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Tue, Feb

  • DA calls for Treasury probe into R20m Tlhabane West sports facility

    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.

     

  • RLM service delivery crisis - putting a band aid on cancer

    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.

     

  • Brits residents take to the streets in Rustenburg over service delivery woes

    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.