ARTICLES RELATING TO
MAHIKENG
Ramotshere Moiloa local municipality mayor Afrika Thale has been suspended from the ANC for three years, the party's North West provincial disciplinary committee says.
Police plans to protect the Nkaneng informal settlement against armed protesters in Marikana last year have been at issue before the Farlam Commission of Inquiry.
Police officers on duty in Marikana during last year's mine unrest came under attack from protesters, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has heard.
A Marikana shop owner ran out of pangas and axes, after demand for the items increased during unrest in the area, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has heard.
A cleansing ceremony held in Marikana by the families of those killed during illegal strikes at Lonmin's platinum mine was successful and emotional, the Bojanala Platinum district municipality says.
Two teenagers and another man have been arrested for the murder of a 17-year-old woman near Potchefstroom, North West police say.
A minibus driver has been arrested for killing a cyclist on the N14 near Vryburg, North West police say.
Mineworkers who were held underground at Anglo American Platinum's Thembelani mine in Rustenburg have been released, the company says.
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry has been adjourned.
A domestic worker has been stabbed to death in a robbery near Potchefstroom.
Two men have been sentenced to life in prison, and a third has been given an 18-year jail term, for brutally killing an elderly couple on their farm near Koster.
A Rustenburg businessman has lost R45m in a business scam and now has to sell wood in townships to survive.
Police were told about the danger they would face at a hill in Marikana during mining unrest last year, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has heard.
The families of mineworkers killed in a clash with police in Marikana will conduct a cleansing ceremony of the site, the Bojanala municipality says.
A man has been granted bail by the Mahikeng Magistrate's Court after being arrested in connection with contraband cigarettes.
