Senwabarwana
{{Short description|Town in Limpopo, South Africa}}
{{Use South African English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Senwabarwana
| other_name = Bochum
| native_name = Borkum
| pushpin_map = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|23.271|S|29.123|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Capricorn
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Blouberg
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = Sum of the Main Places [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/969096 Senwabarwana] and [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/969097 Bochum] from Census 2011.
| area_total_km2 = 23
| population_total = 12306
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 98.83%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 0.06%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 0.37%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 0.02%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 0.69%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Northern Sotho
| demographics2_info1 = 89.41%
| demographics2_title2 = Tsonga
| demographics2_info2 = 0.71%
| demographics2_title3 = Other
| demographics2_info3 = 1.43%
| demographics2_title4 = English
| demographics2_info4 = 1.41%
| demographics2_title5 = Venda
| demographics2_info5 = 1.21%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 0790
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code = 0790
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 015
}}
Senwabarwana, previously 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.
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.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=85}} 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".
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sowetan/20150220/281771332632919 |title=Happy folk embraced by giants |via=PressReader |date= |accessdate=2017-11-29}} 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|date=June 2020}}
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=
=Training Colleges=
Institutions of Basic Education
===Secondary===
- Radira secondary school
- Phala Secondary School.{{cite web|url=http://www.callupcontact.com/b/Public_High_Secondary_Schools/Phala_Secondary_School/20765 |title=Phala Secondary School in Bochum - Limpopo |website=Callupcontact.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Dikoloi Secondary School
- Seiphi Secondary School
- Phagamang Secondary School.{{cite web|author= |url=https://pathfinda.com/en/molemole-rural/ga-moleele/shops-services/phagamang-senior-secondary-school |title=Phagamang Senior Secondary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo |website=Pathfinda.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Kgolothwane Secondary School.{{cite web|url=http://saschools.co.za/directory.php |title=SASchools web directory listing |website=Saschools.co.za |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Tema Secondary School
- Matthew Phosa Secondary School
- Maleboho Senior Secondary School.
- My Darling Secondary School
=Primary=
- Kgebetli.{{cite web|author= |url=https://pathfinda.com/en/molemole-rural/ga-moleele/shops-services/kgebetli-primary-school |title=Kgebetli Primary School, in Ga-Moleele, Molemole Rural, Limpopo |website=Pathfinda.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Mophamamona
- Senwabarwana.{{cite web|author= |url=https://pathfinda.com/en/blouberg-rural/dilaeneng/shops-services/senwabarwana-primary-school |title=Senwabarwana Primary School, in Dilaeneng, Blouberg Rural, Limpopo |website=Pathfinda.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Tefu Primary School.
- Kawene High Primary School
- Hosea mochemi primary school
- Maphetsa Primary School, in Witten Village, Blouberg Rural, Limpopo
- Raseasala Primary School, Buffelshoek
Special Needs Schools
- Ratanang.{{cite web|url=http://www.africanadvice.com/1214995/Special_Schools/Limpopo/Ratanang_Special_School/ |title=Ratanang Special School, Special Schools, Limpopo, ...015 505 0 |website=Africanadvice.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Helen Franz.{{cite web|url=http://medpages.info/sf/index.php?page=organisation&orgcode=157849 |title=Helen Franz School - H F S • The Physically Disabled - Schools & Training Centres • Bochum, Blouberg Rural |website=Medpages.info |date=2016-01-11 |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
Health Institutions
- Helen Franz Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net/hospitals_clinics_state_hospitals/helena_franz_hospital_bochum_limpopo_south_africa |title=Doctors, Hospitals, Medical in South Africa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Durban |website=Doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Blouberg Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.africanadvice.com/1043635/Provincial_Hospitals/Limpopo/Blouberg_Hospital/ |title=Blouberg Hospital, Provincial Hospitals, Limpopo |website=Africanadvice.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
Shopping Centers
- Blouberg Mall.{{cite web|url=http://www.mccormick-property.com/mpd/content/blouberg-mall |title=Blouberg Mall | McCormick Property Development |website=Mccormick-property.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Bochum Plaza.{{cite web|url=http://www.mccormick-property.com/mpd/content/bochum-plaza |title=Bochum Plaza | McCormick Property Development |website=Mccormick-property.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
Notable people
- Punch Masenamela, a professional soccer player.{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/players/1270/punch-masenamela |title=Punch Masenamela - Polokwane City |website=Kickoff.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Clement Maosa, a popular SABC TV actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/SABCARTICLE?id=d9ad0a0048505fdeba49bfae7750fb21&page_from=PRESS |title=SABC |website=SABC.co.za |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Mamphela Ramphele, an anti-apartheid activist and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-mamphela-aletta-ramphele |title=Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele | South African History Online |website=Sahistory.org.za |date= |accessdate=2016-10-28}}
- Tefu Mashamaite, former Bidvest Wits and Kaizer Chiefs defender
References
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{{Capricorn District Municipality}}
Category:Populated places in the Blouberg Local Municipality