RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - 'n Bekende 62-jarige sakeman van Rustenburg en 'n voormalige Rustenburgse sakevrou wat 'n intieme vriendin van die familie is, het Maandagaand omstreeks 20:00 'n noue ontkoming gehad toe 'n komplot wat klaarblyklik daarop gemik was om die twee van hul selfone, kontant en persoonlike besittings en heel waarskynlik die sakeman ('n prominente kontrakteur by Rustenburgse myne) se Toyota Hilux 4x4 te beroof, oënskynlik skeefgeloop en misluk het. 
Die sakeman was ongeveer 18:00 tuis toe sy vrou 'n oproep van dié vriendin ontvang waarin sy slaapplek vir die nag gevra het.

Rustenburg Herald - Kroondal - Strange things have happened in and around Rustenburg in the past! Roughly two years ago a fully grown crocodile was seen crossing the N4 in the vicinity of Kroondal, earlier Rustenburg motorists almost drove into the veld when a local farmer had a young kudu bull accompanying his cattle in the field and leading them with the familiar "cow bell" around its neck. On Monday morning (4 March) motorists on the Bakwena N4 only a few meters from the Kroondal offramp almost overturned their cars when a fully grown hippopotamus was noticed as it appeared to wait on passing traffic before it attempted to cross the N4.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Two Rustenburg detectives, Sgt Yvonne Suzan Sikwani (54) and Constable Bontle Mmudi (41) made their first appearance in the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Thursday last week where they have faced charges of corruption and extortion. 
The women were granted bail of R1 000 each and will re-appear before the same court on Friday, 31 May 2024. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - NORTH WEST - The SAP's multidisciplinary and crime intelligence driven "Vala Umgodi" operations conducted between Friday, 16 February and Tuesday, 20 February, by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, National Intervention Unit (NIU), Special Task Force (STF), Tactical Response Team (TRT), Public Order Police (POP), South African National Defence Force (SANDF), Airwing, Mounted Unit, Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), K9, Visible Policing and Mine security, pounced on 71 illegal immigrants and eight illegal miners in Hebron and Rustenburg respectively.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Over the past five to seven days, Rustenburg Herald has been inundated by calls and messages from angry members of various areas in the community to complain about water shortages over a large area throughout and around town. 
Despite notices sent out by the Rustenburg Municipality on 17 and 24 February respectively, it seems that an alarming number of consumers never managed to see these notices and were confronted by shortages during the past week totally unprepared. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Exactly a week after the National Budget Address 2024 has been delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godangwana, many South Africans may still struggle to come to terms with what exactly the budget holds - after all - it was very clear that there was a distinct difference between the opinions of financial experts/economists and representatives of political parties and consumers in general. Hardly any political parties have responded favourably to the Budget 2024, except for the EFF on some issues.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG -A forty two-year-old office worker of the Swartruggens Magistrate's Court, Gontle Petronella Maphologela, was sentenced to a R20 000 fine by the Rustenburg Serious Commercial Crime Court on Friday, 16 February, after she was found guilty on eight counts of theft.
 A police investigation revealed that between March and June 2021, Maphologela who was the financial clerk based at Swartruggens Magistrates' Court and responsible for the management of funds derived from fines and bail monies as well as other deposits made at the clerk of the Court, selectively stole eight cash in transit bags containing money and manipulated the registers to avoid detection.  

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Finally, the cat is out of the bag - President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced on Tuesday that South African’s 2024 National and Provincial Elections will take place on Wednesday, 29 May 2024 and that the date has been officially proclaimed according to the South African Constitution. Rampahosa has called on all South African to exercise their democratic rights. Naturally, 29 May has been declared a “public holiday” - the date will be announced in the Government Gazette withing days from now, the President said.

RUSTENBURG - HERALD - RUSTENBURG - In ‘n gesamentlike operasie deur verskeie eenhede van die polisie se Ernstige Geweld en Kriminele Ondersoekeenheid in die Noordwes-provinsie is talle vermeende veediewe aangekeer terwyl groot getalle vermoedelik gesteelde vee asook gesteelde voertuie deur die polisie teruggevind is. 
Dié operasie wat tussen 14 en 16 Februarie regdeur die Noordwes-provinsie plaasgevind het, was gemik op die voorkoming van veediefstal, voertuigdiefstal, voertuigkaping en voorvalle van moord waarin mense deur middel van teregstellings en op ander wyses vermoor is. 

Rustenburg Herald fokus vandeesweek op uiters druk verkeerstoestande op die stad se besigte roetes tydens vroegoggend- en laatmiddag-spitstye. Klagtes oor die berugte en ongewilde Helen Joseph-brug oor die N4 in ‘n suidelike rigting na die BP vulstasie en prominente inkoopsentrums in die gebied, is die afgelope paar jaar reeds niks nuuts nie. Roetes wat motoriste feitlik elke dag die harnas in jaag en waar voorvalle van padwoede toenemend in die stad voorkom, is die berugte Bovenstraat/Beyers Naudé-rylaan, Kloofweg en die Helen Joseph-brug wat volgens Rustenburgse motoriste weens ‘n ontwerpflater ‘n verkeersnagmerrie geword het. 

RUSTENBURG HERALD - Ga-Rankuwa - Two friends who have been terrorising residents of the community in Hebron have appeared in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 12 February on charges of a string of cases against them.
The suspects were arrested on Thursday, 8 February, at Phase 3, Itsoseng after Hebron detectives and the unit Visible Policing acted on a tip-off from the public. 
Subsequent to the arrest, the police searched the room where the suspects were found sleeping and discovered a 9 mm pistol, 10 rounds of ammunition, cell phones, a plasma television and assorted bottles of liquor.

RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The annual Pick n Pay Lunch Box Drive campaign (the third of its kind to date) was launched with great excitement by Pick n Pay Greystone Crossing recently. 
This year our Lunch Box Drive campaign involved new Grade 1 learners and was another great success, says Steven Vorster, owner and Manager of Pick n Pay Greystone Crossing.
In this year's drive Pick n Pay Greystone visited seven schools notably David Brink, Rustenburg-Noord, Rutanang, Karlien Park, Protea Park, Vastrap and Larries. A total of 1 200 lunch boxes with some healthy snacks were distributed.