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3 unusual facts about Rustenburg


Aloe peglerae

The species is named after Alice Marguerite Pegler (1861-1929), a botanist and naturalist who collected at first around Kentani, and later in the vicinity of Johannesburg and Rustenburg.

Battle of Nooitgedacht

On 2 December, De la Rey's commando ambushed an ox-wagon convoy east of Rustenburg, killing and wounding 64 British soldiers and capturing 54 men and 118 wagons.

Siege of Rustenburg

Boer forces carried out the siege against Rustenburg, a British-controlled city inside of the Transvaal Colony.


Lonmin

At the Marikana platinum mines, operated by Lonmin at Marikana near Rustenburg, 3,000 workers walked off the job on the 10th of August 2012 after Lonmin failed to meet with workers.


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