the depart-        cation who have not been able to receive         services to patients
tent.                                            ment to a total state of disarray. It has      their medication due to the non-delivery
   “While we are all concerned about these       been proven beyond reasonable doubt            of drugs from the drugs depot,” he said.      should always take priority
serious allegations, robbing patients of         that the provincial government does not          Meanwhile, the provincial Department
life-saving care can never be justified.          care about the people they are tasked to       of Health encouraged management at              above any discontent.
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        @semphetenews                            Semphete Bokone Bophirima                      www.semphetenews.co.za

Province winning against corruption,
greed and fraud
                                                    Obakeng Maje                                improved by 82%. It was R27 588 million      ensure effective controls and continue to
                                                                                                in 2015/16 financial year and reduced to      manage the downward trend in the com-
                                                                                                R4 987 million in 2016/17 financial year,”    pensation of employees budget in order
                                                                                                Mahumapelo said.                             to release required resources for service

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                                                                                                  He added that accruals declined from       delivery,” he said.
                                                               orth West Provincial govern-
                                                                                                R25 470 million in 2015/16 financial            Efforts to professionalise the public
                                                               ment said it would continue to
                                                                                                year to R11 967 in 2016/17 financial year,    service will also be strengthened and
                                                               strengthen the Performance,
                                                                                                an improvement of 53% in total. Mahu-        this will be done by utilising R3.2 million
                                                               Monitoring, Evaluation and In-
                                                                                                mapelo said no unauthorised expendi-         of the budget to train staff in this office
                                                    terventions strategy in quest to com-
                                                                                                ture has been incurred for the financial      and recruit 41 interns, particularly from
                                                    bat fraud, corruption and greed in the
                                                                                                year 2017/18.                                Villages (22), Townships (16) and Small
                                                    province.
                                                                                                  “The Office of the Premier has achieved     Dorpies (3). The Premier said his office
                                                      Premier, Supra Mahumapelo said                                                         is committed to maintaining high levels of
                                                    this when he delivered his Office of the     an improved turnaround time on pay-
                                                                                                                                             ethics, efficiency and good governance.
                                                    Premier Budget Vote Speech for the          ments of suppliers within 30 days. Of the
                                                                                                                                               “We have therefore directed the Office
                                                    2018/2019 financial year on Tuesday.         total number of 3 714 invoices processed
                                                                                                                                             of the Premier to conclude all outstanding
                                                      Mahumapelo said his government            during 2017/2018, 95% of them where
                                                                                                                                             disciplinary cases by the end of Decem-
                                                    investigated all cases of irregular         paid within 30 days, of which 91% of that
                                                                                                                                             ber 2018. This is in order to demonstrate
                                                    expenditure identified during the year       was within less than 21 days. We com-
                                                                                                                                             our commitment to deal with corruption,
                                                    under review. He further said Conse-        mitted to continue with the same vigour      fraud and any unethical behaviour. We
                                                    quence Management was implemented           to turn the financial management chal-        have Institutional Development Pro-
                                                    within his office, where officials were       lenges in the office and improve on the       gramme, which is primarily mandated
                                                    found to be on the wrong side of the law.   audit outcomes for the current financial      to provide strategic leadership and sup-
                                                      “A total amount of R423 794 million was   year.                                        port to all provincial departments through
                                                    reported as irregular expenditure at the      Mahumapelo said in the 2018/19 finan-       coordination, monitoring, evaluation and
                                                    end of the 2017/18 financial year. How-      cial year, Office of the Premier would        intervention in the implementation of
                                                    ever, a total amount of R23 042 million     implement and strengthen the finan-           policy frameworks, strategies and pro-
                                                    was derecognised during 2017/2018,          cial management capacity to improve          grammes related to Human Resource
                                                    an amount of R8 462 million has been        efficiency and governance.                    Strategy and Planning, Employee Well-
 Premier Supra Mahumapelo at                        submitted to Provincial Treasury through      “We will also strengthen the corporate     ness and Relations, Provincial Legal
 the time of delivering his                         the Provincial Advisory Committee on        capacity and improve performance infor-      Advisory Services, Government Informa-
 Office of the Premier Budget                       irregular, fruitless and wasteful expend-   mation outcomes. Our department is also      tion Technology Office Communication,
                                                    iture for condonation and we are still      ready to implement Post Audit Action         capacity and skills development through
 Vote Speech
                                                    awaiting an outcome.                        Plan recommendations, revise our Risk        Ikatisong School of Governance as well
 Photo by Mpho Bilwane                                                                                                                       as Integrity Management,” he said.
                                                      “Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure has   Management Strategy in the process to

