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The premier of North West, Bushy Maape (above), has not taken action against Relebohile Mafokane, the head of the province’s social development department, for not conducting performance assessments of senior officials.
BOITUMELO MOILOA

North West official has unsigned contract

The provincial departmental head has also dodged the bullet for allegedly flouting the law

  • Khaya Koko
6 min read
Relebohile Mafokane. File photo
AARON MOTSWANA

Heads roll following ‘wasteful’ R134 million North West security tender

‘Administration paralysis’ caused by alleged squabbles has led to the suspension of senior provincial officials

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Flagged: Relebohile Mafokane, head of the North West department of social development, is at the centre of a controversy over allegedly irregular tenders.
BOITUMELO MOILOA

Inside North West’s ‘wasteful’ R133.9 million security tender

A damning forensic report stirs up controversy over North West government tender awards

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
Senzo Mchunu.
AARON MOTSWANA

‘Fraudulent’ Senzo Mchunu appointment faces SIU investigation

North West legislature concerned about ‘unpalatable favours’ done in filling a senior R1.5-million-a-year position

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Out of office: President Cyril Ramaphosa initially refused to meet Job Mokgoro, because there was ‘no need to’, a source said
ANC

North West premier Job Mokgoro resigns

Ramaphosa has finally met with premier Mokgroro resulting in him announcing his resignation on Thursday morning

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
  • Athandiwe Saba
5 min read
Pissed off: Outgoing North West premier Job Mokgoro says underperforming municipalities and unemployment are being used as a smokescreen in the contested province.
ANC

‘You have treated me like a pisspot,’ Job Mokgoro tells ANC

The ANC in the North West is scrambling to oust its premier after a ‘bungled’ process

  • Lizeka Tandwa
7 min read
Vaccine hesitators: Demonstrators at an anti-vaccine protest in Gatesville, Cape Town, last weekend. Research shows it is white men who are the most hesitant to get the jab. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images
BUSHY MAAPE

The North West merry-go-round

Hesitancy is this week’s theme: from white men who don’t want a jab, to Bushy Maape, who doesn’t seem all that keen on his new job

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Pissed off: Outgoing North West premier Job Mokgoro says underperforming municipalities and unemployment are being used as a smokescreen in the contested province.
ANC

Job is jobless as Maape gets the nod as new North West premier

North West premier Job Mokgoro is now officially jobless after the ANC recalled him and replaced him with Bushy Maape, a member of the interim provincial committee (IPC) running…

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read