Happy 20th Birthday Wikipedia!
23 January 2021
Everybody’s favourite research page, Wikipedia, turned 20 on Friday 15 January. What started as an ambitious idea to create a free encyclopaedia, written by volunteers for everyone in the world, has become the largest collection of open knowledge in history. Overall, Wikipedia comprises more than 55 million articles, attracting 1.7 billion unique visitors per month and in January 2021, it was ranked as one of the 15 most visited websites.
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Karate students excel
23 January 2021
Rustenburg – Karate students training under kancho Albert Venter of Traditional Styles Known Knowledge in Action (TSKKIA) have done themselves proud by excelling. On Sunday 6 December 2020, senseis Veronica Strydom, Anrich Kleyn, Carlo Classe and Conrad Verster were each recognised for achieving a 1st dan grading.
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Live out your passion for photography
23 January 2021
Rustenburg – The Rustenburg Photographic Society created an active photographic community within the Rustenburg area. The group fashioned an exciting and informative platform where photographers can live out their passion.
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PAYING IT FORWARD
23 January 2021
Rustenburg – As a kind gesture to give back to their host communities, Schauenburg Systems generously donated an amount of R150,000 to Rustenburg Kinder- en Gesinsorg during the festive season.
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GML MODEL
Taking the small screen with a Storm
Taking the small screen with a Storm
22 January 2021
Rustenburg – Globe Model Look (GML) model Storm Hannam has been chosen as the face of PNA’s advertisement Storms TOP 10 Back to School must-haves campaign. During the add – Storm is seen shopping up a ‘storm’ at PNA while showing her favourite stationary items available at PNA.
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Have your say / Sê jou sê
22 January 2021
Are you prepared to dip your toe in the water to make our community a better place for all? What would you do if you had the support of other community members? Platinum Weekly caught up with people to hear what they plan to dip their toes into this year.
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Are you willing to donate your time and effort?
22 January 2021
Rustenburg – Volunteers give their time and effort freely, to assist non-profit organisations and charities in serving the community. Some volunteers are specialists in their field, and some will do anything to help out, like baking cookies for a bake sale or selling tickets for a charity event.
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MESS WITH NATURE AND IT WILL MESS WITH YOU!
[Letter to the editor]
22 January 2021
Rustenburg – We live in the bushveld and enjoy watching monkeys and listening to jackals at night. Although I am only 13 years old, I want to find a peaceful solution for people and wildlife, whose paths cross because they have to coexist.
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10 WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
22 January 2021
Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
With the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, people have become accustomed to the ‘everyone for themselves’ mindset.
There is so much need in the world and now, more than ever before, we need to stand together to bring about positive change in our communities… But where to start? Here are some ideas...
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Rustenburg Kinder- en Gesinsorg kort ‘n huisouer
22 January 2021
Rustenburg – Rustenburg Kinder- en Gesinsorg is opsoek na ‘n betroubare Afrikaanssprekende huisouer of huisouer-egpaar om na kinders wat in hul sorg geplaas word, om te sien. ‘n Geldige bestuurslisensie is ‘n vereiste en ervaring in die hantering van gedragsmoeilike kinders sal goed te pas kom
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