BONUS - RUSTENBURG - Defending series champion Glenrose Xaba had to dig deep on Sunday morning, but she managed to hold off a challenge from Ethiopia's Selam Gebre to win the opening leg of the 2025 SPAR Grand Prix in Cape Town.
Pushing the pace hard at the start, Xaba (Boxer Athletics Club) pulled two athletes with her in the early stages - Gebre and another Ethiopian, Meseret Fita (both representing Nedbank Running Club) - as they opened a gap on a larger chasing group.
SPCA gets a make-over
On Saturday, 29 March, the Our Ward Matters team were all hands on deck for a cleanup and repaint of the SPCA’s premises.
The team of volunteers were in good spirits whilst raking leaves, cutting grass, weeding the garden, painting walls and of course, playing with some of the SPCA’s inhabits.
Beste baanatleet by SA’s
Wat ‘n besondere prestasie! Rayden Fienies van Laerskool Vastrap
is op 22 Maart as die beste baanatleet tydens die
Suid-Afrikaanse atletiekkampioenskappe aangewys.
Vastrap is só trots op Rayden!
NW province is underfunded
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The provincial budget delivered by MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi in the North West Provincial Legislature is nothing but an empty framework with empty promises - and was not aligned with the Premier's promises in the State of the Province Address (SOPA).
During her speech on Wednesday, 19 March, Mosenogi's ignorance came forth with her announcements of the improvement in the stability and functionality of councils in the municipalities across the province.
Kick-off of Safer Easter Operation on N4
BONUS - RUSTENBURG - The Executive Mayor of Rustenburg, Ms Sheila Mabale-Huma, alongside the Acting Bojanala Platinum Sub-District 2 Commissioner, Brigadier Mamotsamai Ntoagae, officially launched the Safer Easter Operation on the N4 near Kroondal last Thursday, 20 March. The operation, which runs until 5 May, aims to enhance safety and security during the Easter holiday period.