Church members, mostly in their twenties and thirties and in their Sunday best, hug one another as they file into the vibey, charismatic church.
There has been distrust between Luthuli House and the North West provincial leadership since the PEC was elected in May last year.
They left Johannesburg in the dead of night, in search of yet another refuge. Somali refugees felt it was better to face a Botswana jail than SA.
North West Premier Edna Molewa and her husband were shot at while returning from a funeral in Rustenburg, according to a media report on Tuesday.
… but many make their livelihoods there. Faranaaz Parker, Qudsiya Karrim and Percy Mabandu report.
Football gets bigger than dribbling in the street for two orphans from Rustenburg, writes Lucky Sindane.
The African National Congress in the North West was not divided into warring factions, a provincial party spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 February 2009
Divisions within the African National Congress in the North West Province played themselves out at a rally in the Ikageng township on Saturday.
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/ 13 February 2009
From savage initiation rights to claims of race bias, the Potch campus is out of date and under review, writes Primarashni Gower.
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/ 7 February 2009
One of the signatories to a compromise settlement which would end the legal battles over renaming Potchefstroom Tlokwe has reneged on the agreement.
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/ 23 January 2009
Paul Mogotlhe, the North West agriculture official who allegedly authorised a R1,1-million government grant to himself, was reinstated this week.
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/ 12 December 2008
Johan Nel has lost his application for leave to appeal the four life sentences he got for murdering four people in Skierlik informal settlement.
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/ 10 December 2008
Johan Nel’s legal team will be at Mmabatho High Court on Friday to hear whether he is granted leave to appeal his sentence, police said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 November 2008
North West premier also under pressure to act against provincial agriculture minister, reports Yolandi Groenewald.
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/ 29 November 2008
Task teams and advisers have been deployed to Cope hotspots to troubleshoot.
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/ 24 November 2008
The father of Skierlik murderer Johan Nel may be recharged with the negligent handling of a firearm, police said on Monday.
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/ 24 November 2008
Ten months after the shooting rampage, emotions are still raw in Skierlik.
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/ 7 November 2008
The deputy DG of the North West department of agriculture has a close relationship with the recipient of a government grant his department approved.
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/ 17 October 2008
The Council of Muslim Theologians has decried an incident in which people broke into a mosque, smeared blood and left pigs’ heads behind.
A miner has died in an accident at DRDGold’s Blyvooruitzicht mine near Carletonville, an official confirmed on Thursday.
North West University managers have challenged Naledi Pandor’s intervention at the unrest-torn university over a commission of inquiry.
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/ 19 September 2008
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it was saddened by Friday’s news of the deaths of another three mineworkers.
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/ 5 September 2008
The Mafikeng campus of the North West University will reopen on September 15 after violent protests disrupted classes.
A fire at the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the Pilanesberg destroyed large parts of the luxury holiday resort, North West police said on Monday.
The body of a missing 16-year-old girl was found in a pit latrine behind the house of a man arrested for her murder near Taung in North West.
The North West legislature will hold public hearings on two Bills for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse later this month.
New Orlando Pirates coach Rudi Krol hit the jackpot by winning the Telkom Charity Cup against arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday night.
Mamelodi Sundowns finished on the losing side against Kaizer Chiefs in their Telkom Charity Cup semifinal on Saturday.
Five people — including a two-year-old — died in a house fire in Schoemansville, Hartbeespoort Dam, on Wednesday, said North West police.
Mantashe: the North West, the Northern Cape and the Free State had been identified as areas where Luthuli House needed to intervene.
Jabulani Ndaba, member of award-winning local music group Malaika, was a ”talented star and an inspiration to young South Africans”.
The case of Skielik murder accused Johan Nel has been transferred to the Mmabatho High Court in Mafikeng.