RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - As usual around this time of the year most consumers have an extra frown or two on the forehead in anticipation of new municipal tariffs in terms of the RLM annual budget of 2025/26. 
It’s old hat that consumer tariffs know only one way and that is up! New tariffs that will be charged in terms of the RLM annual budget 2025/26 are as follows: (One will have to be somewhat optimistic to hope that the Rustenburg Municipality will show consumers a little bit of mercy with tariffs that are more or less equal to the inflation rate which is currently only 2.8%).

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Die AfriForum-tak in Rustenburg het aan die Rustenburg Plaaslike Munisipaliteit se openbare deelnameproses vir sy geïntegreerde ontwikkelingsplan (GOP) deelgeneem en ernstig beswaar aangeteken teen verskeie diensleweringskwessies. 
Ingevolge artikel 152 van die Grondwet het AfriForum nie net skriftelike insette gelewer nie, maar die dokument ook persoonlik aan die munisipale bestuurder se sekretaris oorhandig.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - On Friday, 30 May, the Rustenburg Regional Court sentenced 38-year-old Andries Boy Boy Baloyi to 12 years’ imprisonment for the murder of a 32-year-old man. 
The incident occurred in June 2022 at Ikemeleng informal settlement in Kroondal.According to court evidence, Baloyi and the victim were part of a group gambling outside a well-known local tavern when an argument broke out. The dispute was reportedly over R50 and a dice board.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - A 41-year-old Mozambican man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 June, after police and local farmers worked together to stop a vehicle believed to be linked to rhino poaching at Lindleyspoort, near Boshoek.
According to information received from Rustenburg police spokesperson, Sgt Ofentse Mokgadi, the man was found with an unlicensed 375 hunting rifle, five bullets, and three sharp knives. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The first fuel levy increase in three years will come into effect in June and motorists will have to brace themselves for a shocker. Here’s how it will affect petrol and diesel prices. 
The projected decrease in petrol and diesel prices for June has been slimmed down by Treasury’s hike in the fuel price levy. South African motorists will feel the impact of the fuel levy increase at the pumps when the official price changes for petrol and diesel kicks in on Wednesday, 4 June.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG – The police are offering a reward of R150 000 for any information that can lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of the alleged perpetrators in the murder investigation of 41-year-old Zanele Precious Nkosi.
According to information received from provincial police Spokesperson, Col Adéle Myburgh, Nkosi, who was an attorney, was murdered on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, at about 16:30 in front of her workplace on 167 Klopper Street in Rustenburg.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - KARLIEN PARK – The community of Karlien Park came out in multitudes, in support of the family of 47- year-old Shaun Gabriel Anton, affectionately known as “Shauna”, who was fatally stabbed by his 28-year-old younger brother, during an alleged fray, last week in Karlien Park.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Rustenburg has engaged with the Provincial Spokesperson for Public Works, Freddy Sonakile, to urgently escalate the matter of deteriorating road infrastructure in Rustenburg to the MEC for Public Works for immediate intervention. The road infrastructure in wards 35 and 36 is in a dire state and urgently requires government intervention. Key provincial roads, including the R104 (Old Pretoria Road), R509, and the main road between Magaliesberg and Derby, are riddled with potholes and unsafe intersections, causing significant damage to vehicles and posing serious dangers to motorists.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG – The Acting Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 Commissioner, Brigadier Mamotsamai Ntoagae, has welcomed the direct imprisonment of 27-year-old Karabo Mlambo and 29-year-old Keabetswe Dinake, who were sentenced by the Tlhabane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 16 May.
According to Rustenburg police Spokesperson, Sgt Ofentse Mokgadi, the two convicted individuals were part of a group suspected of terrorising members of the community along the busy Lebone Street, leading towards Rustenburg Noord.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Members of the public were invited last week Tuesday and Wednesday by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), in collaboration with the Office of the Speaker of Rustenburg Local Municipality to attend public participation sessions at the Rustenburg Civic Centre. 
The purpose was to engage residents from all 45 wards on proposed changes to municipal ward delimitations ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The police in Tlhabane have confirmed that an inquest docket has been opened following a tragic incident in Rustenburg North, in which a young child lost her life in a fire. 
The case is currently under investigation by Detective Sergeant David Kgokong of Tlhabane SAPS.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The police in Tlhabane are investigating a case of murder following the death of an unidentified man who was allegedly assaulted by members of the community in Lefaragatlhe.
The incident occurred on Saturday, 10 May, at around 07:00, along Boikanyo Road in the Nyeneng section of Lefaragatlhe. Police were alerted to the scene and, upon arrival, found the local Protection Services and the ambulance already in attendance. Paramedics declared the victim deceased on the scene.