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15 DECEMBER 2014

With Christmas Day liƩ le more than a week away, has once again become doƩ ed with the fl ashing lights of Christmas decoraƟ ons – that is, despite a recent bout of load shedding which saw the town plunged into darkness from 17:00 to 20:00 (in some cases), resulƟ ng in some damages to the decoraƟ ons. However, as if Christmas came early, Eskom has decided to keep the lights on for the remainder of the fesƟ ve season, allowing the people of Rustenburg to savour the hard work and dedicaƟ on put into decoraƟ ng their homes as the residents of this beauƟ ful house at 36 Kremetart Avenue, Protea Park. See more on page 2. Photograph: BenniƩ Bartl.

Tel: 014 592 8329/30/40/50/60 • Fax: 014 592 1869 Rolene is Queen 13 Coetzer Street, PO Box 2043, Rustenburg, 0300 e-mail: [email protected] of the world! - p 2 25 000 Copies - Verifi ed Free DistribuƟ on

Photo: Inquirer Use these numbers - we’re “off-line” BONUS - RUSTENBURG The Rustenburg community, regular advertisers, sport Our editorial staff can be contacted as clubs and media representatives are urgently requested to take note that personnel follows: Waldie Volschenk - 072 608 7313, at the offi ces of Rustenburg Herald (13 Coetzer Street) have been unable to receive Cecile Volschenk - 082 895 5587 or Bennitt Minor injured any calls since last Wednesday night as a result of stolen cables. Bartl - 071 673 2054. We apologise for the inconvenience and contact us on the general email address: Please note that in addition to this edition advise our readers and advertisers to contact [email protected] or to of Bonus (22 December) Rustenburg our marketing consultants and editorial staff contact Ms Marianne Meyer on 071 492 Herald will be publishing two editions (19 after explosion per cellular phone. 1859 for all general enquiries. Alternatively, & 26 December) before our closure for We are fortunate in the sense that our contact our marketing consultants - Edaleen the Christmas Holiday recess. Rustenburg normal email communication is not affected Strydom - 082 686 6116, Maggie Botha - 082 Herald and Bonus will reopen on Monday, - p 3 and advise the Rustenburg Community to 595 0282, or Lezel Smith on 076 232 9596. 12 January 2015 at 08:00. The new Hilux Legend 45 & Fortuner Epic Edition now available at Rustenburg Toyota

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Endemic Bird Series Marsh Owl Asio capensis 35 - 38 cm; 230 – 370 g A plain krikkk’, likened to sound of material brown, medium-sized owl with a buff being torn. Status and biology: coloured face, small ‘ear’ tufts and dark Common resident and nomad in brown eyes. In fl ight, wings broader marshes and damp grassland; avoids Christmas lights around town than African-grass owl, with much thick reedbeds. Often circles overhead larger buff ‘windows’ in primaries, after fl ushing. Less nocturnal than BONUS - RUSTENBURG – The less contrast between coverts and most other owls. Sometimes roosts Festive Season is here and everywhere fl ight feathers, and pale trailing edge in fl ocks. Lays 2-4 (rarely 6) eggs in a to secondaries and outer primates. depression among dense vegetation. people are putting up Chritmas trees Underwings has dark carpal marks; tail Diet: Small mammals, birds, frogs and and Christmas lights. barred. Voice: Harsh, rasping ‘krikkk- invertebrates. (Vlei-uil) Have a look at the following addresses: * Growthpoint.church - 292 Beyers Naude 292 from 19:00 till 23:00 every night; * 17A Kerk Street 17A (from 18:00 - 24:00 every night), there is also a big red post box for the little one’s letters to Christmas Father; * 20 Kerk Street 20 (from 18:00 - 24:00 every night); * 36 Kremetart Avenue (from 19:00 - 22:00), from 12 December the gates will also be open from 19:00 - 21:00 (closed on Sundays); * Corner of President Mbeki and Marais Street, 182 Pres Mbeki (from 19:00 - 22:00); * 13A Joubert Street (19:00 - 22:30). Rolene is Queen of the world! VALID VALUE BONUS - RUSTENBURG - A South African beauty has done it again! Rolene Strauss, 22 year-old beauty of Margaret Gardener - won the Miss Universe GUARANTEED USED CARS Volksrust in Mpumalanga was chosen to wear title in the early eighties. the crown as the most beautiful woman in the Rolene is a fourth year medical student at the world - and make no mistake - beautiful she University of the Free State in is! The ceremony was hosted in the British and was the favourite of the British and capital on Sunday. With this marvellous international press and beauty publications achievement, Rolene became only the third since her arrival in London several weeks ago. South African women in history to have Miss Hungary - Edina Kulcsar - was crowned the world of beautiful women at her feet by as First Princess and Miss USA - Elizaberth winning the 2014 Safrit - as Second Princess. RICH INDIAN WOMAN Miss World pageant. 