RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 is intensifying efforts to track down armed suspects involved in multiple business robberies between 20 and 21 February. The targeted businesses include tuck shops and fuel stations, where criminals made off with cash and large quantities of cigarettes.
The first robbery took place in Tlhabane West at a tuck shop on 20 February at 17:30.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - A municipal employee of Council and five other foreign nationals were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning for being in possession of stolen copper cables and transformer components, following a tip-off from the public that for the past three to six years municipal trucks have been seen going in and out of this employee’s residence. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the arrest of a municipal employee following a successful operation by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Mapogo a Mathamaga from the Royal Bafokeng Administration (RBA) at a property in Tsitsting. 
The arrested individual is employed in the Electrical Department of the Rustenburg Local Municipality.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens ondersoek tans ‘n saak van huisroof na ‘n insident in die vroeë oggendure van Maandag, 17 Februarie in Safarituine.
Na aanleiding van bewerings van die klaer, was sy aan die slaap toe sy deur twee verdagtes wakker gemaak is - wat reeds wederegtelik haar slaapkamer betree het. Een van die verdagtes was gewapen en hulle het aangedui dat hulle op soek was na ‘n man van Ethiopië, wat hul geglo het in die huis woonagtig sou wees. 

Teboho Twala, founder of the fintech startup ZAKHAA, understands the challenges faced by small businesses, particularly in townships.  “I realized that small businesses lose billions of rands yearly in unpaid deferred payments,” Twala explains. “People promise to pay later, but often don’t, leaving businesses with no collateral and relying ­solely on trust. There’s a need to formalize this relationship seamlessly and cost-effectively.” This realization led to the creation of ZAKHAA, a unique payment system designed to address this very issue.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - It’s no secret that the Rustenburg Municipality has for years been accused of unfair and discriminatory selective credit control with the termination of electrical services of residents who have dared to fall into arrears by even the most negligible amount while others are seemingly allowed to work up hundreds of thousands of rand in arrears without the slightest punitive measures. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Rustenburgers word gemaan om weer uiters versigtig te wees vir die jongste bedrogspul wat die afgelope week of wat weer per epos die ronde doen. 
Skrywes word aan rekeninghouers gestuur - meestal van 'n adres wat vir hulle bekend is - met die kennisgewing dat hul rekening agterstallig is en asb so gou moontliheid vereffen moet word maar - groot asseblief - na 'n alternatiewe epos-adres en rekening omdat sogenaamde ouditeuring van bestaande stelsels tans gedoen word. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Na wat vir die soveelste keer vanjaar na 'n erge hittegolf gevoel het (en waarskynlik was) het Rustenburg uiteindelik die afgelope week 'n bietjie welkome verligting teen buitengewone hittetoestande ontvang. 
Veral Maandagaand het 'n uitstekende bui kort na die laatmiddag-spitstydverkeer uitgesak en in sommige plekke soos Geelhoutpark Kremetartlaanspruitjie is waar reën ervaar.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) in North West is calling on National Treasury to urgently investigate the Rustenburg Local Municipality’s Tlhabane West Sports Facility project, which has become yet another symbol of mismanagement and potential corruption.  Despite receiving nearly R20 million in Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) funding, this project remains incomplete - three years after construction began - while the municipality has already burned through more than R17.5 million.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - “Industries sub-station is on the brink of collapse.” “In 2016 new switch gear was bought but not installed.” “In 2024, a new sub-station building at Koorsboom was erected, but it is standing unused.” “The previous Mayor was warned about the state of affairs.” 
These were some of the comments made by Councillor Gert du Plessis during a Ward meeting on Wednesday, 29 January in the Old Town Hall. Out of sheer desperation, residents of Ward 15, 16 and 17 requested a meeting with Rustenburg Local Municipality (RLM) and the Mayor after continuous, lengthy electricity outages - the tip of the iceberg of the service delivery disaster in Rustenburg.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Alerts went out on various WhatsApp groups on Monday afternoon, 3 February, after protesters took to the streets in front of the local Eskom offices in Mabe Business Park.
In an unexpected turn of events, these protesters were not local residents but drove and were transported in a great number of vehicles from various informal settlements in the area of Brits. 
Rustenburg Herald arrived on the scene to find approximately 150 community members sitting on sidewalks, talking in small groups and filing down the road to make their presence and dissatisfaction known with the national energy provider, Eskom.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - [On Monday, 27 January] the Democratic Alliance (DA) submitted a letter along with a petition signed by business owners of Koster to the MEC of Public Works and Roads, Lizzy Mokua, requesting her to urgently intervene in the incomplete road project of the R509 in Koster. 
The MEC must also supply a comprehensive explanation about the project’s delays and the reasons for its abandonment.