Lenyenye is a township in the
Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
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of the
Mopani District Municipality in the
Limpopo
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province of
South Africa
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. Lenyenye named after small river run on west of the township, the original name of Lenyenye township is Ramalema. It is located about 20 km southeast of the town of Tzaneen. The neighbouring township of
Nkowankowa lies directly north of Lenyenye. It is the home of Bakgaga or Bakhaga. The prominent dialectal language that is spoken there is Sekgaga or Sekhaga sa ga Maake.
The township is best known as the place where the academic/politician
Mamphela Ramphele
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele (; born 28 December 1947) is a South African politician, an activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, an academic and businesswoman. She was a partner of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, with whom she had two chil ...
was banished to under the apartheid regime and lived during the period from 1977 to 1984.
References
Populated places in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
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