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THE RIGHT DECISION & THE RIGHT CHOICE 018-381 5692 TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE: CALL 38 Nelson Mandela Drive, 0D¿NHQJ PROF SENKE NOW ON [email protected] 078 408 1292 [email protected] (PDLOFFPD¿NHQJ#WHONRPVDQHW 15 DECEMBER 2014 BONUS PAGE 3 Sniffer dog just Minor injured fine on three legs BONUS - RUSTENBURG On 6th December, two conservation dogs, Rhino and Shaya, after explosion helped game reserve staff and the local community to track down suspects in a farm house robbery near the 50,000 hectare Balule Private Nature Reserve in Limpopo BONUS – RUSTENBURG – A 12-year-old minor has sustained injuries to both province. his arms, the fi ngers of his right hand and his face following an explosion at close The dogs’ deployment at the reserve weapons. While not directly a rhino linked range in the Kanana Village outside Rustenburg last week. was facilitated by the Endangered Wildlife crime, there is a strong possibility that the According to South African Police take the plastic bag from his younger Trust (EWT)’s Rhino project. The EWT’s stolen hunting rifl es could fi nd their way Services (SAPS) spokesman in Phokeng, brother when the device went off,” Const conservation dogs form part of the overall into poachers’ hands. Conservation dogs are Constable Kabelo Phetabosigo, the victim Phetabosigo told the Rustenburg Herald anti-poaching efforts at the reserve. playing an increasingly important role in and his older brother went to the top of on Friday, 12 December. Barely a week after Rhino had arrived at tackling the scourge of wildlife crime – these a “koppie” (a hill) to collect fi rewood The minor was taken to the Job the reserve, on the evening of 6th December, animals are often the unsung heroes in this when a black plastic container fi lled with Shimankana Provincial Hospital in a call came from the local Farmer’s Watch battle”. explosives fell from a tree. Rustenburg for medical attention but was that a farm house nearby had been broken Unlike purebred Malinois Shaya, Rhino “The information available at this stage moved to another facility on Thursday, 11 into and rifl es stolen. Rhino was deployed is a Mongrel rescued by Community Led suggests the elder brother attempted to December. and immediately found a track – which led Animal Welfare (CLAW), a community straight to the suspects, who were busy trying based welfare organisation providing to open the gun safe they had stolen. primary animal healthcare in . One suspect managed to get away whilst He was trained and donated to the project the other was arrested. by Greendogs Conservation. “The dogs Precious metals syndicate The suspects had thrown the hunting will help towards efforts to clamp down on rifl es from the gun safe into the bush, but wildlife crime and poaching activity in the Shaya , the sniffer dog, was put to work and reserve.” concluded Brebner. members arrested – Hawks quickly found them. BONUS – RUSTENBURG – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also The arrested suspect known as the Hawks, in Gauteng and the North West have arrested twenty-eight led reserve staff and members of a syndicate traffi cking and dealing in precious metals (gold, platinum and farmers to the shack palladium), the Bonus was told last week. where he and his A two-day long, intelligence-led activities of this syndicate were kept under accomplices live – operation started in the early hours of intelligence surveillance for over a year. Shaya helped recover Wednesday, 10 December, and was In this time, a number of illegal precious three more hand concluded in the early hours of Thursday, metals transactions to the value of R23 guns and a number 11 December. Twenty-three properties (22 million, were made. of foreign passports residences and one business) were raided This syndicate would put illegally- and cellphones across the two provinces, leading to the acquired precious metals from illegal which could provide arrest of syndicate members aged between mining activities on a legal market locally crucial intelligence 28 and 63. and through regional trade. to criminal Upon searching the properties, over R1- Twenty-six of the suspects appeared in investigations. million in cash and gold to the value of over the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court. They Through the dogs’ R2-million believed to be the proceeds of faced charges of dealing in and smuggling combined efforts, their illegal dealings, were seized. The precious metals. within 12 hours of the incident, one suspect was in custody, and four hunting rifl es and three hand guns had been removed from the local community. RUSTENBURG Kirsty Brebner, EWT’s Rhino Project Manager said: “Both Rhino and Shaya were instrumental in tracking down the suspects. Working as a team to their individual strengths, Rhino did the tracking and Shaya found the Rhino, tracker dog, hard at work.