NWDC changes its name to PEGA
Obakeng Maje                                        dential Review Commission (PRC) on          Housing Corporation (NWHC) should be         public sector through learning and devel-
                                                    State Owned Enterprises (SOEs),” he         effected as soon as the necessary legis-     opment.”
                                                    said during his 2018/2019 Budget Vote       lative processes are completed. NWDC           Mahumapelo said the hosting of this

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                                                    Speech on Tuesday.                          will receive a budget of R79 801 million     conference reaffirms the correctness of
         he Provincial Government of
                                                      Former South African President, Jacob     during 2018/19 financial year,” he said.      the Makgotla approach in finding last-
         Bokone Bophrima – through the
                                                    Zuma, said for state owned companies          The Premier also added that the prov-      ing solutions to challenges confronting
         Office of the Premier – is reform-
         ing public entities in line with ini-      to contribute to the successful imple-      ince would facilitate the setting up of a    human capital development challenges
                                                    mentation of the NDP, they must be fi-       Digital Platform through the NWDC.           in the workplace. He said government
tiatives at national level, by consolidating
                                                    nancially sound, be properly governed         “This will enhance business intelligence   would ensure that it continues to sup-
five public entities to establish the Peo-
                                                    and managed. He added that without a        for executive effective decision-making.     port the economic growth of the province
ple’s Economic Growth Agency (PEGA).
                                                    strong vision and committed leadership,     Our office will launch a joint study with
  Premier, Supra Mahumapelo, said the                                                                                                        through Agriculture, Culture and Tourism
                                                    as well as an enabling legal environment,   the Human Sciences Research Coun-
reforms were aimed at enhancing the                                                                                                          (ACT) and mining as a strategic tributary
                                                    effective performance evaluation and ap-    cil (HSRC) on the Skills Supply and
implementation of the National Devel-                                                                                                        to these sectors.
                                                    propriate competencies and capacities,      Demand in the North West.
opment Plan (NDP). He said this would                                                                                                          “The NWDC will be central to drive
                                                    effective and sustainable change will not     “This study will assist to establish an
also create an institutional critical mass          occur in the SOEs environment.              informed basis for future skills planning    the Provincial Mining Agenda, which
needed to accelerate economic growth                  Mahumapelo shared the same senti-         and resources allocation in the province.    amongst its key activities is expanding
and development in the province.                    ments. He said the consolidation and        The province will later this year host the   small scale mining, Mining Beneficiation,
   “The consolidation of five public entities        strengthening of SOEs in the prov-          National Public Sector Trainers Forum        Mining Procurement, and New Venture
will give impetus to the attainment of a            ince is no different to developments in     Conference, bringing together just over      Mining. NWDC is currently in the process
provincial developmental state, consist-            other provinces such as Limpopo and         500 public sector HRD practitioners,         of interacting with companies with min-
ent with radical economic transformation.           Mpumalanga.                                 international experts and academia to        ing rights in the North West to complete
The establishment of PEGA is guided by                “The transfer of North West Trans-        discuss important topics related to how      the assignment during this financial year
the 21 recommendations of the Presi-                port Investments (NTI) and North West       efficiencies could be improved in the         2018/19,” he said.
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                                                                    @semphetenews                      Semphete Bokone Bophirima                      www.semphetenews.co.za

More youth to benefit from Office
of the Premier budget
                                                                                                     “We have 1 000 youth on general security
                                                                                                   practices learnership. We also have another
                                                                                                    100 youth who are now retail store owners
                                                                                                       supported by the VTSD retail economy.
                                                                                                   Going forward, the entity will receive funding
                                                                                                  through the Office of the Premier to carry out
                                                                                                       its mandate in terms of the North West
                                                                                                       Youth Entrepreneurship Services Fund
                                                                                                         Act that was passed by the Provincial
 Premier Supra Mahumapelo undertook to ensure that youth
 continues to benefit from his Office of the Premier budget                                                             Legislature recently.”
 Photo by Mpho Bilwane

