Rustenburg’s notorious former sinkhole and water leak in Thabo Mbeki Drive close to the corner of Koorsboom Avenue is back once again and is frustrating motorists travelling down Mbeki Drive on a daily basis. In addition to causing a bottle neck since motorists are forced to drive in the lane of oncoming traffic when passing the area, the leak is also causing a dangerous traffic situation.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - This weekend (Sunday 10 December) marks exactly one year since the notorious Rockcliff Estate bridge in Cuckoo Avenue has been devastated if not completely washed away by storm water after an untold cloudburst in Rustenburg during the heavy rains of the previous season. 
Currently the status of the Rockcliff bridge is that the restoration project is in an advanced stage if not entirely completed except for what seems to be a few minor problems such as water leaking dangerously close to high voltage electrical cables as well as the final painting of the road.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - AfriForum se Rustenburg-tak het Maandag (4 Desember) hofstukke aan die Nasionale Energiereguleerder van Suid-Afrika (NERSA) beteken om dringend die voortslepende probleme rakende elektrisiteitsvoorsiening in die Rustenburg Plaaslike Munisipaliteit op te los. 
Dit volg in reaksie op die aanhoudende kragonderbrekings wat Rustenburg ervaar weens swak onderhoud van dié munisipaliteit se elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur.

RUSTENBURG HERALD  - RUSTENBURG - The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced the official petrol and diesel price adjustments for December. 
It is good news across the board, with both grades of petrol decreasing by 65 cents per litre and diesel by between R2.35 (500ppm) and R2.41 (50ppm) - the decreases have been eroded somewhat by retail margin hikes built into the price structure by the DMRE. The over-recovery of 99 cents per litre on petrol, due to lower international oil prices and a slightly stronger rand, would have resulted in a decrease of that amount.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Legal Aid South Africa’s North West/Free State Provincial Office awarded their best performing employees at the 19th Annual Achiever Awards on 16 November.
Legal Practitioner Tshepiso Mokoroane from the Legal Aid SA Phuthaditjhaba Local Office scooped the award for Lawyer of the Year: District Court. Siviwe Rwaxa from the Legal Aid SA Bloemfontein Local Office walked away with the Lawyer of the Year: Regional Court award. 

Minette Senekal, ‘n onderwyseres van Laerskool Rustenburg en ook Boogskiet-afrigter, het haar titel tydens vanjaar se SA-Boogskietkampioenskappe met mening verdedig,
wat gedurende die Oktober skoolvakansie plaasgevind het.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has expressed their deep sadness after 11 employees lost their lives at Impala Rustenburg's 11 Shaft.
 A further 75 employees were injured, of which 14 are considered critical, in the accident and were transferred and admitted for treatment to four hospitals in the region. The mine rescue operation is completed and all 86 employees are accounted for.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Rustenburg Regional Court handed down sentences in two separate cases of child sexual abuse last week.
In one case, a father was sentenced to 75 years imprisonment, while in the other case, a stepfather was handed a 30 year jail sentence. In the first case reported in March of 2010, a social worker alerted the police about the wellbeing of three children, who were in the care of their parents. The latter initially stayed in Pretoria, but relocated to Zeerust. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Rustenburg Local Municipality (RLM) is asking the community to help them curb the surge of vandalism, the theft of critical electrical infrastructure and illegal connections in Rustenburg and surrounding areas.
Some of the acts causing the most disruption currently are:
•    Theft of transformers

The Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 Commissioner,
Brigadier Mamotsamai Ntoagae received an Ambassador’s award
for 2022/2023 at the North West Police Excellence Awards on Thursday (16 November).

The glamourous event was held at the Sun City Superbowl.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - PHOKENG - The Tlhabane Regional Court sentenced a 55-year-old man to 20 years imprisonment for sexually violating his 6-year-old niece.
 Lebogela Motswadi (55) was declared unfit to possess a firearm and his name will now be included in the register of sexual offenders. He was further declared undesirable to work with children. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The South African Police Service (SAPS) reservist programme continues to collapse under Minister Bheki Cele with SAPS losing more than 90% of its reservists since 2011/12.
 In 2011/12 there were 52 054 SAPS reservists across the country. Ten years later in 2021/22 SAPS was left with just 4 393 reservists. Today, the numbers have declined to a devastating new low, with just 3 502 reservists across the country.