
The Limpopo Province was named after the Limpopo River flowing across the Northern Province landscape. The name originated from the language, Sepedi, which means ‘strong gushing waterfalls’ and is also the language spoken by a third of the people in the Limpopo Province.
The province touches the borders of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and in all its glory lays the Kruger National Park nature reserve presenting African Wildlife to observe in their natural habitat. Therefore this province offers you the warmth of the bushveld as well as the misty cool weather from the forests and mountain ranges.
Polokwane, was one of the hosts during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with exciting soccer games that were played at the Peter Mokaba Stadium. On the rugby front Limpopo has no provincial rugby team, but definitely contributed to the South African rugby team since John Smit and Victor Matfield both grew up in Limpopo, Polokwane.
Limpopo’s agriculture holds beef cattle country in the bushveld with also an 80% game hunting in the province. Furthermore, sunflowers, cotton, maize and peanuts are cultivated here. Tropical fruit such as pawpaws, bananas, litchis, mangoes and pineapples are found here.
Tzaneen truly is a beautiful basket full of fresh fruit.
Tourism wise the Limpopo province was targeted as a preferred eco-tourism destination by the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism. Although Limpopo is one of the poorest provinces in South Africa, it has it riches buried away in agriculture, history, wildlife and nature.
‘The human spirit needs places where nature has not been re-arranged by the human hand of man, so go find a beautiful place to get lost in.’
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