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TEL: 014 592 0371 ï FAX: 014 592 0396 ï www.inspectacar.co.za PAGE 4 BONUS 15 DECEMBER 2014 Service interruptions due to A “five-point plan” to save Eskom load shedding – Home Affairs BONUS – RUSTENBURG – The South African Government announced last week that a war BONUS – RUSTENBURG – The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) room has been set up with immediate effect to oversee the implementation of a fi ve-point plan reiterated last week that measures are being taken to ensure that clients to address the electricity challenges facing the country. receive quality services during any and all bouts of load shedding which had Minister of Energy, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, - managing demand through specifi c been experienced throughout the country over the past weeks. has said the war room would be made up of the interventions within residential dwellings, public Part of the solution includes the provision of extended turnaround periods. Departments of Energy, Cooperative Governance and commercial buildings and municipalities suffi cient capacity generators that will ensure Minister Malusi Gigaba has and Traditional Affairs, Public Enterprises, through retrofi tting energy effi cient technologies. that systems are able to function even when pleaded for patience, particularly National Treasury, Economic Development, To meet the country’s future energy there are power outages around the country. cognisant of the fact that most Water and Sanitation and Eskom – as well as requirements, the government is implementing an In this regard, the Department is due to revert clients are in need of Home Affairs technical offi cials. energy mix which comprises of coal, solar, wind, to an offl ine mode system in instances where documentation during the festive The fi ve-point plan will address the following: hydro, gas and nuclear energy. In future biomass, live-capture systems are down. Inevitably, season. - the interventions that Eskom will undertake in wind power, solar power and hydro-power will the offl ine mode will be slower, resulting in “We apologise to all South the period over the next 30 days; contribute 11.4 Gigawatts of renewable energy to Africans for the inconveniences - harnessing the cogeneration opportunity the grid. RRT wraps up 2014 and the delays they have through the extension of existing contracts with Eskom came under fi re earlier this week for experienced while applying for the private sector; having allegedly sent all its construction workers with a good report card and collecting their documents. - accelerating the programme for substitution of working on the Medupi Power Station on BONUS – RUSTENBURG – At a year- We are continuing to work with our diesel with gas to fi re up the diesel power plants; Christmas leave. The power station’s completion end meeting with key stakeholders and service providers to ensure that we - launching a coal independent power producer has been delayed several times due to work members of the media held on Tuesday, are able to meet the demands from programme; and stoppages. 9 December, the Rustenburg Rapid the public,” says Minister Gigaba. Transport (RRT) refl ected on what has been a successful year with some important milestones being reached. “We’d like to thank the residents and business owners for their patience this year. It’s been a hub of activity from the city centre and right up to Bospoort Dam, but the progress has been excellent,” notes Amogelang Kgoathe, Design and Construction Manager. The RRT has had an excellent year where the Taxi Negotiating Forum started working on the transformation programme, and the Negotiating Framework was agreed. 2015 will be the year of negotiations between the 130 learners from Aquarius PlaƟ num South Africa completed their RLM and the affected taxi and bus industry. respecƟ ve ABET levels and are moving on to the next level. Pictured Finally the Marketing and Communications On 26 November, Aquarius PlaƟ num South Africa held their annual here are (from front leŌ ) Patricia Masiu(Training Instructor), Lebo Unit reported on the year in which the Yarona ABET CerƟ fi caƟ on Ceremony at the RPM RecreaƟ on club. Pictured Mpane(Training Instructor), Chrystal Velloen, Silvestre Uate, Margaret brand was fi rst revealed and thanked the here are (front) Joseph Sera Mokheseng, Sibusiso Mathabela, Dickson Mabatle(ABET Facilitator), Benjamin Gaseemelwe(Kopaneng media for their on-going support and interest Manjase, Moreira Crispirro, Rakhongoane Nthofela (middle) Tsepang shaŌ Mine Manager), Pontsho Molotsi(ABET Facilitator), Sefoloko in the project. Overall the message has been Lekanyane, Margaret Mabatle(ABET Facilitator), Annah Refi loe Moleko,Mahlomola Mphatsoane,Chirunguze Manuel, Lutrecia Mahlangu, Hilario Chavate, Mathews Kobane(ABET Facilitator), Cawe Chauke,Lukas Steyn, Arlindo Sigauge, NeozardoNhancale, Malebo that “RRT is still on track” and although there Nkosiphendule (back) Vusi Khosa, Benjamin Shole(Bambanani shaŌ MokhaƟ , Teballo Maphalane, Nyape Nchase, Myekeni Zintonga, Antonio have been some minor delays, the service will Mine Manager), Tomas Tamele. Sitoe, Nteso Ariel Nteso and Gilberto Nhachungue. be operational in 2016. 15 DECEMBER 2014 BONUS PAGE 5 MetropolitanRepublic/15946/T

Mabele mabelega batho. Ba re bojalwa bo bo monate go gaisa, ke bo bo titietsweng ka lerato. Ba re motho ke motho ka batho. Ke titietswe ka tse di gaisang, go tswa matlhaleng a borremogolo. Ke Setso. Ke titietswe, mme ka tsenngwa mo botlolong gore ke lapolose botlhe. Ka nna, batho ba a kopana,ebile ba a keteka. Ke nna Indlamu! Bojalwa ba setso bo bontshwa bo bo re tlisang mmogo.

