Nkowankowa

Nkowankowa is a township in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality of the Mopani District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is home to soccer development team called Nkowankowa Barcelona FC. Former Limpopo premier and now deputy minister of police, Cassel Mathale, Former public protector, Lawrence Mushwana, artist, Ebony Khama, Distance runner Samuel Ntsan'wisi call Nkowankowa home . Notable places in Nkowankowa include: Highpoint Supermarket and Restaurant, Muyi Enterprise, Miami Chicken Grill, Chesa Grill and Chicken Kwasa. The Township boosts one of the biggest industrial parks located in a Township around the country, with more than 40 industrial factories producing variety of things from school furnitures to steel.

Nkowankowa

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Nkowankowa
Nkowankowa
Coordinates: 23.886°S 30.293°E / -23.886; 30.293
CountrySouth Africa
ProviLimpopo
DistrictMopani
MunicipalityGreater Tzaneen
Government
  CouncillorHomegirl Zandamela (ANC)
Area
  Total16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total22,484
  Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.2%
  Coloured0.4%
  Indian/Asian0.2%
  White0.1%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
  Tsonga83.2%
  Northern Sotho7.8%
  Sotho2.9%
  English1.9%
  Other4.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0870
PO box
0870

Education

Nkowankowa has various primary and secondary schools:

  • Dududu Primary School
  • Nkowankowa Lower Primary School
  • Masungulo Primary School
  • Ritavi Primary School
  • Bombeleni Primary School
  • Bankuna High School
  • Hudson Ntsanwisi Senior Secondary School
  • DZJ Mthebule High School
  • Progress High School
  • Meridian College
  • St George's College

References

  1. "Main Place Nkowankowa". Census 2011.
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