Founders
Born Mpho Mphela, originally from Lebowakgomo in Limpopo. Mpho is known in the entertainment industry as Bhoza. She owns Bhoza Event and Entertainment where she organises events and is an artist manager. Bhoza founded Limpopo t-shirts, namely, 015 Limpopo and Monateng Limpopo, solely to send the message of pride to fellow Limpopians and to show South Africa that there is a lot of people who are proud of where they come from.
The idea for this project eminated from her interactions with different people and hearing their views of the province, which mostly were negative. As a result, she took it upon herself to be that change instead of complaining about what was not right to each and every person. As a result, Bhoza does motivation speaking particularly in Limpopo around issues of self esteem and being proud of where one comes from.
People Rising in Limpopo
In Limpopo, some 4,9 million people live on about 123 910 km2 of land. The main languages spoken are Sepedi, Xitsonga, Tshivenda and Afrikaans. Several museums and national monuments bear testimony to ancient peoples and fearless pioneers who braved the unknown in days of yore. Living museums include the Bakone Malapa Museum near Pietersburg, where Bapedi tribesmen practise age-old skills for the benefit of visitors, and the Tsonga open-air museum near Tzaneen. Mapungubwe Hill (place of the jackal) some 75 km from Messina, used to be a natural fortress for the people who inhabited it from about AD 950 to 1200. Valuable archaeological discoveries, including many golden artefacts, have been made in this area, and also in the northern part of the Kruger National Park.
Limpopo General Overview
Limpopo lies within the great elbow of the Limpopo River, and is a province of dramatic contrasts ? from true Bushveld country to majestic mountains, primeval indigenous forests, latter-day plantations, unspoilt wilderness areas and a patchwork of farming land. Limpopo is the gateway to the rest of Africa. It is favourably situated for economic co-operation with other parts of southern Africa as it shares borders with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) is the capital city and lies strategically in the centre of the province. The Gateway International Airport at Pietersburg was opened in March 1996 and is being developed as a major economic growth project to be a gateway to the rest of the continent.
The Great North Road through the centre of the province strings together a series of interesting towns. Warmbaths, with its popular mineral spa, is near the southern border of the province. Then, going north, follow Nylstroom with its table grape industry and beautiful Waterberg range; Potgietersrus; Pietersburg; Louis Trichardt, at the foot of the Soutpansberg Mountain range, and Messina, with its thick-set baobab trees. The crossing into Zimbabwe is at Beit Bridge, where the South African section of this important route north into Africa ends. Other important Limpopo towns include the major mining centres of Phalaborwa and Thabazimbi, and Tzaneen, producer of tea, forestry products and tropical fruits.
A new major road route will be the Maputo Corridor which will link the province directly with the Mozambique port, creating development and trade opportunities, particularly in the south-eastern part of the province. The province?s link with Maputo has been declared a ?main? corridor. This province is in the Savannah biome; an area of mixed grassland and trees, which is generally known as Bushveld. A trip through this summer-rainfall area soon convinces one that this is tree country. The biggest section of the Kruger National Park is situated along the eastern boundary of Limpopo with Mozambique.
