Rustenburg Municipality ( Tswana : Mmasepala wa Rustenburg ; Afrikaans : Rustenburg Munisipaliteit ) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality , in the North West province of South Africa . Rustenburg is situated at the foot of the Magalies mountain range. Rustenburg (meaning "town of rest" or "resting place" in Afrikaans) was proclaimed a township in 1851. The city of Rustenburg is situated some 112 km northwest from both Johannesburg and Pretoria . It is a malaria-free area. Rustenburg is the fastest growing municipality in South Africa, with the population rising from 387,096 in 2001 to 449,776 in 2007. It is the most populous municipality in the North West province.
4-844: Marikana , also known as Rooikoppies , is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality , Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa . The name Rooikoppies means 'red hills' in Afrikaans. Neighbouring localities include Marikana train station (1 km; 0.62 mi to the north-east), Wonderkop (4 km; 2.5 mi), Ramala, Rietfontein, Rustenburg (29 km; 18 mi); Swaershoek (30 km; 19 mi); Mooinooi (31 km; 19 mi); Brits (36 km; 22 mi); Monakato (38 km; 24 mi); Hartbeespoort (43 km; 27 mi); Kosmos (48 km; 30 mi). The town
8-536: The international media. This North West Province location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg is a Dutch name meaning "town (originally castle) of rest". The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places : The municipal council consists of eighty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards , while
12-409: The main groups was the main economic driver of the area. In the 1970s mining was introduced and grew to become the main industry in the region. The main mining activities are PGMs and chrome. Since the introduction of mining activities, the informal and formal population had a growth explosion. The Marikana massacre of 16 August 2012 and the subsequent killing of 34 workers by police made headlines in
16-472: Was laid out in 1870 on the farm Rooikoppies, and the settlement later expanded into seven white-owned farms. In 1933, the Buffelspoort Dam was built, allowing the local farmers to irrigate their crops. The farming community grew in the 1960s on the back of lucrative tobacco farming, but other diversified farming practices i.e. cattle , maize , chillies , paprika , soya , lusern and sunflower amongst
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