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Shani Nezar received an academic award at the awards evening of Laer- Happy Feet Ballet just want to congratulate skool Rustenburg for best achiever (Dux each and every liƩ le Ballerina who obtained Happy Feet Ballet just want to congratulate learner) in Grade 4. great results in the Tiny Tot 1 DASA (Dance each and every liƩ le Ballerina who obtained great results in the Tiny Tot 1 DASA (Dance At the awards evening of Laerskool Academy of South-Africa) exam on 17 and Rustenburg Corneil Taljaard received 18 October 2014. Pictured here are front Academy of South-Africa) exam on 17 and Naomi le Roux, Suanè Schelhase and back 18 October 2014. Pictured here from leŌ academic and sport awards. He was are Mira Roos and Nianè Dreyer. back are ChrisƟ e KraŌ , Bianca Pieterse, best achiever (Dux learner) in Grade 7 Megan Haƫ ngh and front Nikola Oberholzer, and also received a trophy for best golf THE MIRACLES OF PROF SENKE Madelie Jacobs and Aurora Tladi. player. IT’S REALLY HAPPENING WITH PROF SENKE /ĂŵǁŝĚŽǁĨŽƌĂůŵŽƐƚϭϮLJĞĂƌƐŶŽǁƐŝŶĐĞŵLJŚƵƐďĂŶĚƉĂƐƐĞĚĂǁĂLJΘůĞŌ ŵĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞϯŚŝůĚƌĞŶΘĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůƉƌŽďůĞŵƐĂŌĞƌŚŝƐĨĂŵŝůLJŵĞŵďĞƌƐƚŽŽŬ ŽƵƌƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐΘďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐƚŚĂƚŚĞůĞŌƵƐ͘/ƚƌŝĞĚŵLJďĞƐƚƚŽŐĞƚŽƵƌƉƌŽƉ- ĞƌƚLJďĂĐŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚůĂǁLJĞƌƐďƵƚďĞĐĂƵƐĞŽĨŵLJƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ/ĐŽƵůĚŶŽƚŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽƉĂLJƚŚĞŵΘĞŶĚĞĚƵƉůŽƐŝŶŐĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ/ŚĂĚƵŶƟů/ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚŵLJƐƚŽƌLJŝŶ Ashley O’Brien received an academic ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐǁŝƚŚŵLJĐĞůůŶƵŵďĞƌĨŽƌŚĞůƉ͘ŌĞƌϮĚĂLJƐ/ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ award at the awards evening of Laer- ĂĐĂůůĨƌŽŵĂǁŽŵĂŶŝŶWƌĞƚŽƌŝĂĂďŽƵƚWƌŽĨ^ĞŶŬĞ͘ǁŚŽŚĂĚŚĞůƉĞĚŚĞƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐŚĞƌĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJƵƐŝŶŐƚŚĞ^,KZdKz^ƚŽƉƵƚŵŽŶĞLJǁŚĞƌĞ skool Rustenburg for best achiever (Dux you want it, within 4 hours I had the money and paid him 25% from that learner) in Grade 5. ŵŽŶĞLJ͘^ŚĞĂůƐŽƵƐĞĚƚŚĞ>h>dƚŽŐĞƚŵŽŶĞLJĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJΘƐŚĞ ƉĂŝĚŚŝŵϯϬйĞǀĞƌLJǁĞĞŬ;ϳĚĂLJƐͿĨƌŽŵƚŚĂƚŵŽŶĞLJ͘/ĐŽƵůĚŶŽƚďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚŝƐĂŶĚǁĞŶƚĂŶĚǀŝƐŝƚĞĚŚĞƌŝŶWƌĞƚŽƌŝĂΘ/ǁĂƐƐŚŽĐŬĞĚĂŌĞƌƐŚĞƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŵĞƚŚĞŵŽŶĞLJŝŶŚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞƚŚĂƚƐŚĞǁĂƐŐĞƫŶŐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ>h>d͘ /ĚŝĚŶŽƚŚĞƐŝƚĂƚĞĂŶĚĐĂůůĞĚWƌŽĨ^ĞŶŬĞ͘ǁŚŽĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐŚĞ ĚŽĞƐΘ/ĂůƐŽĐůŽƐĞƚŚĞ^,KZdKz^ƚŽƉƵƚŵŽŶĞLJtŚĞƌĞ/ǁĂŶƚŝƚĂŶĚƚŽ ŵLJƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞϰŚŽƵƌƐůĂƚĞƌ/ŐŽƚƚŚĞŶŽƟĮĐĂƟŽŶĐŽŶĮƌŵŝŶŐƚŚĞŵŽŶĞLJŝŶŵLJ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂƐĂŐƌĞĞĚ/ƉĂŝĚŚŝŵϮϱй͘dǁŽĚĂLJƐůĂƚĞƌ/ŽƌĚĞƌĞĚƚŚĞ>h- >dĂŶĚƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚŝƚƚŚĞŶĞdžƚĚĂLJƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƐƉĞĞĚĐŽƵƌŝĞƌƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘EKt/Ăŵ ŐĞƫŶŐŵŽŶĞLJĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJĂŶĚƉĂLJŚŝŵϯϬйĞǀĞƌLJǁĞĞŬ͕WƌŽĨ^ĞŶŬĞĂůƐŽƐĂŝĚ ŚĞǁŽƵůĚŚĞůƉŵLJďƌŽƚŚĞƌǁŝŶŝŶŐĂŵďůŝŶŐĂŶĚŐĂǀĞŚŝŵϲŶƵŵďĞƌƐƚŽŚŽůĚ From leŌ bare are Anè le Roux, Angel ŽŶƚŽĂŶĚǁĂŝƚƵŶƟůŚĞƚĞůůƐŚŝŵƚŽƉůĂLJƚŚĞŵĂƐƐŚĞǁĂƐĨƵůůLJŬĞĚŚĞůƉ- Lekaba, Kayleigh Raath, Carli Bezuidenhout PW van der Westhuizen received aca- ŝŶŐŽƚŚĞƌŐĂŵďůĞƌƐƚŽǁŝŶ͘/ǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƚŚĂŶŬƚŚĞǁŽŵĂŶĨƌŽŵWƌĞƚŽƌŝĂ ǁŚŽƐĞŝĚĞŶƟƚLJǁĂƐŚĞůĚďĂĐŬ;ĂƐƐŚĞƌĞƋƵĞƐƚĞĚͿĨŽƌǁŝƚŶĞƐƐŝŶŐƚŚĞŐŽŽĚ and front from leŌ Tumelo Moseki, Bronwyn demic, cultural and sport awards at the :ŽďŝƐĚŽŝŶŐƚŽŚĞůƉƉĞŽƉůĞΘƚŽƚŚĞŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐĨŽƌƉƵďůŝƐŚŝŶŐƚŚĞŵ͘dŽ Esterhuizen, Mieke Barnard and Mie-Ann awards evening of Laerskool Rusten- ĂůůŵLJĨĞůůŽǁtŝĚŽǁƐ͕ŝǀŽƌĐĞĞƐ͛ĂŶĚƉĞŽƉůĞǁŚŽŚĂǀĞĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĂŶĚƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚǁŝƚŚŝŶĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ͕ Prinsloo. Happy Feet Ballet just want to con- burg. He received an award for highest ,ĞƌďĂůŝƐƚƐΘ^ĂŶŐŽŵĂƐ͘ gratulate each and every liƩ le Ballerina who Henco van Wyk received academic and average in Technology in Grade 7 as IT’S TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION & THE obtained great results in the Tiny Tot 1 DASA sport awards at the awards evening of well as medals of honour for outstand- RIGHT CHOICE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE: (Dance Academy of South-Africa) exam on Laerskool Rustenburg. He received a ing academic achievements, gholf and CALL PROF SENKE CELL: 078 408 1292 17 and 18 October 2014. trophy for best rugby player of the year. swimming. 15 DECEMBER 2014 BONUS PAGE 7 PAGE 8 BONUS 15 DECEMBER 2014

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