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	Makhado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Makhado (previously called Louis Trichardt) is a town situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
		The name Makhado belonged to the Venda King Makhado who ruled in the region from the mid 1800's until his death in 1887.
		The statue of Makhado was painted the colours of the old South African flag (orange, white and blue) only six days later, apparently by those opposing the name change.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Makhado (844 words)

	Encyclopedia: Makhado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Makhado Municipality being the gateway to African states strive to improve the quality of life of all its people by rendering basic, efficient, affordable and sustainable services through transparent, participatory governance and a dedicated efficient and accountable institution focused on developing the area as a growth point.
		The economic centre of the Municipality is the town of Makhado, former Louis Trichardt.
		The town of Makhado is situated along the N1 North at approximately 85 km from the Beit Bridge border of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Makhado (399 words)

	Makhado
		Makhado has become one of the province's premier business and tourism destinations.
		There are several hotels on the heights overlooking Makhado and a number of other accommodation establishments available.
		The town and surrounds are renowned for its multi-cultural population and the highly creative arts and craft they produce.
	www.places.co.za /html/makhado.html (397 words)

	MATHABANE
		Makhado shook his graying head as he came to a stop at a traffic light that was just turning from yellow to red.
		Makhado wrestled with the fallen carjacker, who was much younger and had a jagged scar across the left cheek.
		Makhado’s hands, unusually strong for a man nearing sixty-five, grasped the carjacker’s throat in a vice-like grip.
	www.mathabane.com /Ubuntu%20Chap%20One.htm (1895 words)

	Zoutnet DETAILS
		MAKHADO - A creative Grade 11 pupil of Louis Trichardt High School was recently elected to represent the area in a European country on a date to be announced.
		The mayor of the Makhado Municipality, Cllr RS Nkuzana said "this is what we call public/private partnership and we will continue being contracted to it," he said.
		Cllr NP Muladi of the Makhado Municipality added that, because they have a good partnership with businesspeople, assistance for young children with potential is their first priority as the municipality.
	www.emirror.co.za /news/details.asp?StoNum=3628 (440 words)

	Speeches 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The official opening of King Makhado statue, here at the city of Makhado should be seen as the realisation and fulfilment of this pledge that we have made to the people of Limpopo.
		King Makhado was a glorious leader who fought colonial battles against the imperialists who wanted to take his land and subjugate his people to oppression.
		Makhado was a traditional leader who believed in the liberation of his people.
	www.polity.org.za /pol/speech/2005?show=73878 (721 words)

	Districts and Municipalities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Makhado Municipality was first established on the 31st October 1934 as the Louis Trichardt Town Council.
		The Makhado Municipality includes the areas of Louis Trichardt, Nzhelele, Tshipise, Elim, Tshitale, Hlanganani, Levubu, Vuwani, Alldays, Buysdorp, and Bandelierkop.
		Makhado defeated the Boers, with the help of the mythical Venda drum Ngoma Lungundu, during the Great Trek on the Zoutpansberg Mountain ranges to prevent the Boers from advancing further North into his territory.
	www.limpopo-dlgh.gov.za /districts_municipalities/introduction/makhado.htm (256 words)

	Zoutnet DETAILS
		MAKHADO (LOUIS TRICHARDT) - The right to fly overhead at a low level and to march through the town with bayonets drawn is one of the most time-honoured traditions that can be bestowed upon an air force base.
		AFB Makhado is one of the South African air bases assigned to combat operations.
		The base was named after the town Louis Trichardt, but with the name change of Louis Trichardt town to Makhado, the Air Force Board, in 2003, decided, in the spirit of collaboration and co-operation with the citizens of the Limpopo Province, to change the name of the AFB to Makhado.
	www.zoutnet.co.za /news/details.asp?StoNum=3536 (370 words)

	Top 300 National (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt), urban centre of Makhado Municipality, consisting of 265 informal towns and the formal towns of Waterval,Vleyfontein,Vuwani, Dzanani (formerly Makhado) and Tshikota, with vast rural areas in between, is a well-known growth point in the Limpopo Province.
		Makhado has a fast-growing commercial sector with most well known chain stores, as well as various service industries that have settled here.
		The Municipality of Makhado, being the gateway to other African states, strives to improve the quality of life of all of its people by rendering basic, efficient, affordable and sustainable services through transparent, participatory governance and a dedicated, efficient and accountable institution focused on developing the area as a growth point.
	www.top300.co.za /National/profiles/CompDetail.asp?CompanyID=541 (564 words)

	sandfcoll
		After being offloaded from an aircraft in a coffin, the body of Elvis Azwefawi Makhado, 42, was received with full military honours.
		Makhado, a member of a 700-strong SANDF contingent deployed in Burundi last year to conduct peace-keeping duties, was found dead at an abandoned house about six kilometres outside Bujumbura on Friday afternoon.
		Four of Makhado's family members were at the base when the body arrived.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/01/09/southafrica/SANDFCOL.HTM (219 words)

	corpse
		In an initial statement the SANDF said Makhado had been on leave at the time.
		On Saturday a Ministry of Defence spokesman said Makhado had been off duty at the time of his disappearance.
		Makhado also kept the keys of the safe containing the contingent's cash.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/01/08/southafrica/CORPSE.HTM (212 words)

