WATCH | Fixing The North West | Premier Mokgosi talks on key challenges in the province

JOHANNESBURG – Over 1,000 illegal miners smoked out of a mine shaft in Orkney, with more said to still be holed up underground. 

High levels of unemployment; 54.2% to be precise. 

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Illegal miners and water shortages that see both urban and rural communities suffering continuously.

These are some of the key challenges in the platinum-rich North West province.

Its Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi, spoke to eNCA.