Postal code (street) 0790 Area 23 km² | Municipality Blouberg PO box 0790 Area code 790 | |
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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's located about 93 km northwest of the city Polokwane, on the route to Doringpad.
Contents
- Map of Bochum 0790 South Africa
- Etymology
- History
- TVET Colleges
- Training Colleges
- Secondary
- Primary
- Special Needs Schools
- Health Institutions
- Shopping Centers
- Notable people
- References
Map of Bochum, 0790, South Africa
Etymology
A corruption of Bochim, a biblical name (Judges 2:1 and 5), given by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helen to a mission station they established there in 1890. The majority language group of the area, Northern Sotho people, call the town Senwabarwana, which literally means "something that drinks dwarf people".
History
Helen and Franz named the first major hospital there that used to cater for people with leprosy. The hospital is now known as Helen-Franz hospital. The hospital offers basic primary health care. 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 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.
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.