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What are the most common languages spoken in Rustenburg, North West?

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Are residents of Rustenburg typically multilingual? What languages are most common? Here's what three local experts had to say about language in Rustenburg, North West.

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Rustenburg is known as the platinum city as there are numerous mines that mine platinum. Rustenburg is located in the center of the North West province and it is one of the most populated cities in the province. The people in Rustenburg speak multiple languages, for example, setswana, english, isiZulu and many other languages.

Goodenough, says: 2020

My city is a mining town located in the north western region of South Africa, where Platinum is the biggest element mined. We have no University in our town, but boast wit great elementary schools. We have a neighborhood called Waterkloof. Setswana is our first spoken language followed by Afrikaans, English is also widely spoken by the residents.

Nokuthokoza, says: 2020

The city is known as the platinum city because of the many PGM mines in the city. It is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. The city has extremely high temperatures in summer. Our primary language is Setswana but we are a very diverse city. One of Africa’s most popular tourist attractions, Sun City, is located in Rustenburg. The city is home to Africa’s richest kingdom, the Bafokeng Kingdom.

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