RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Patrick Pogisho Shikwane (53), Leslina Olga Ndlovu (45), the former Chief Financial Officer of Bojanala District Municipality; Patrick Tlhapi (53), the Bojanala District Municipality Chief Whip; Gontse Kekana (39), the Secretary to the former Municipal Manager; and Mantsho Gloria Moremi (38), a service provider, appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 18 March.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Wat die finansminister se tweede probeerslag van verlede Woensdag betref om die nasionale begroting in die parlement ter tafel te lê, hou die land en sy mense nou vir die volgende 16 dae asem op.
 Suid-Afrika sit vir die eerste keer in ‘n baie lang tyd met ‘n regering van nasionale eenheid (RNE) waarin die ANC nie ‘n volstrekte meerderheid het om die begroting aanvaar te kry nie. Die DA en verskeie ander partye het intussen laat blyk dat hulle nie vir ‘n begroting met ‘n verhoging in BTW te vinde is nie. 

Dawid and Jacqui Fraser of 53 Soetdoring Avenue, Protea Park, in front of their home where virtually everything the family owned burnt down during a fire last Wednesday. It is with enormous gratitude that the family spoke to Rustenburg Herald earlier this week to share a few thoughts about their ordeal, but in particular, the goodwill and kind-hearted spirit of Rustenburg’s people who literally inundated the Frasers with food, clothing and everything that they might need.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - On Thursday, 6 March, a public participation meeting was held in the Old Town Hall to discuss and address service delivery concerns within Rustenburg.
The meeting was attended by residents from Wards 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 42 and 43, staff of Rustenburg Local Municipality (RLM) and Ward Councillors.
The meeting, unfortunately very poorly attended, included an annual report (2023/2024) on items such as financial and service delivery performance.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Solidariteit se regspan het ‘n regsaanmaning aan die minister van handel, nywerheid en mededinging, Parks Tau, gestuur waarin die onwettige en diskriminerende aard van die beplande R100 miljard-rasfonds uitgewys word. Deur hierdie regsproses verskerp Solidariteit sy teenstand teen dié beplande rasfonds, wat aan al die eienskappe van nóg ‘n verrykingskema vir die politieke elite voldoen, en wat nie deur ‘n administrasie wat tans ‘n begrotingskrisis in die gesig staar, bekostig kan word nie.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Sosiale media het op Maandagaand, 10 Maart, omstreeks 18:30 begin gons nadat skote en ontploffings in die omgewing van Oos-Einde gehoor is.
Foto’s en video’s het kort voor lank begin versprei van ‘n voertuig wat in ligte laaie op die R510 dubbelpad gestaan het, aangrensend aan Benedenstraat, naby aan die Oos-Einde plaaslike moskee. ‘n Paar meter voor die brandende voertuig, het ‘n geldwa wawyd oopgestaan wat gedui het op ‘n transitorooftog.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - BOITEKONG - An intelligence driven operation executed by Boitekong Visible Policing members yielded positive results when four suspects were arrested on Wednesday, 26 February, at Dichibidung informal settlement.
The arrest came after follow-up was made on information received that people were seen loading copper cables into a white Jeep Grand Cherokee at the settlement. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Vinnige en samewerkende optrede om misdaad die hoof te bied, het gelei tot die ingehegtenisname van ‘n vragmotordief slegs minute nadat die voertuig gesteel is.
Polisiebeamptes was besig met hul pligte tydens die Veiliger Stad-operasie in die sentrale sakekern van Rustenburg, omstreeks 09:00 op Vrydag, 28 Februarie toe ‘n waarskuwing en uitkykboodskap die beamptes bereik het, wat hulle in kennis gestel het dat ‘n wit Toyota Dyna-vragmotor gesteel is.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The Bafokeng Regional Court has sentenced three men to direct imprisonment for their roles in the murder of Jeremiah Sello Hamel (45) and the attempted murder of Koketso Thakadu and Neo Liteli (both 19). 
The accused, Rapula Solomon Ramadikela (34), Kefiloe Victor Tsoloane (36), and Dumisane Matejwana Ndaba (22), received sentences ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment. The convictions stem from an incident on 16 February 2023 in Freedom Park, Rustenburg.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The DA will write to the MEC of Health, Sello Lehari, requesting him to explain how his department plans to address the insulin shortage in Bojanala Platinum District and ensure that patients receive the correct medication and dosages required for proper self-administration. This after a recent oversight visit to the Rustenburg Sub-District Pharmacy Warehouse and Job Shimankana Tabane (JST) Pharmacy Warehouse in Rustenburg, where the DA discovered a severe shortage of insulin medication in the district, severely impacting patients who rely on government healthcare.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Is it load shedding? No. Is it a cable fault? Yes. Is it a widespread outage? Yes. But is it load shedding? Also, yes. Power will be restored at 01:00. No - it won’t. Power will now be restored at 07:30. Still - no. Power is back again. Ten minutes later: Power off again! Load shedding to be implemented from 11:00. If RLM chooses to implement load shedding. it will commence at 13:00.
If you are as confused as we are, you probably reside in Rustenburg. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 is intensifying efforts to track down armed suspects involved in multiple business robberies between 20 and 21 February. The targeted businesses include tuck shops and fuel stations, where criminals made off with cash and large quantities of cigarettes.
The first robbery took place in Tlhabane West at a tuck shop on 20 February at 17:30.