RUSTENBURG HERALD - SANDFONTEIN - Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, accompanied by the Premier of the North West Province, Lazarus Kagiso Mokgosi, the MEC for COGTA, Gaoage Molapisi, as well as the BPDM and MKLM Mayors and Bakgatla Ba Kgafela Kgosi Nyalala Pilane, recently embarked on a ministerial Electricity and Energy visit to Sandfontein as part of the Accelerated Load Reduction Eradication Programme.

RUSTENBURG – PHOKENG - Police in Phokeng have launched an investigation following the discovery of the body of a 27-year-old woman at her residence in Punodung Section on Sunday night, 16 November. According to Sgt Ofentse Mokgadi, Rustenburg police spokesperson, preliminary reports indicated that on that fateful evening, police received a complaint regarding an alleged murder. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Bafokeng Regional Court, on Wednesday, 5 November, convicted and sentenced two Lesotho nationals, Bokang Molapisi (46) and Josias Mokgatja (35), to an effective 12 years direct imprisonment for the theft of copper cable. 
The court further imposed an additional six months direct imprisonment for being in the country illegally. The sentences will run concurrently.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG – The murder case of Jacques Ricardo Gibson continued on Friday, 7 November, at the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court.
Gibson, who was 44-years-old at the time of the incident, was reportedly fatally shot in front of the main gate of his property in Rustenburg East-End, on Thursday, 14 March 2024. His 18-year-old daughter was the only eye witness to the crime, which left the entire family devastated.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - MAHIKENG - The two men accused of murdering George (68) and Wilma Koster (65) in a shocking public shooting incident at the Platinum Square Shopping Centre in June this year, have been granted bail by the High Court of South Africa’S North West Division in Mahikeng. 
The tragic incident on 14 June 2025 in the shopping centre’s parking area left the Rustenburg community horrified and the Koster family devastated. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - LETHABONG - The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Lethabong have arrested a 36-year-old male suspect following an incident of attempted murder that occurred on Sunday, 2 November, at around 15:00 at a tavern.
According to information received, the victim was in the company of friends consuming alcohol at the tavern when her child’s father, arrived and enquired about their children.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Rustenburg strongly condemns the shocking level of disorganisation and neglect displayed during the Mayoral Imbizo held on Wednesday, 29 October at the Old Town Hall.
What was meant to be an opportunity for residents to engage the Executive Mayor on critical service delivery issues, instead exposed the municipality’s incompetence.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Following numerous rumours and videos suggesting the presence of crocodiles at Olifantsnek Dam, a co-ordinated investigation launched to determine the facts has stunned the Olifantsnek Dam fraternity. 
Local environmentalist and insurance broker Thomas de Wet from De Wet de Villiers Insurance Brokers initiated the formation of a task group comprising all relevant stakeholders associated with the Olifantsnek Dam.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - With the aim of ensuring safety and security of all citizens, the operations conducted under the Safer Festive Season Operation Shanela II, between Monday, 20 and Sunday, 26 October, across the province resulted in the arrest of 1 139 suspects. Through the execution of actions such as vehicle check points (VCP’s), stops and searches, foot and vehicle patrols, compliance inspections at second-hand dealers, scrapyards, recyclers, private security, firearm dealers, formal and informal businesses, and farms copper cables, explosives, tobacco products, liquor and a variety of drugs were seized. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - GROOT MARICO - Moagi Motlhabane and Sipho Tobi, both aged 27, are expected to reappear in the Groot Marico Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 25 November, on a charge of stock theft. The accused made initial court appearances on Monday, 20 and Tuesday, 21 October, after being arrested by members of Lehurutshe Stock Theft and Endangered Species (STES) Unit at Brakkuil and Koffiekraal Villages, Madikwe on Friday, 17 October.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG – The police in Rustenburg request the community’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Phumeza Gxalaba Godla, who resides in Rustenburg. He was last seen by his mother early in the morning on Friday, 19 September 2025, when he left the house to go to a nearby shop. When his mother went to look for him a bit later that morning, she could not find him.