Country South Africa District Capricorn Area code 015 | Province Limpopo Municipality Polokwane Local time Thursday 1:43 PM | |
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Ga-Molepo is a town in Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Map of Ga-Molepo, South Africa
Molepo means a place or a moment of relaxation. Ga molepo is the home of bapedi tribe, it is made up of over fifteen villages, the main one is called Boshega where (Kgoshi ya Ditlou, king of elephants) Chief Molepo's palace is situated at the foot of the Lebopo mountains.
Ga-Molepo is surrounded by big Lebopo mountains (Lebopo means Border) and through it runs several rivers: Hlabashane, Mphogodiba, Mokgotla and Mmamatebele.
It is the home of the biggest ZCC church situated at one of the villages called Boyne or Mankgaile, one of the villages is Ga-Rampheri where there is a big dam in the Mphogodiba River. The people of Ga-Molepe mostly depend on subsistence farming although rainfall is sparse.