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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
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
former health minister Zweli Mkhize only approved the total R132-million budget for NHI communication in March last year, 199 days after the agreement was signed. Digital Vibes only delivered Covid-19-related communications services. (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)
ANBAN PILLAY

ANC Integrity Committee recommends Zweli Mkhize step aside

ANC sources say the report by the committee will be tabled at the next national executive committee meeting

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ANC

National working committee instructs ANC North West to replace Mokgoro

Three women are said to be at the top of the candidate list to replace Job Mokgoro

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

North West premier refuses to resign as IPC looks for his replacement

Sources say Job Mokgoro has refused to abide by an order to resign as premier, making it hard for the IPC to install a new person in the position

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
A contract in the North West to oversee construction projects has ballooned by more than 300% and the tender is now being raised in the provincial legislature.
KEMISO KHUMOENG

The tender that keeps on giving

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

  • Athandiwe Saba
6 min read