On early Friday morning, 17 July 2026, the Darul Ihsan Humanitarian Centre Outreach Team - together with SAPS Newlands East - visited the Easy Bee Daycare Centre situated in Newlands West.

For its 2026/27 budget, the North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development allocated R1.2 billion to rural development, farmer support, and agricultural production.

Welcomed by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy and Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa, drivers license card renewals for light motor vehicles and motorcycles have been extended from five years to 10 years. The new law is still expected to come into effect.

This week, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) successfully docked the largest crude oil tanker ‘Troy’, measuring 228 metres, in over 10 years.

At Mafikeng Provincial Hospital, North West, Eskom has installed a renewable energy microgrid solution. This successful installation will provide the hospital with reliable electricity supply, powering crucial sectors, including the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the Emergency Department, and operating theatres.

Following the gradual expansion of Home Affairs services to banks across the country, as per the department’s digital transformation programme, Smart ID cards and passports delivery services are in progress.

One of only two copies of the ancient Ibn al-Bawwab Qur’an to exist in the world is currently on display at the Iqra exhibition in Makkah.

On Saturday, 11 July 2026, the Darul Ihsan Humanitarian Centre Outreach Team reached the Oliviershoek Clinic in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, in the early hours of the morning.

Serving as Eskom’s renewable energy division, the power giant was recently granted approval to launch Eskom Green.

In the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, Palestine, 71-year-old Haji Jameel Mikdad restores torn and damaged copies of the holy Qur’an.