Obakeng Maje

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         awmakers of Bokone Bophirima          “During the 2017/18 financial year, the       plex comprised of a butchery, tuck-shop,         Chairperson of Portfolio Committee
         this week approved and passed       Office of the Premier spent R48 million         hardware store and a hair salon has also       on Office of the Premier and Finance,
         a R775.3 million budget for Office   to fund 403 students from Villages, Town-      been launched in Ventersdorp. More             Economy,       Enterprise   Development
         of the Premier for the 2018/2019    ships and Small Dorpies to pursue stud-        than 100 beneficiaries have been iden-          (FEED), Wendy Matsemela said: “We
financial year, paving the way for young      ies in public universities. An additional      tified and have undergone training. It is       welcome the budget and we hope it will
people of the province to benefit from        R12million was spent to fund the enrol-        our intention to further roll out the VTSD     be used accordingly. We also request the
this office.                                  ment of 43 students with the Denel Tech-       Tuck Shop economy to the rest of the           Office of the Premier to submit a detailed
  Premier Supra Mahumapelo tabled            nical Academy (11 as Electricians, 12          districts,” Mahumapelo said.                   report on how he is willing to implement
his office’s budget at the North West         Aircraft Mechanics, 10 Fitter & Turner           He said these activities have a direct       this budget in some projects.”
Provincial Legislature on Tuesday. He        and 10 Welders). In the new financial           impact on the lives of the people. Mahu-         Freedom Front Plus Provincial leader,
said the focus on empowering young           year 2018/19, additional 115 bursaries         mapelo added that he was also encour-          Johannes Schutte, also gave the budget
people would be continued in this finan-      will be allocated to support youth from        aged by the key achievements registered        a thumbs up.
cial year ending next year in March.         poor and working class families in our                                                          “We support the budget and the
                                                                                            for 2017/18 financial year.
  In reviewing the financial year that was    VTSD areas,” he said.                                                                         ideas of turning the economy around. The
                                                                                              “We will finalise the Data Centre
2017/2018, Mahumapelo said his office           In the past financial year the province
                                                                                            Modernisation project in the 2018/19           capital city of the North West province,
has achieved a lot through the Youth         hosted a successful VTSD Skills Devel-
                                                                                            financial year. This project is intended to     Mahikeng can become an economic hub.
Entrepreneurship Service (YES) and           opment Lekgotla attended by 300 partic-
                                                                                            host all North West Provincial Govern-         Mahikeng is strategically well-placed and
State-Owned Entities (SOEs) such as          ipants from all over the country, includ-
                                                                                            ment data and centralise all applications      if the idea is well-implemented, the area
the North West Development Corpora-          ing national government departments.
                                                                                            and systems. The Data Centre is provid-        could become a gateway into Southern
tion (NWDC). Many young people across        Mahumapelo also added that the NWDC
                                                                                            ing a platform for an integrated manage-       Africa Development Community (SADC)
the province have been linked to and         has received a massive boost after it
                                                                                            ment of government information. We will        countries,” Schutte said.
assisted through skills, entrepreneurship    secured R110 million worth of invest-
and job creating opportunities, he said.     ments for the Special Economic Zone            also finalise the Enterprise Architecture,
  “We have 1000 youth on general             (SEZ) in Bojanala District.                    which will provide an ICT blueprint for the
                                                                                                                                             TOTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION
security practices learnership. We also        “This was our effort to establish a          digitisation of the provincial government.
                                                                                              “This assists in prioritizing transforma-             FOR 2018/19
have another 100 youth who are now           special economic zone in the region and
retail store owners supported by the         this project is estimated to attract invest-   tional initiatives that are service delivery   1. Administration       R124 488 million
VTSD retail economy. Going forward, the      ment to the value of R4 billion. The pro-      focused. The transformation broadband
                                                                                                                                           2. Institutional        R404 717 million
entity will receive funding through the      ject has the potential of creating 6 045       connectivity is imperative and VTSD
                                                                                                                                              Development
Office of the Premier to carry out its        jobs over a five-year period.                   areas like Mofufutso, Madinonyane,
mandate in terms of the North West             “Through the NWDC, a retail ware-            Gopane and Mocoseng will receive               3. Policy and           R246 176 million
Youth Entrepreneurship Services Fund         house has been established and                 free wifi soon. The service provider has           Governance
Act that was passed by the Provincial        launched in Potchefstroom. In addition         already been appointed and is on site,”        Total                  R775 381 million
Legislature recently.                        to the warehouse, a mini shopping com-         Mahumapelo said.
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       @semphetenews                      Semphete Bokone Bophirima                          www.semphetenews.co.za

