BONUS - BOITEKONG - Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated annually in honour of Nelson Mandela on 18 July - Madiba’s birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
This year, the Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 in partnership with the North West provincial Human Resource Management office, Women’s Network, Men For Change, Employee Health and Wellness, and the Boitekong Community Police Forum, decided to follow up on a project that was started by Head Office in 2017, during the police national Excellence Awards held at Sun City.
Alternative skills also welcome in art competition
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Amateur artists are invited to enter Rustenburg Herald/NW Bonus art competition, which is presented in collaboration with Pick n Pay Greystone Crossing and Pick n Pay Lifestyle Square in Beyers Naudé Drive.
With the first two winners of the competition done and dusted, it is time for the next round of the competition.
Ethiopia’s Diniya Kedir Abaraya set for triple the action at the 2024 Totalsports Women’s Race
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - No stranger to South African shores, Ethiopia’s Diniya Kedir Abaraya will make her Totalsports Women’s Race debut in 2024. She'll do so in style by participating in all three iconic races: Durban on Sunday, 4 August, Cape Town on Friday, 9 August and Joburg on Saturday, 17 August.
Boasting a personal best 10km time of 32:03 set in Durban in 2023 at the Absa Run Your City Durban 10K, Abaraya has had a busy start to 2024 in South Africa.
Four arrested in Vala Umgodi
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The integrated "Vala Umgodi" operations led to the arrest of four suspects for different crimes between Saturday, 6 and Monday, 8 July 2024, in Tlhatlaganyane village and Rustenburg. Two of the four suspects were nabbed in Tlhatlaganyane for possession gold bearing material.
Biology Maphorisa (33) and Ishmael Dube (20), who are both Zimbabwean foreign nationals, appeared in the Mogwase Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 9 July 2024. They were remanded in custody until Tuesday, 16 July, 2024, for bail application.
Barend off to international CrossFit games!
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - 4am Wake-up calls. Protein shakes. Up to three hours of exercise a day. Being a better a version of yourself.
Yes, Barend Smit might be a bit of a cliché when it comes to the image and idea of CrossFit, but there is no denying that almost a decade of the utmost dedication has brought him to the threshold of where is now - heading to the 2024 CrossFit Games in Texas, in the United States of America.
Smit (32) is taking part with his team, CrossFit Tijger Valley RELENTLESS, consisting of himself, Henri Meiring, Janine Penniall and Lani Venterexas. Although his teammates all reside in Gauteng, Smit has been a Rustenburger for almost 30 years and this is where he crossed paths with Meiring, who also originally hails from the Platinum City.
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