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Eleven women suspected to be human trafficking victims were rescued in Rustenburg and Kuruman. Stock photo.Image: Artit Oubkaew/123RF
RUSTENBURG

Hawks rescue 11 women in raids on ‘brothels’ in two towns

The Hawks have rescued 11 suspected human trafficking victims lured into sex work with promises of employment. The women were found during raids on two suspected brothels in Rustenburg in North West and a house in Kuruman in the Northern…

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Former Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School teacher Nozipho Mthembu was forced to resign by the school’s governing body.Image: Esa Alexander
GIRLS

Top Cape school stands firm in the wake of public race row

The school governing body (SGB) of Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, which is embroiled in a race row after it constructively dismissed its first black teacher, Nozipho Mthembu, has rubbished calls by certain parents for it to resign.…

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The lions were killed at the Akwaaba Predator Park, in Rustenburg, after being poisoned.Image: Facebook/Akwaaba Predator Park
AKWAABA

Lion paws found in bag after apparent poaching incident

Four animal paws – believed to have been severed from one of five lions killed at the Akwaaba Predator Park in Rustenburg last week – have been found dumped near a veld‚ North West police confirmed on Thursday. “These have been taken for…

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