The fixtures list for the Premier Soccer League 2004/5 soccer season was released this week, despite the fact that there might not be enough referees to officiate at the games, following the arrest of several top referees in the police’s Operation Dribble

The principal of Phaswana Secondary School, Mr Gerson Boy Muthaphuli (57), is a happy man. The reason for his happiness is that he has been reinstated as the headmaster for the school, after he had been dismissed from work in October last year.

The disciplinary committee for the Sibasa District Football Association (Sidfa), during its meeting held last Saturday, imposed a fine of R1 000 on Begwa United Brothers for failure to provide adequate security for the match officials during their home match against Muhuyu XI Experience

The De Beers Venetia mine, South Africa’s largest producer of diamonds, in partnership with the Limpopo Youth Commission, has focussed on the Nzhelele and Bochum areas in developing infrastructure of rural schools, said spokesperson Leon Nkhwashu.

A well-known referee, Fanie Mashinini from Gauteng, briefly appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the match fixing scandal that is rocking football in the country.

Limpopo Premier Sello Moloto and his executive council were in Thohoyandou last Saturday during the Batho Pele Day to elicit complaints about poor service delivery by government officials in the Limpopo Province.

Two innovative students from the Vhembe District are presently representing the province at the prestigious Brightest Young Minds (BYM) conference aimed at fast tracking development and to showcase the potential of future leaders in Cape Town

As part of his departmental consultation programme, the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Joe Maswanganyi, met with community stakeholders of the Mopani District Municipality in Giyani last Thursday, where they raised issues regarding the department.

"There is no one who can dispute that Giyani has become a centre for various professional sporting codes, because professional boxing is performed in Giyani and Thohoyandou," said the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Joe Maswanganyi, at the gala dinner of the Greater Giyani Municipality, held at the Limpopo Lodge last Thursday (June 24).

The police at Bungeni arrested a 51-year-old woman for allegedly stealing a baby on Monday.

Are the Limpopo soccer officials clean? This question is on everybody's lips after shocking revelations in connection with bribery and corruption hit local soccer during the past few weeks. Although no local officials were arrested yet, it is a fact that the disclosures have caused quite a stir amongst the local soccer fraternity

Eight traditional surgeons were allowed by the premier to conduct initiation schools within the Makhado Municipal area