BONUS - RUSTENBURG - As South Africa faces increasing water shortages and water quality challenges, WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa) has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on the Youth Leading in Water Resilience Project. 
This initiative empowers young people in South Africa to tackle one of the nation’s most urgent challenges: water security.

BONUS - RUSTENBURG - With the focus on stabilising identified crime hotspots in the province and applying a multidisciplinary approach to prevent and combat serious and violent crimes, police working together with other law enforcement agencies and role players, arrested 2 570 suspects for various offences during operations conducted between Monday, 4 and Sunday, 10 November.

South African swimmer Pieter Coetzé clinched gold in the men’s 200m backstroke and silver in the 50m backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Singapore! (Photo: Facebook)

BONUS - KGASWANE NATURE RESERVE - Rustenburg communities are well-aware of the devastating fire that swept through Kgaswane Reserve at the end of September, destroying infrastructure and 60% of grazing in the reserve. 
Approximately 85% of natural veld has been destroyed by the fire and private fire fighters braved scorching temperatures and flames for hours on end to bring the fire under control. 
Emelang Malefo, Acting Reserve Manager, explained that the fire came at a very difficult time of the year before any rain had fallen and at a time when the female animals are about to give birth.