North West premier Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
North West premier Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro has tested positive for Covid-19.Confirmation of their test results comes just a day after cooperative governance, human settlement and traditional affairs MEC Gordon Kegakilwe died from a Covid-19 related illness.
"However, premier Mokgoro is not incapacitated to carry out his duties as he was only presented with only one symptom - which is a cough. "Although he tested positive, Mokgoro will continue his duties remotely," the statement read - as will Molapisi. Meanwhile, the provincial government said it would write to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request that he give Kegakilwe’s funeral the status of provincial official funeral category 1.
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