Senwabarwana

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
Senwabarwana
Senwabarwana
Coordinates: 23.271°S 29.123°E / -23.271; 29.123
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictCapricorn
MunicipalityBlouberg
Area
 • Total23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total12,306
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.83%
 • Coloured0.06%
 • Indian/Asian0.37%
 • White0.02%
 • Other0.69%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho89.41%
 • Tsonga0.71%
 • Other1.43%
 • English1.41%
 • Venda1.21%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0790
PO box
0790
Area code015

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 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

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

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

References
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