Lebowakgomo

Lebowakgomo
Nickname(s): Lebcow or lecowza
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District municipality
Local municipality
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	015

Lebowakgomo was the capital of the former bantustan of Lebowa. Lebowakgomo lies southeast of the Limpopo town of Polokwane. Lebowakgomo is surrounded by villages, Mogodi and Phutimolle north east, Mamaolo on the east, Makurung and Lekhuswaneng being south east.

History

The township was established in 1974 for Basotho, and was enlarged and developed in the early 1980s. The name is derived from two Sepedi (Northern Sotho) words: "Lebowa" (north) and "Kgomo" (cow).

The town falls within the Lepele-Nkumpi Local Municipality. The population of Lepele-Nkumpi Municipality was estimated at 241,414 in 2007.

Lebowakgomo was one of the three townships in the former state, the other two being Mahwelereng and Seshego.

Lebowakgomo has grown as a township, from it's humble beginnings in the late 70s, when the township had one section (Zone A). In the late 80s, two new zones where developed (Zone F and Zone B, also known as FnB).

In the early 90s Lebowakgomo had three primary schools in Zone A (Little Bedfordview, Mogodumo and Ntseekgopu), in Zone F (Dr Dixon Mphahlele) and in Zone B (Eureka), and three high schools: Lebowakgomo High School, SJ van der Merwe and towards the late 90s Lebowakgomo Commercial, and Mathomomayo High School.

Mahwelereng lies two kilometres from the town of Mokopane. It is surrounded by the semi-rural areas of Ga-Madiba, Moshate, Sekgakgapeng and Masethlaneng.