Editing Rustenburg (section)

===Communities and battlefields===
There are several sites of cultural and historical significance in and around Rustenburg. Some of these related to the indigenous Bafokeng, Bakgatla and Botswana tribes, whose totemic tribal traditions are of interest.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} There is also the German community of [[Kroondal, North West|Kroondal]] that traces its origins back to 1857.

A number of Anglo-Boer and ethnic war battles took place in the area with the districts of [[Koster, North West|Koster]], [[Swartruggens, North West|Swartruggens]] and Rustenburg featuring battlefields, memorial graves and ruined forts.  The area also has archaeological remains from the [[Iron Age]] and [[Stone Age]].