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VENUE OF THE MONTH
The Royal Marang Hotel The Royal Marang Hotel is a five-star hotel located in the North West, near Rustenburg and close to Sun City Resort. The hotel also houses a high performance centre known as the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus. LOCATION It is located just 120 km from Johannesburg and Pretoria tucked away in the heart of the Royal Bafokeng Nation’s land.
CONFERENCE FACILITIES • It has a dedicated five-star conferencing and events facilities. • One conference room holds 70 people in cinema-style; two other smaller rooms each hold 35; while the Clubhouse holds 200 in cinemastyle. There is also a raked 60-seater auditorium. • Each venue can be set up to the requirements of the organisers.
ACCOMMODATION 64 luxury doubles and four presidential suites.
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he idea of building the hotel for the Bafokeng community was conceived prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Jasper Coetzee, operations manager, said: “By the time we were given the right to host the World Cup, everything just fell into place for the venue to be used to host one of the teams that were part of this memorable tournament, which turned out to be the English team.” Mr Coetzee said: “Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) is a community-based investment company whose growth uplifts and creates intergenerational wealth for the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN), a 100 000 strong Setswana-speaking community in South Africa’s North West province.” Some 100 000 members of the Setswana speaking Royal Bafokeng Nation
(RBN) – as well as a further 50 000 nonBafokeng – live in the Rustenburg valley. In 2004, the Supreme Council of the RBN led by Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi, resolved that the Royal Bafokeng Nation Development Trust (RBNDT or “the Trust”) be registered in order to achieve Vision 2035 objectives. The Trust would then be responsible for the management and development of the hotel and commercial assets of the RBN. The beneficiaries of the Trust are the RBN and voluntary associations whose members are Bafokeng or any company controlled by the Trust. Hence, the affairs of the Trust are operated in line with the customs, traditions and values of the RBN. In this regard, decision-making processes have been largely aligned with those of the existing RBN structures such as the