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Firmly positioning itself within its community, Polokwane Observer has increasingly taken on an integral interactive role in society over the past years.
Polokwane Observer is proud of its involvement in community affairs, for our readers and advertisers form the backbone of community structures. We are equally honoured to be associated with various institutions, corporates and organising bodies that continuously approach us as preferred media sponsor of their events.

Polokwane Observer word deur die bestuur van Savannah Mall beskuldig dat beriggewing oor ‘n onlangse voorval van inbraak en diefstal by twee winkels in die sentrum die ondersoek na die saak in die wiele gery het.
Dit is onverklaarbaar hoe ‘n berig wat die feite uitlig en terselftertyd op so ‘n wyse aangebied is om minimumskade by die lydende partye (die twee winkeleienaars, wat nie deur ons geïdentifiseer is nie) aan te rig, deur die sentrumbestuur as kwaadwillig of moedswillig bestempel word.

Visuals of masses of striking National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members toyi-toying for improved salaries are flighted on television news for days on end.
The general public remains mostly ignorant of the plight of the striking worker, until a time when petrol stations run dry and they cannot fill up their vehicles with diesel as was the case in Polokwane this week.
Only when necessary services become unavailable, reality forces everybody to adapt to the situation.

A proposed new landmark is apparently underway for the city. News of a new hotel in the planning gives rise to the premise that Polokwane is supposedly geared for all the development continuously coming its way.
The city is still new to the sporting and retail prospects on its doorstep after significant changes to the landscape in recent times.

There is a call for South Africans to show a willingness to change the lives of the less privileged more often than only on 18 July, the single day annually reserved for honouring former statesman Nelson Mandela.

A week ago the provincial Police structure summoned the media for a work session in Polokwane.
After having been kept waiting for more than an hour, a model was revealed that would apparently solve the woes of journalists when it comes to liaising with communication officials. The implementation thereof is a directive from the National Police Commissioner who, like his provincial subordinate, is committed to favourable media communication.

Nee, ek besef alte goed ons is reeds in die tweede week van 2011, vreeslik soos dit is! Maar ek sit huidjie en muid-jie met Kersfees se gebakte pere, of is dit nou gemeste Kerskalkoen, verglansde ham, malvapoeding, boontjiebredie en goudgebakte aartappels. Om nie te praat van sjokolade en mentroomys en daardie driehoeksjokolade wat ek by Kersvader afgesmeek het nie.

The Junior Doctors’ Association of South Africa (Judasa) at Limpopo notes with great disdain the window-dressing that has become paramount fashion in our public health care administration. Prior to the 2010 Fifa World Cup most public hospitals in Limpopo looked like deserted dungeons with dilapidated physical structures. The shortage of funds was made to be an eternal excuse for not resuscitating our rundown health care infrastructure.

Dear Mr Greaver,

I visited my hometown of Polokwane over the Festive Season and have just arrived back in Cape Town where I work. I had the opportunity to visit many places during my two weeks in Polokwane and have observed a phenomenal growth of the town and was pleased.

While I marvelled at the growth of the town, I was extremely irked by the following issues which, I believe, are sentiments shared by many residents of the town: 

1. Indiscriminate posting of adverts

Shock, anger and frustration were among the emotions experienced by runners in Polokwane when the news broke of runners coming under shot by an unknown gunman on Sunday morning.