Lebowakgomo is a township situated at the intersection of the R518 and R579 Regional Routes in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It lies 45 km south-east of the Limpopo capital of Polokwane.
Lebowakgomo is the seat of the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality and was the capital of the former Bantustan of Lebowa.
Lebowakgomo is located in Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality within the Capricorn District Municipality of Limpopo Province.
The majority of Lebowakgomo’s inhabitants speak SePedi.
History
The township was established in the early 1970s to become the capital of Lebowa, and was enlarged and developed in the 1980s.
The township’s name is derived from two Northern Sotho words Lebowa (“north”) and Kgomo (“cow”).
The land where Lebowakgomo is located was donated to the former Lebowa Government by Chief Mmutle Mphahlele of the Bakgaga ba gaMphahlele. The chief’s palace lies 10 km south-east of the township in Seleteng village.
Lebowakgomo was one of the eight townships in the former Bantustan; the seven others were Mahwelereng, Sešego, Mankweng, Senwabarwana, Lenyenye, Namakgale, Praktiseer, and Mašišing.