There are still remnants of Ol' Location such as the "Bar" and the Lutheran Church Mission on the Sekgakgapeng site.

The township grew rapidly as a result of urbanization, as it afforded job opportunities in an area largely surrounded by rural settlements.

Roads are maintained with gravel mined locally next to the current Mahwelereng Stadium, known as "Lekgethe".

Hotel Mahwelereng served as an entertainment and meeting place for society's upper crust.

Young entrepreneurs have taken over, running braai butcheries ("shisanyama"), hair salons, and cash loans; however, as the main town of Potgietersrus is only 2 km away, most of these businesspeople have a small income.

It was initially called Mokopane-Sefakaola incorporating a High School which gave birth to Gojela High School.It was built in an area called Di-Five by the locals, but in 1991 it moved to newly built premises next to the Mokopane Hospital.

Like many townships in Limpopo Province, Mahwelereng has produced some of the most dynamic leaders in South Africa (Mosibudi Mangena AZAPO president).

Many of these leaders have not returned to revive an area that is increasingly stagnating in a backlog of basic municipal services.

Vultures Cricket Club dominates the district as far as Modimolle and had potential Protea players such as Samuel Manganya, who was a skilled left-hander and showed no mercy to bowlers.

Even with players such as Manganya, the team could not sustain the club due to the lack of infrastructure and of necessary support from their local government.