The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the .
caused by the growth in its platinum mining industry (Ntema, Marais, Cloete and Lenka, 2017). The average population growth in Rustenburg between the years 2006 and 2016 was percent while the national average was percent (Rustenburg LM, 2018). However, in 2012 and later on in 2014 the platinum mines in Rustenburg