	Calvin College - Chimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Makhado, who describes his job as networking between various Christian schools in Africa, attended grades one through three under a tree at a school that had only one classroom.
		Throughout the presentation, Makhado pointed out that imposing Western models on African culture is what has caused many of the problems in the past and will not help the African people in the future.
		One of the callings Makhado feels Africa has and should share with America and the rest of the West, is to help the very nations that colonized them in the first place.
	www-stu.calvin.edu /chimes/article.php?volume=100&issue=3&id=1008 (410 words)

	Town has a statue dilemma
		Makhado - Statues have become a highly emotive issue in the small Limpopo town of Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt).
		Two months ago, the statue of Venda leader King Makhado was vandalised and painted in the colours of the old South African flag.
		Makhado municipal manager Faith Muthambi referred questions to council spokesman Peter Magwala, who was not available to comment on Tuesday.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-7-1442_1838698,00.html (370 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Louis Trichardt fights name change
		Louis Trichardt residents are attacking the validity of the rural Limpopo town's name change to Makhado in a case being fought in the Pretoria High Court.
		He said it was clear the town council was instructed by the provincial minister to change the name, regardless of consultation, and that the consultation alluded to in court papers was a delusion.
		The applicants, however, maintained that Makhado was not the name of a person, but an institution and that Louis Trichardt was in any event never part of Venda.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/695279.htm (479 words)

	Zoutnet DETAILS
		MAKHADO — Two pupils of Paradise Maname Combined School were killed in a freak accident outside Makhado last Friday (August 11).
		They were part of a tour group of 39 learners, four parents and six teachers from the school, on their way back home from an educational trip to Durban.
		The driver stopped the bus and after all learners and their luggage were moved from the bus, the driver extinguished the fire.
	www.emirror.co.za /news/details.asp?StoNum=3496 (566 words)

	News
		Reacting to the painting of a statue of Venda king, Makhado, in the town with the same name two days ago, Mulder said his party condemned such behaviour.
		"King Makhado was a hero to the Venda as Louis Trichardt was a hero for the Afrikaners.
		Makhado's statue, which was painted orange, white and blue, was erected in the town last week.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=5984&EID=0& (567 words)

	Makhado's name battle hots up
		Makhado - A Limpopo association has lodged an appeal with Pretoria High Court to overturn an earlier ruling that affected the renaming of Louis Trichardt to Makhado.
		The association has always insisted that Voortrekker leader Louis Trichardt was not a colonialist and that the name Makhado was dividing people and undermining other ethnic groups.
		Makhado was a prominent Venda king who aggressively expanded his tribe`s influence by subjugating surrounding communities in the area before colonisation, and later fought against Voortrekkers who settled in the area.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,2-7-1442_1811773,00.html (483 words)

	Makhado (Louis Trichardt)
		Recently renamed Makhado after the VhaVenda leader who ruled the area for many years, the town developed from the Voortrekker settlement in the area and was previously named after the leader Louis Trichardt who moved away from British rule in the Cape and arrived here in 1836.
		Several historic buildings in and around Makhado bear testimony to the years of strife which existed in the area in the early years of the settlement.
		Makhado lies at the foot of the densely forested Zoutpansberg Range, conveniently close to the Zimbabwean border and the Kruger National Park.
	www.mrinfo.co.za /sa/limpopo/doc/Limpopo-45.htm (1331 words)

	Archaeological Institute of America
		The pilot study however will have to be limited to this area initially and hopefully this will lead to a model framework for the rest of the areas to be investigated.
		Transport from and to the bus terminus in Makhado (Louis Trichardt).
		Transport will be provided to Makhado once a week for shopping, visits to an internet café, landline phone calls, etc. Dependent on the number of students, seating space may be limited in which case only some students will be able to go.
	www.archaeological.org /webinfo.php?page=10037&entrynumber=494 (440 words)

	SABCnews.com - south_africa/crime1justice
		A Limpopo farm owner laid criminal charges against the Makhado municipality today, claiming his farm had been invaded yesterday and his property damaged by about 100 people accompanied by municipal employees, Makhado police said.
		Holford accused the Makhado municipality of contravening the farm owner’s basic rights and pre-empting official land claim proceedings.
		The Makhado municipality decided to assist the Songozi community regain access to the road after the farmer had blocked it with trenches and a gate, effectively cutting the community in half," said Refilwe Ramathwala, a departmental spokesperson.
	www.sabcnews.com /south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,94965,00.html (405 words)

