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 is located about 93 km northwest of the city Polokwane.
Senwabarwana
Borkum Bochum | |
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  Senwabarwana  Senwabarwana | |
| Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Capricorn |
| Municipality | Blouberg |
| Area | |
• Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 12,306 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.83% |
| • Coloured | 0.06% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.37% |
| • White | 0.02% |
| • Other | 0.69% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 89.41% |
| • Tsonga | 0.71% |
| • Other | 1.43% |
| • English | 1.41% |
| • Venda | 1.21% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0790 |
| PO box | 0790 |
| Area code | 015 |
Etymology
editThe colonial name may refer to the German industrial city of Bochum or be a corruption of Bochim, a biblical name (Judges 2:1 and 5). The place was named by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helene to a mission station they established here in 1890.[2] The majority language group of the area is Northern Sotho people and they refer to themselves as Bahananwa. They call the town Senwabarwana, a commemorative name for an incident that took place in a pond where the Khoi people found and drank water in their travelling, thus passing by. Due to their height they are proclaimed dwarfs by natives which literally means Morwana in Northern Sotho (Sepedi) and in a plural form is Barwana, hence "Sen-wa-barwana".[1]
History
editGerman missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helene founded a hospital that used to cater for people with leprosy. The missionary station was part of the attempts of the Berlin Missionary Society to Christianize Southern Africa in the 19th century. The hospital is now known as Helene-Franz hospital.[3] It has a bad reputation because of its high mortality rates and it is often referred to by old people as "the hospital of death".[citation needed]
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
editTVET Colleges
edit- Capricorn TVET College Senwabarwana Campus.[4]
Training Colleges
edit- New Life Computer Training College.[5]
Institutions of Basic Education
editSecondary
edit- Radira secondary school
- Phala Secondary School.[6]
- Dikoloi Secondary School
- Seiphi Secondary School
- Phagamang Secondary School.[7]
- Kgolothwane Secondary School.[8]
- Tema Secondary School
- Matthew Phosa Secondary School
- Maleboho Senior Secondary School.
- My Darling Secondary School
Primary
editSpecial Needs Schools
editHealth Institutions
editShopping Centers
editNotable people
edit- Punch Masenamela, a professional soccer player.[17]
- Clement Maosa, a popular SABC TV actor.[18]
- Mamphela Ramphele, an anti-apartheid activist and politician.[19]
- Tefu Mashamaite, former Bidvest Wits and Kaizer Chiefs defender
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Sum of the Main Places Senwabarwana and Bochum from Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 85.
- ^ "Happy folk embraced by giants". Retrieved 29 November 2017 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Learning Provider". Ncap.careerhelp.org.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Computer Training in Limpopo | Hotfrog SouthAfrica". Hotfrog.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Phala Secondary School in Bochum - Limpopo". Callupcontact.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Phagamang Senior Secondary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "SASchools web directory listing". Saschools.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Kgebetli Primary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Senwabarwana Primary School, in Dilaeneng, Blouberg Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Ratanang Special School, Special Schools, Limpopo, ...015 505 0". Africanadvice.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Helen Franz School - H F S • The Physically Disabled - Schools & Training Centres • Bochum, Blouberg Rural". Medpages.info. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Doctors, Hospitals, Medical in South Africa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Durban". Doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Blouberg Hospital, Provincial Hospitals, Limpopo". Africanadvice.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Blouberg Mall | McCormick Property Development". Mccormick-property.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Bochum Plaza | McCormick Property Development". Mccormick-property.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Punch Masenamela - Polokwane City". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "SABC". SABC.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele | South African History Online". Sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.