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23-459: The township was established in the early 1970s to become the capital of Lebowa , and was enlarged and developed in the 1980s. The name is derived from two Northern Sotho words Lebowa ("north") and Kgomo ("cow"). The land where Lebowakgomo is located was donated to the former Lebowa Government by Chief Mmutle Mphahlele of the Bakgaga ba gaMphahlele . The chief's palace lies 10 km southeast of

46-500: A handful of private health facilities. Over the years there has been a rise in General Practitioners, Psychologists and Gynaecologist all working privately and in recent years there has been a construction of a private hospital (Medleb). It started operating in mid 2018 and has been fully functional. Lebowakgomo Stadium was a multi use municipal facility which was mostly used to host private functions and recreational events like

69-556: A position it still holds today as Gauteng Province. In 1994, after the fall of apartheid , the former provinces were abolished, and the Transvaal ceased to exist. The south-central portion (including the PWV) became Gauteng , the northern portion became Limpopo and the southeastern portion became Mpumalanga . Most of the North West came from the southwestern portion of the old Transvaal, and

92-584: A tiny segment of the Transvaal joined KwaZulu-Natal . Even before 1994, the Transvaal Province was subdivided into regions for a number of purposes (such as municipal and district courts, and sporting divisions). These divisions included Northern Transvaal (present-day Limpopo and Pretoria), Eastern Transvaal (currently Mpumalanga ), Western Transvaal (currently part of North West Province ) and Southern Transvaal (now Gauteng Province, but which also includes Pretoria). The Transvaal province lay between

115-658: The Golden Lions (formerly Transvaal ) formed in 1889. The Orlando Pirates Football Club was founded in 1937 and was originally based in Orlando, Soweto and Kaizer Chiefs were founded in January 1970. In the same year, Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. originated from Marabastad, a cosmopolitan area north west of the Pretoria CBD in the early 1960s. Cricket teams from the former Transvaal include Transvaal (later Gauteng ) which represented

138-744: The Vaal River in the south, and the Limpopo River in the north, roughly between 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 27 + 1 ⁄ 2 S, and 25 and 32 E. To its south it bordered with the Orange Free State and Natal provinces, to its west were the Cape Province and the Bechuanaland Protectorate (later Botswana ), to its north Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe ), and to its east Portuguese East Africa (later Mozambique ) and Swaziland . Except on

161-955: The Zebediela Citrus Farm which in its prime prior to land redistribution exported citrus to international and local markets and its oranges were famous among locals. Just 13 km out of Lebowakgomo lies the Zion Christian Church former headquarters Podingwane from 1937 to 1942 before moving to Moria. Thabamoopo Hospital is a Psychiatric hospital located in Lebowakgomo Zone A just a few kilometres from Lebowakgomo Hospital, both institutions are public hospitals and offer free services to those that are eligible for free services and charge government hospital rates to other citizens. There are other public health facilities and clinics in Lebowakgomo Zone B and Lebowakgomo Zone R. The township has always been dominated by public health facilities and

184-626: The 1950s through to the 1970s, thousands of people were forcibly removed from their communities and relocated to Lebowa. The first black leader of the territory was Mokgoma Maurice Matlala who was handpicked by the apartheid authorities. He first led the North Sotho National Unit as its Executive Chief Councillor from August 1969 to 2 October 1972 at which point he became the Executive Chief Minister of Lebowa. The following year of 1973 on 3 May Mokgoma's Lebowa National Party lost

207-687: The South African landscape. Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census. The province was divided into a number of sporting teams. These teams were renamed after the Transvaal became defunct, however their traditional territories have remained unchanged in many cases, even though they overlap the boundaries of the Transvaal's successor provinces. Examples of this include the Blue Bulls (formerly Northern Transvaal ), which governs rugby in Pretoria (now part of Gauteng) and Limpopo Province, and

230-417: The annual AKasiDream event hosted every Easter to bring the youth together and a family fun day hosted every spring filled of fun and games for family and children. This multi use facility was capable to administer sporting events such as Soccer, Tennis, Netball, BasketBall and Baseball. Currently that is done at Baroka Village, a world class local facility by Baroka FC which caters for soccer and events. Back in

253-583: The bulk of the old South African Republic after the Second Boer War , became the Transvaal Province in the new union. Half a century later, in 1961, the union ceased to be part of the Commonwealth of Nations and became the Republic of South Africa . The PWV (Pretoria- Witwatersrand - Vereeniging ) conurbation in the Transvaal, centred on Pretoria and Johannesburg , became South Africa's economic powerhouse,

