Senwabarwana

Senwabarwana
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Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E / -23.271; 29.123Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E / -23.271; 29.123
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Capricorn
Municipality	Blouberg
Area[1]
• Total	23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	12,306
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	98.83%
• Coloured	0.06%
• Indian/Asian	0.37%
• White	0.02%
• Other	0.69%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Northern Sotho	89.41%
• Tsonga	0.71%
• Other	1.43%
• English	1.41%
• Venda	1.21%
Postal code (street)	0790
PO box	0790
Area code	790

Senwabarwana (also known as Bochum) is a town in the Blouberg Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is the seat of the Blouberg Local Municipality. It's located about 93 km northwest of the city Polokwane, on the route to Doringpad.

Etymology

A corruption of Bochim, a biblical name (Judges 2:1 and 5), given by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helen to a mission station they established there in 1890.^[2] The majority language group of the area, Northern Sotho people, call the town Senwabarwana, which literally means "something that drinks dwarf people".^[3]

History

Helen and Franz named the first major hospital there that used to cater for people with leprosy. The hospital is now known as Helen-Franz hospital. The hospital offers basic primary health care. It has a bad reputation because of its high mortality rates stats and it is often referred by old people as "the hospital of death ". The town grew around the hospital, founded by a strong black businessman named Mr. Stanley Thema, who initially started the very first building in the area and later expanded to businesses, Bochum is now one of the fastest-growing rural towns in the world.

The place is also known for its diverse people from chieftaincies such as Ga-Manthata, Ga-Matlala, Ga-Mmalebogo, Makgababeng, Moletši and the small town of Mogwadi.

Institutions of Higher Education

TVET Colleges

• Capricorn TVET College Senwabarwana Campus.^[4]

Training Colleges

• New Life Computer Training College.^[5]

Institutions of Basic Education

Secondary

• Phala Secondary School.^[6]
• Phagamang Secondary School.^[7]
• Kgolothwane Secondary School.^[8]

Primary

• Kgebetli.^[9]
• Senwabarwana.^[10]

Special Needs Schools

• Ratanang.^[11]
• Helen Franz.^[12]

Health Institutions

• Helen Franz Hospital.^[13]
• Blouberg Hospital.^[14]

Shopping Centers

• Blouberg Mall.^[15]
• Bochum Plaza.^[16]

Notable people

• Punch Masenamela, a professional soccer player.^[17]
• Clement Maosa, a popular SABC TV actor.^[18]
• Mamphela Ramphele, an anti-apartheid activist and politician.^[19]
• Selaelo Selota, a veteran jazz musician.^[20]
• DJ Cleo, a famous house music artist.^[21]

References