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Polokwane (UK: / ˌ p ɒ l ə ˈ k w ɑː n i /, [2] meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho [3] [4] [5]), also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north of Gauteng .
Tiger Death March memorial at Andersonville National Historic Site. During the Korean War, in the winter of 1951, 200,000 South Korean National Defense Corps soldiers were forcibly marched by their commanders, and 50,000 to 90,000 soldiers starved to death or died of disease during the march or in the training camps. [48]
As of 2007, the Polokwane Local Municipality was home to approximately 561,772 people. Growth figures from 1996 to 2001 showed that the municipal population increased by about 3.27% per year on average.
Thabo Lucas Makunyane (25 October 1953 – 11 June 2020) was a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist.He was the first mayor of Limpopo's Polokwane Local Municipality from 2000 to 2010.
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. [2]
The Glen High School was founded. Soshanguve suburb was founded; 1977 - 12 September: Death of Steve Biko. [9] 1979 Hoërskool Waterkloof was founded. 6 April Solomon Mahlangu, Umkhonto we Sizwe operative hanged due to death penalty. Menlyn Park shopping mall in business. 1981 State Theatre opens. Hoërskool Montana was founded. 1983
www.polokwane.gov.za Westenburg (or simply Westies ), is a pre-urban human settlement (and sub-area ) situated in Polokwane under the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa .
The bishop duly arrived and agreed to provide a clergyman for the town and district. A. Weinstein arrived soon afterwards and in his first service on 12 May 1895 preached on "God’s love to Men." The first entry in the Vestry Book of the "English Church in Pietersburg" is a statement of accounts for the period 12 May 1895 to 31 March 1896. [1]