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276-689: The communities within Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality and the youth with content such as news, sports, talk and music. Lebowakgomo is a township in GA-Mphahlele surrounded by small to medium-sized villages that in each with their own characteristics contribute the vast majority of day dwellers in its business district. These villages include, Makotse , Ga-Ledwaba home of the Traditional Authority of Ga-Ledwaba, Ga-Rakgoatha , Ga-Mphahlele , Sepanapudi , Ga Masemola and Zebediela home to

299-530: The day tennis used to be very popular with the people of Lebowakgomo. The success of tennis was due to the collective effort of community members who, through their own interest in the sport, taught themselves and then others to play. Tennis has paved a career pathway for many junior players in sports. Lebowa Lebowa was a bantustan ("homeland") located in the Transvaal in northeastern South Africa . Seshego initially acted as Lebowa's capital while

322-551: The first elections of the homeland to the Lebowa People's Party and Dr. Cedric Phatudi took over. He went on to win two more re-elections in 1978 and 1973 but died in his third term in 1987. ZT Seleka was announced as the interim leader of the homeland. After elections, Mogoboya Nelson Ramodike became the Executive Chief Minister until 1989 when the office became the Prime Ministry. On 24 April 1994 Nelson Ramodike resigned and

345-467: The homeland had no active administration until 27 April when it was reintegrated into South Africa. The overwhelming majority of its territory became part of the newly formed province of the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) and a smaller portion formed the newly created Eastern Transvaal province (now Mpumalanga ). Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census. Moutse district

368-522: The late 90s Lebowakgomo Commercial(which later became Waterberg FET College), and Mathomomayo High School. Before 2005 two more primary and secondary schools were built in Zone A and Zone S Notable people from Mphahlele and Lebowakgomo include: Greater Lebowakgomo Community Radio (GLFM) is one of two local radio station broadcasting at 89.8 FM, A digital radio station now exists called Connect Radio and broadcasts on www.connectradio.co.za.The radio stations target

391-468: The purpose-built Lebowakgomo was being constructed. Granted internal self-government on 2 October 1972 and ruled for much of its existence by Cedric Phatudi , Lebowa was reincorporated into South Africa in 1994. It became part of the Limpopo province. The territory was not contiguous, being divided into two major and several minor portions. Even though Lebowa included large swathes of Sekukuniland and

414-521: The south-west, these borders were mostly well defined by natural features. Several Bantustans were entirely inside the Transvaal: Venda , KwaNdebele , Gazankulu , KaNgwane and Lebowa . Parts of Bophuthatswana were also in the Transvaal, with other parts in Cape Province and Orange Free State . Within the Transvaal lies the Waterberg Massif , a prominent ancient geological feature of

437-598: The township in Seleteng village. Lebowakgomo was one of the eight townships in the former Bantustan , the seven others being Mahwelereng , Sešego , Mankweng , Lenyenye , Namakgale , Praktiseer , Mašišing and Senwabarwana . In the early 1990s, 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: Derek Kobe High School, Lebowakgomo High School , SJ van der Merwe Full Service Technical High School and towards

460-481: Was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it following the end of apartheid . The name "Transvaal" refers to the province's geographical location to the north of the Vaal River . Its capital was Pretoria , which was also the country's executive capital. In 1910, four British colonies united to form the Union of South Africa . The Transvaal Colony , which had been formed out of

483-426: Was designed. The North Sotho National Unit was founded on 1 June 1960 in pursuance of separate development. It was created to be a homeland for Northern Sotho peoples such as Bapedi , Batlokwa , Babirwa, Banareng, Bahananwa, Balobedu , Bakone, Baroka, Bakgakga, Bahlaloga, Batau , Bakwena , Baphuthi, Batlou and many others. On 2 October 1972 it was granted internal self-governance and renamed Lebowa. Beginning in

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506-641: Was seen as a home for the Northern Sotho speaking ethnic groups such as the Pedi people , it was also home to various non-Northern Sotho speaking tribes, including the Northern Ndebele , Batswana and VaTsonga . The name "Lebowa" is an archaic spelling of the Sesotho sa Lebowa word "Lebowa" which means "where you come from ". The name was chosen as a compromise between the various Sotho Sa Lebowa groups for which it

529-474: Was seized from Lebowa in 1980 and was, despite violent resistance, officially integrated into KwaNdebele . 24°18′26″S 29°34′45″E  /  24.30722°S 29.57917°E  / -24.30722; 29.57917 Transvaal Province The Province of the Transvaal ( Afrikaans : Provinsie van Transvaal ), commonly referred to as the Transvaal ( / ˈ t r ɑː n s v ɑː l , ˈ t r æ n s -/ ; Afrikaans: [ˈtransfɑːl] ),

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