Matshidiso go mogaka Modiko
‘Atjaawuu’ Christian Mothupi
Ontlametse Mochware                           jwa nna le thotloetso e kgolo mo go ba le
                                              bantsi e bile a neelana ka tshedimoset-
                                              so ka thulaganyo ya gagwe go bareetsi.
                                              O ne a itse se bareetsi ba neng ba se

R
           e tsaya nako e re le Lefapha       tlhoka, a itse go tswakanya mafoko gore
           la Setso, Botaki le Merero ya      a tlogele bareetsi ba ikakata ka ditshego
           Magosi go utlwelana botlhoko le    ka Setswana sa gagwe.
           badiri le bareetsi ba seteishene     Moitseanape wa tsa setegeniki fa a ne
sa Motsweding FM ka go hulara ga mon-         a se ka fa kgasong, e bile a itse go boka
gwe wa badiri ba sona e bile e le moga-       le go ipoka ka botswerere.
                                                Re ka mo gopola ka “Dumela tlhe kwe-
ka mo go tsa kgaso, Modiko “Atjaawuu”
                                              na, dumela kwena ya Madiba, noga ya
Christian Mothupi.
                                              go se latelwe bodibeng, wa e latela bod-
  Jaaka go le mo dikgatlhegelong tsa
                                              ibeng o tla tshwana le setlatla se rwele
lefapha go tsweletsa ditso le mmino wa
                                              tlatlana ka lotlatlana… Atjaawuuu!”
Setswana, re nnile karolo ya thulaganyo
                                                Re akgola mogaka yono, yo a tswang
ya “Tsa etsho tsa Setswana” e ka yona
                                              kwa motseng wa Middleton B, Mokope
Modiko a amileng dimilione tsa baagi ka       ka fa ntle ga Atamelang mo masepaleng
kgaso e e manontlhotlho ya mmino wa           wa selegae wa Tswaing, mme e nnile
Setswana, sengwe se lefapha le se tshe-       moagi wa Mahikeng fa e sale a le leka-
getsang ka dinako tsotlhe.                    wana a simolola go dira.
  Motho yo a neng a na le bokgoni e bile                                                      Moswi Modiko Christian Mothupi, mogasi yo o itsegeng wa mana-
                                                Keletso ya lefapha ke gore baswa ba ba
a tlotliwa ke ba le bantsi mo go se a neng                                                    neo a setso mo Motsweding FM
                                              tlang kwa morago ba itseele mo mogak-
a se dira e bile a se rata. O ne a tlhophi-                                                   Setshwantsho ka Motsweding FM
                                              eng yono, le go tsamaya mo dikgatong
wa le go tsenela kgaisano ya dikabo tsa       tsa gagwe ka go tsweletsa mmino wa
South African Traditional Music Awards        setso ka serodumo sa ona.                        Ontlametse Mochware ke Mokhuduthamaga wa
(SATMA) makgetlho a feta a le marataro          A ba lelapa, masika le ditsala ba sidilege
jaaka mogasi yo o gaisitseng mo go tsa        mo kutlobotlhokong ya bona. A mowa wa           Lefapha la Setso, Botaki le Merero ya Magosi mo
mmino wa setso.                               ga Modiko Mothupi o robale ka kagiso,              Pusong ya Porofense ya Bokone Bophirima
  Boineelo jwa gagwe mo tirong bo ne          “Kwena ya Madiba”.

