BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The Chief Whip of the North West Provincial Legislature (NWPL), Paul Sebegoe on Wednesday attributed worsening overcrowding at schools around Rustenburg to migration and urbanization within mining communities.
Sebegoe made this observation after being part of elected public representatives deployed across the province to monitor schools reopening readiness programme on the first day of the 2024 academic year.
Chance to win big money with art
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Amateur artists in and around Rustenburg are invited once again to enter Rustenburg Herald/NW Bonus' popular Blank Space Art competition with wonderful prize-money up for grabs once every quarter as well as at the grand finale following the overall judging at the end of the year.
Two monthly/quarterly winners from all participating artists will be selected every quarter (one each from Pick n Pay Greystone Crossing and Pick n Pay Beyers Naudé) with each of these artists walking off with prize-money of R1 000 sponsored by Rustenburg Herald.
Accolades and awards for SA competitors and vehicle manufacturers after extremely tough 2024 Dakar Rally
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - South African competitors and vehicle manufacturers participating in the 2024 Dakar Rally from 5 to 19 January in Saudi Arabia, showed why they can compete with the best in the world as they earned and bagged numerous accolades and awards after two formidable weeks and 4 700 kilometres of timed racing from the ancient city of AlUla to the shores of the Red Sea, conquering the daunting dunes of the Empty Quarter.
Entries open for the Tour de PPA
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Entries are open for the Tour de PPA, taking place on Sunday, 25 February 2024.
This will be the perfect prep to help cyclists gauge their fitness and fine-tune their strategy prior to the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Entry fees vary from R300 to R470. Entries to the Tour de PPA are open to PPA members as well as non-members and is ideal for experienced and average cyclists, as well as newcomers to the sport. E-Bikes and Tandems are welcome to join.
Taxi drivers tackle pothole
With apologies to the South African taxi industry, Rustenburg motorists will agree that taxi drivers are not necessarily the most popular people in the country. But as is often warned - it is dangerous to generalise… Last week (Thursday and Friday) saw this group of taxi drivers and a number of their colleagues taking it upon themselves to in their own time and at their own cost, repair a months old dangerous trench (originally a pothole) in the heavily congested Faisal Mafa Drive between Econo Foods and the Cornerstone Lifestyle Center (new Food Lovers Market) at the Waterfall Mall.