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Template:Infobox South African town 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, on the route to Doringpad.

Etymology

The 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 there in 1890.[1] The majority language group of the area, Northern Sotho people, 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 dwarf by natives which literally means Morwana in Northern Sotho(Sepedi) and in a plural form is Barwana, hence Senwabarwana".[2]

History

German 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 stats and it is often referred by old people as "the hospital of death".

The hospital offers basic primary health care. 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.[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

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]
  • Tema Secondary School
  • Matthew Phosa Secondary School
  • Maleboho Senior Secondary School.

Primary

  • Kgebetli.[9]
  • Senwabarwana.[10]
  • Tefu Primary School.

Special Needs Schools

Health Institutions

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

Shopping Centers

Notable people

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References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 85.
  2. ^ "Census 2011 — Main Place "Senwabarwana"". Census2011.adrianfrith.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Happy folk embraced by giants". pressreader.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Learning Provider". Ncap.careerhelp.org.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Computer Training in Limpopo | Hotfrog SouthAfrica". Hotfrog.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Phala Secondary School in Bochum - Limpopo - Contact Us, Phone Number, Address and Map". Callupcontact.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Phagamang Senior Secondary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  8. ^ "SASchools web directory listing". Saschools.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Kgebetli Primary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Senwabarwana Primary School, in Dilaeneng, Blouberg Rural, Limpopo". Pathfinda.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Ratanang Special School, Special Schools, Limpopo, ...015 505 0". Africanadvice.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Helen Franz School - H F S • The Physically Disabled - Schools & Training Centres • Bochum, Blouberg Rural". Medpages.info. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Doctors, Hospitals, Medical in South Africa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Durban". Doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Blouberg Hospital, Provincial Hospitals, Limpopo, ...015 501 0". Africanadvice.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Blouberg Mall | McCormick Property Development". Mccormick-property.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Bochum Plaza | McCormick Property Development". Mccormick-property.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Punch Masenamela - Polokwane City". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  18. ^ "SABC". SABC.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele | South African History Online". Sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  20. ^ "BIO: Selaelo Selota – Musician, Composer, Producer, Teacher… South African Icon – Youth Today". Youthtoday.co.za. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  21. ^ "DJ Cleo's dad dies". SundayWorld.co.za. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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