The sport complex only has one dilapidated building as a dressing room and two floodlights for night games.
He said: “Every day we hear of someone having been mugged there. Prostitutes roam around the area making money at a place that was meant to take our kids off the streets and turn them into sports stars. Instead this place has turned them into prostitutes and criminals. We are pleading with the municipality to please take this matter seriously ahead of elections.Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she had been raped at the abandoned building after a party.
Giyani Local Municipality spokesperson Steven Mabunda’s phone went unanswered from Friday, while Limpopo Department of Arts and Culture chief of staff Kenny Mathivha said they had nothing to do with the stadium. “The department does not intervene on such level. This is another government sphere which is controlled at a lesser level. Such projects are done through Public Works. Sport Arts and Culture has no say.”The EFF’s James Matoane said: “The issue of the Homu sport complex is a long-standing issue and we have raised it through Parliament."
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