Special Economic Zone to create more jobs
                                                                                             Thebeetsile Keameditse                           The provincial government, through the
                                                                                                                                            Office of the Premier, will also fund more
                                                                                                                                            young people in this academic year to

                                                                                             I
                                                                                                                                            further their studies at different institu-
                                                                                                 n its determination to fight poverty,       tions of higher learning and become em-
                                                                                                 unemployment and inequality, the           ployable.
                                                                                                 North West Provincial Government is          “In the 2018/19 financial year, additional
                                                                                                 to establish a Special Economic Zone       115 bursaries will be allocated to support
                                                                                             (SEZ) in the Bojanala Platinum District,       the youth from poor and working class
                                                                                             expected to create much needed jobs for        families in our VTSDs,” said the Premier.
                                                                                             the young people.                                The provincial government wants
                                                                                               This was announced by Premier Supra          broadband connectivity, especially in the
                                                                                             Mahumapelo during the delivery of the          VTSDs of the province.
                                                                                             Office of the Premier budget speech in            “Key to the broadband connectivity is
                                                                                             the North West Provincial Legislature on
                                                                                                                                            Free WIFI Connectivity in the following
                                                                                             Tuesday.
                                                                                                                                            VTSDs: Mofufutso, Manonyane, Gopane
                                                                                               Premier Mahumapelo indicated that
                                                                                                                                            and Mocoseng villages. The service pro-
                                                                                             efforts by the provincial government to
                                                                                                                                            vider has been appointed and is on site.
                                                                                             establish SEZ received a massive boost
                                                                                             when the North West Development Cor-           Facilities such as clinics, schools and
                                                                                             poration (NWDC) secured funds to invest        libraries in those villages will have wifi
                                                                                             in SEZ.                                        connectivity,” Mahumapelo told the Pro-
                                                                                               “NWDC has secured R110 million worth         vincial Legislature.
                                                                                             of investments for the SEZ. The project is       The connectivity is expected to assist
                                                                                             expected to attract investment to the val-     young people in these villages to surf the
   Premier Supra Mahumapelo delivering the Office of the Premier                             ue of R4 billion and has a potential to cre-   internet for free without having to travel
   budget speech in the Provincial Legislature                                               ate 6 045 jobs for the young people over       to towns to access emails or make online
                                                                                             a five year period,” said Mahumapelo.           applications.
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                                                                     @semphetenews                     Semphete Bokone Bophirima                           www.semphetenews.co.za

               NW Department of Education and
                     Sport Development
                 2018/19 Budget in a nutshell                                                                                                         Hon. MEC J.S Lehari

         “The power to“Reclaiming
                       improve education lies with all of us”
                                  Excellence”
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                                                                                             participation in learning.
The budget is rolled up to R16, 183, 868 billion. This translates to an increase of
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R 21 596 000­00 has been set aside to achieve our goal.                                      -1/0:1"'(>-.%&-0:&0-1"=.:$-"34.(('()"$>"('(1"bMc"%:6$$4%".(/"SET\"L,T"" "
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OPINION
Value the elderly... they’re an
important part of our lives
Petrus Siko                                                                                                                                     in-aid amounting to R400 at the South
                                                                                                                                                African Social Security Agency (SASSA).
                                                                                                                                                The grant-in-aid is payable to the granny

