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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. Rustenburg is a Dutch name meaning "town (originally castle) of rest". [4]
Rustenburg (/ ˈ r ʌ s t ə n b ɜːr ɡ /; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈrœstənbœrχ], Afrikaans and Dutch: City of Rest [4]) is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). [5]
Kgaswane Mountain Reserve is a nature reserve of 5,300 hectares (13,000 acres) consisting of veld and mountains run by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south-west of Rustenburg on the northern slopes of the Magaliesberg, inside of the Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve and alongside the western portion of the Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment.
Bethanie is a town in Bojanala District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The Bell tower in Bethanie is one of the oldest structures in the village. It was constructed in the late 1800s as part of the Mission. Bethanie is a station of the Hermannsburg Mission, established in 1864, and located 37 km northeast of Rustenburg.
Freedom Park is an informal housing settlement situated near the town of Rustenburg in North West Province, South Africa. It was established in the 1980s when poor people from other parts of South Africa were attracted by the possibility of employment at the nearby Impala Platinum mine. Today the settlement has a population of approximately ...
The first European explorers who came to the area recorded the mountains being called the "Cashan" or "Kashan" mountains. This was a corruption of the name of a powerful chief of the BaKwena ba Mmatau whose name was Kgwasane wa Sekano (Kgwasane, son of Sekano). [5] In the mid-1800s the mountain range became known as Magaliesberg (lit.
The farm remained his property until his death, after which it was divided among three of his children. In 1971 it was declared a national monument. In 1971, the portion on which the farmstead is situated was bought from the Kruger family by the Simon van der Stel Foundation which painstakingly restored the various buildings to their former glory.
The R52 heads north-east for 84 kilometres, meeting the R53 route, to the town of Koster, where it turns northwards in the town centre, becoming Rissik Street, and meets the R509 route. [2] After the Reagile suburb of Koster, the R52 turns to the north-east and heads for 35 kilometres to reach its end at a t-junction with the N4 national route ...