Country South Africa District Capricorn Postal code (street) 0924 Local time Tuesday 3:15 PM | Province Limpopo Municipality Blouberg Area code 015 PO box 0924 | |
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Weather 30°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 32% Humidity | ||
Vivo is a small mining town in the Blouberg Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality in the northern part of Limpopo province, South Africa.
Map of Vivo, South Africa
The town lies south of the Brak River, in a gap between the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg Range, some 72 km west of Louis Trichardt. The name is thought to be derived from Sepedi phefo, ‘cold wind’, though it has been stated that the hills resemble the spelling of ‘Vivo’ when seen from a certain angle. The towns located closest to Vivo are Alldays and Makhado. The main economic activities in the area are mining, farming and conservation. The town once had a boarding school that hosted local farm children as well as various others from bigger cities as far as Johannesburg. Known as a military-type institution with very poor conditions for students, the school closed in the mid-1990s. The town has a post office, a filling station and a small convenience store. For larger purchases residents would have to travel to one of the neighbouring towns.