North West · Guide
Government jobs in North West
North West's largest advertiser in the circular is Community Safety and Transport Management, which runs the province's traffic, licensing and registering authorities and advertises examiners, traffic officers and administrative clerks across the districts. Employment and Labour's labour centres are a steady national presence, and Health appears with hospital batches in some issues.
Which departments hire most
Open posts in North West right now, by department, and the departments that have advertised most across every circular this site has processed:
- North West South African Police Service 2 open
- Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 1 open
- Office of the Chief Justice 1 open
- Department of Land Reform and Rural Development 1 open
- North West Department of Health and Wellness 8 posts in 1 issue
- Department of Water and Sanitation 6 posts in 1 issue
- North West Department of Health 4 posts in 1 issue
- North West South African Police Service 2 posts in 1 issue
- Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 2 posts in 2 issues
- National Prosecuting Authority 2 posts in 1 issue
The jobs that recur here
Community Safety and Transport Management's recurring titles are provincial inspectors and traffic officers, examiners of driving licences and vehicles, licensing and registering-authority clerks, and the administrative clerks and personal assistants around them. Employment and Labour's labour centres add client service officers, claims processors and inspectors. Health batches, when they come, carry nurses, medical officers and hospital support posts at Klerksdorp, Mahikeng, Rustenburg and Potchefstroom.
Open North West posts right now, by job title:
Where the posts are based
Mahikeng (Mafikeng, with Mmabatho) is the provincial capital and head-office city. Rustenburg and Brits (Bojanala) serve the platinum belt; Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom (Dr Kenneth Kaunda) the south, with the Tshepong and Klerksdorp hospitals; Vryburg, Taung and Schweizer-Reneke (Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati) the west; Lichtenburg and Zeerust (Ngaka Modiri Molema) around the capital.
Each post's Centre line is shown as printed on its job page, and the search box on the North West page matches on town names, so "Mthatha" or "Upington" narrows the list to that centre.
How closing dates fall
Community Safety and Transport posts name the registering authority or licensing office as the centre and take applications at head office in Mahikeng. Closing dates follow the circular's main date.
The next closing dates for open North West posts:
40% of the open North West posts close on Fri 6 Nov. A closing time, where the circular states one, is on the job page — a 16:00 deadline is not a midnight one.
National departments in North West
National departments hiring in North West through the circular include Employment and Labour (Rustenburg, Klerksdorp, Mahikeng and Brits labour centres), the NPA (North West Division), Water and Sanitation, Correctional Services and Agriculture.
Those posts are listed under the province they are based in, not under "National", so they appear on the North West page alongside the provincial departments'.
Applying for a North West post
The rules are the same everywhere: the new Z83 form, a detailed CV, the reference number quoted exactly, one application per post, and certified copies only when shortlisted. What differs by department is where the application goes and whether email or an online portal is accepted — read the APPLICATIONS and NOTE lines on the job page, which are the department's own words. The application guide covers the rest, and salary levels explains the pay line.