As part of his visit to the mining town, the premier launched a soccer tournament aimed at promoting social cohesion and nation building.
North West premier Job Mokgoro on Saturday appealed for peaceful elections in Marikana, near Rustenburg, and the rest of the province on May 8.
Marikana remains volatile since then, and locals in Wonderkop say they live in fear of their neighbours from Nkaneng. The North West province and KwaZulu-Natal have been flagged as high risk areas going into the elections. In March, 79 potential conflict areas were identified in the North West – 30 in the Bojanala district, 22 in the Ngaka Modiri Molema district, 17 in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district, and 10 in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
“The President [Cyril Ramaphosa] is taking the lead to make sure that this is a matter of the past. You have seen actions that he has taken, numerous departments, numerous state-owned enterprises, SARS [South African Revenue Service] all over the place.
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