	Zoutnet DETAILS
		MAKHADO (LOUIS TRICHARDT) — “Makhado Municipality is unique,” was the answer to the question about why the long-standing problem between the driving schools and the municipality is now affecting the community.
		The Makhado Municipality’s Director of Community Services, Mr Mavhungu Musitha, repeated his strong stance on the matter on Tuesday.
		Another driving school owner said that they had explained in a letter a couple of years ago that the driving schools brought the municipality more than a million rand per year.
	www.emirror.co.za /news/details.asp?StoNum=2957 (443 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Makhado - A Limpopo coalition that failed to overturn the renaming of Louis Trichardt to Makhado is to decide on Thursday whether to appeal against Pretoria High Court's ruling or not.
		The town's name has changed to Makhado after the arts and culture department endorsed it in 2002.
		The association opposed the new name from the start, arguing that Louis Trichardt was not colonialist and that the name Makhado was dividing people, and undermining other ethnic groups.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=5971&EID=0& (336 words)

	Man held for defacing Makhado
		Pretoria - A man was arrested in connection with the defacing of a statue of Chief Makhado in central Makhado (the former Louis Trichardt) by painting it orange, white and blue, police said on Thursday.
		He also was charged with discharging a firearm in a municipal area as witnesses had seen him and a number of others firing off guns while they painted the statue in the colours of the old South African flag, said Mojapelo.
		He was to appear in Makhado magistrate's court on Friday.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1836294,00.html (190 words)

	Zoutnet DETAILS
		Less than a week after the statue of King Makhado was unveiled at the local tourism information centre, it fell prey to vandals who spraypainted it in the three primary colours of the former South African flag.
		MAKHADO — Residents awoke on Wednesday to the sight of the recently unveiled statue of the late King Makhado at the tourism information centre’s being painted in the three primary colours of the former South African flag.
		The statue, which was unveiled last week as part of the province’s Heritage celebration, fell prey to vandals who painted the legs blue, the torso white and the head vibrantly orange.
	www.zoutnet.co.za /news/details.asp?StoNum=3573 (526 words)

	'Hell will break loose' if SAA's Sun Air deal fails
		Sheiks Makhado, Sun Air's executive director, says that if the deal is not signed before August 31, SAA will withdraw its offer.
		Makhado said it was up to SAA to get government approval for the takeover.
		Makhado's anxieties could have much to do with the outstanding R20million still owed the government by shareholders Rethabile (35.75%), BA/Comair (25%) and Co-ordinated Network Investments (19.25%).
	www.btimes.co.za /99/0829/comp/comp04.bt (567 words)

	Makhado bus driver in court
		Johannesburg - The driver of a bus that collided with a goods train resulting the death of 11, people appeared in the Makhado magistrate's court on Thursday.
		About 60 people were injured, some of them seriously, in the accident outside Makhado on Monday.
		It was alleged that the bus driver did not stop to check whether a train was approaching before crossing the railway line.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1696954,00.html (131 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/central_africa
		Makhado, a civilian member of a 700-strong SANDF contingent deployed as a protection force for returning exiled politicians in Burundi last year, was found strangled at an abandoned house north of Burundi's capital Bujumbura last Friday.
		Four of Makhado's family members, who have requested a civilian funeral, were at the base when the body arrived.
		Makhado started his military training with the then Venda Defence Force (VDF) on 17 January 1983.
	www.sabcnews.co.za /africa/central_africa/0,2172,26301,00.html (447 words)

	IOL: Girl who was painted white gets R25 000
		The girl, from Mailaskop near Makhado, was 14 when, on August 29 2000, the store's manager and two employees accused her of stealing underwear.
		Makhado Pep Store manager Thelma Strydom and her colleague Albert Mbezi allegedly painted the girl after another employee, Julia Munyai, caught her shoplifting.
		The Makhado magistrate's court acquitted Strydom after finding no evidence that she took part in painting the girl.
	www.int.iol.co.za /?click_id=13&art_id=ct20020916112821129P532248&set_id=1 (538 words)

	Lajuma Research and Internship Opportunities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lajuma is situated 25 km east of Vivo and 45km west of Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) high up in the Soutpansberg mountain range.
		Lajuma is situated in a farming, tourism and hunting area with a well-developed infrastructure.
		The road is tarred up to 7 km from the property and all amenities are available in Makhado, 50 km away.
	www.lajuma.com /research.htm (3575 words)

	SABCnews.com - south_africa/general
		The application was made by a group of cultural and civic organisations, farmers and political parties.
		The respondents were the minister of arts and culture, the South African Geographical Names Council and the Makhado municipality.
		Louis Trichardt was a Voortrekker leader, whereas Makhado was a 19th century Vhavenda king.
	www.sabcnews.com /south_africa/general/0,2172,111995,00.html (164 words)

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