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                                                                                                                                                as an additional amount to her monthly
            erciless killings of elderly                                                                                                        pension. The granny will then use the
            women are becoming more                                                                                                             additional amount to pay the services
            and more common and some-                                                                                                           of the helper. This applies to frail and
            thing needs to be done to                                                                                                           vulnerable elderly people.
stop this hineous crime, be it within the                                                                                                         Removing an elderly person who is
parameters of the law or in a divine way.                                                                                                       vulnerable to an alternative place is also
   Who on earth can afford to lose a                                                                                                            ideal. Social workers facilitate intake and
loving grandmother at the hands of                                                                                                              registration of elderly persons at old age
ill-mannered perpetrators who indulge in                                                                                                        homes, most of which are funded by the
strong substances before they execute                                                                                                           Department of Social Development to the
their evil plans? Why are they terroris-                                                                                                        tune R2 200 per person per month.
ing the elderly women? They rape them,                                                                                                            Government has over the years
strangle them, insult them and call them                                                                                                        established Sonop Old Age Complex
witches. They rob them, do all sorts of                                                                                                         with a bed capacity of 206. The complex
evil things to them and often get away                                                                                                          is situated in Sonop, in the Madibeng
with it.                                                                                                                                        Local Municipality. Another new state-
   The recent killing of a granny in Go-                                                                                                        run old age home had been construct-
pane village in the Ramotshere Moiloa                                                                                                           ed at Pudumoe, Greater Taung Local
Local Municipality is a case in point. It                                                                                                       Municipality, and will start to operate in the
has stirred the community to take the law                                                                                                       current financial year.
                                                  Petrus Siko is Director for Media and Communications at the
into their own hands. The raging reaction                                                                                                         These are measures to protect our
                                                  Department of Social Development in Bokone Bophirima
of communities is sparked by perceived                                                                                                          elderlies and take them out of the hands
“tedious processes of the law enforce-                                                                                                          of perpetrators. It remains the respon-
ment agencies to apprehend perpetra-                                                                                                            sibility of all of us to rebuild the broken
tors”. More often than not, communities           a maturing democracy like ours. It should    independent, they leave their grannies           moral fibre of our society so that our
see suspects roaming the streets when             not happen in a country where the rule       for job opportunities in big cities without      elderlies should not be strangers and
family members of the deceased are                of law reigns supreme. The Setswana          thinking about the safety and security of        fugitives in their own land.
grappling with the loss of their loved                                                                                                            If we really value the role our elderlies
                                                  saying seems to be true in this instance:    their grandmothers. Of course, we have
ones.                                                                                                                                           have played and continue to play in our
                                                  “Ga se kwa ga Mmapereko, Pereko a tlile      all at one point left our own grannies
   Communities then resort to an ‘eye for                                                                                                       respective families, we should respect
                                                  go tswa moepong.” There is order in our      alone in our homes. It is not sinful to do
an eye’ approach by taking the law into                                                                                                         them, love them, embrace them, allow
their own hands. This approach brings             country.                                     that. It is a way of life.                       them the necessary space to age with
a temporary relief and not a permanent              Let us talk about permanent solutions        In an instance where one leaves a              dignity – free from harm or any form of
solution to problems at stake.                    to brutal killings of elderly women in the   granny alone, an arrangement has to be           discrimination – and protect them from all
   At times innocent people are being             province and the country at large. It is a   made with some relatives to stay with her        forms of violence.
killed to avenge the death of an elder-           known fact that grannies raise children      and take care of her. On second thought,           If we lose them we lose the hub of
ly person. Call it ‘street justice’ or the        until they reach the stage of maturity       a granny and a helper, be it a person            wisdom and guidance. So, stop the
‘people’s justice’ – it should not happen in      and become independent. Once they are        chosen by the family, may apply for grant-       senseless killings of our elderly people.

Outbreak of maggot in Bokone Bophirima
SAnews.gov.za                                     The increase in the number of cases is       larva breathes.                                  rodents are commonly affected, some-
                                                  most likely related to the recent marked       “Lesions may be complicated by                 times with large numbers of lesions,” said
                                                  increase in seasonal rainfall, leading to    secondary bacterial infection. The condi-        the NICD.

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                                                  the expansion of the fly’s normal range,      tion could be treated by applying petro-           Prevention of the Tumbu Fly Infestation
       he National Institute of Com-              namely the warmer northern and eastern       leum jelly (Vaseline) or liquid paraffin to       can be done in the following ways:
       municable Diseases (NICD)                  parts of the country,” said the NICD.        lesions to suffocate maggots and lubri-
                                                                                                                                                  • Washing should not be laid on the
       has confirmed the outbreak of                 According to the Institute, infection      cate the cavity in the skin. They usual-
                                                                                                                                                    ground to dry.
       maggot (tumbu fly) infestation              occurs when the adult female tumbu fly        ly emerge or are easily expressed with
in people in Bokone Bophirima prov-               deposits eggs usually on urine or fae-       finger pressure.                                    • Ironing of clothes to kill eggs or
ince and increased sporadic cases in              ces-contaminated sand, soil or clothing.       “Incision or use of forceps or other               larvae.
Gauteng.                                          Maggots hatch and on contact with the        instruments is unnecessary and should              • Affected dogs should be dipped in an
  “Our laboratory has confirmed that               skin, penetrate and cause enlarging          be avoided, as inflammation or second-                appropriate insecticide solution for
maggots are those of the tumbu fly (also           boil-like skin lesions, each with a small    ary infection is more likely if the larva and/       prevention of tick or flea infestation,
known as the “mango” or “putsi” fly).              opening at the apex through which the        or skin is damaged. Domestic dogs and                under veterinary guidance.
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