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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Polokwane
| native_nameother_name = Pietersburg
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| settlement_type = City
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| caption2 = City Centre
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| image_caption = Views of Polokwane: Part of the CBD with residential areas in the back (top) and the City Centre (bottom)
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| image_shield = Polokwane (Pietersburg) Coat of Arms 2003-.jpg
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'''Polokwane''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ə|ˈ|k|w|ɑː|n|ɪi}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/polokwane?showCookiePolicy=true|title=Polokwane|access-date=24 September 2014|publisher=Collins Dictionary|date=n.d.}}</ref> meaning "Sanctuary" in [[Northern Sotho]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Polokwane|title=Polokwane {{!}} South Africa|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref name=homepage>[http://www.polokwane.org.za/ Polokwane - The Heart of the Limpopo Province.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204035540/http://www.polokwane.org.za/ |date=2010-02-04 }} City of Polokwane official website. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.</ref><ref name="name trans">{{cite web|url=http://www.polokwane.org.za/index.php?view_page+493|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225093156/http://www.polokwane.org.za/index.php?view_page+493|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-25|title=Our history|publisher=[[Polokwane Local Municipality]]|access-date=2009-09-19}}</ref>), formerly and also known as '''Pietersburg''', is the capital city of the [[Limpopo Province]] in [[South Africa]]. It is the country's largest urban centre north of [[Gauteng]]. It was one of the nine host cities of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].
 
==History==
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== Political Governance ==
The [[Polokwane Local Municipality|Polokwane Municipality]] is run by the African National Congress (ANC) with a 60% majority obtained in the latest 2021 Municipal Elections. In a by-election held on 24 April 2024, Ward 10 was won by ANC councillor candidate [https://mankwengnews.co.za/mankweng/anc-defeats-eff-in-ward-10-polokwane/ Willie Madikoto] after the arrest and resignation of the previous [[Economic Freedom Fighters|Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)]] councillor Jacob Seshokadue due to alleged theft of firearms.
 
== Ailing Infrastructure and Poor Service Delivery ==
Despite the number developments the city has seen, it has been plagued with persistent issues of poor service delivery, which has led to crucial infrastructure such as electricity, water, and sewage systems to continuously be sought after in the various communities that are constantly effected by their unavailability. Public infrastructure such as traffic and street lights, roads, and sidewalks are also amongst the many problems the city's municipality faces.
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[[File:Ailing public infrastructure Polokwane (Pietersburg) Limpopo South Africa.jpg|thumb|419x419px|Damaged storm water drain in the Suburb of Nirvana]]
[[File:Ailing public infrastructure and service delivery (Pietersburg) Limpopo South Africa.jpg|thumb|359x359px|Sights such as these are common to see in almost every part of the city]]
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==Demographics==
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===Air===
The city is served by two airports. A public airport, the [[Polokwane International Airport]], {{airport codes|PTG|FAPP}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FAPP - Polokwane Intl, ZA - Airport - Great Circle Mapper |url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/FAPP |access-date=10 February 2010}}</ref> which is to the north of the city, while the smaller Pietersburg Civil Aerodrome {{airport codes||FAPI}} is at the south-east of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pietersburg Civil airport, Limpopo, South Africa |url=http://za.geoview.info/pietersburg_civil,6301543 |access-date=2018-06-16 |website=za.geoview.info }}</ref>
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[[File:Africa raid 1935 Pietersburg.jpg|thumb|360x360px|YR-ACK at the Polokwane (Pietersburg) airport (1935)]]▼
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[[File:Sabres on flightline, AFB Pietersburg.jpg|none|thumb|320x320px|Squadron Sabre 352-Bs at the Pietersburg AFB]]▼
▲ [[File:Africa raid 1935 Pietersburg.jpg|thumb|center|360x360px|YR-ACK at the Polokwane (Pietersburg) airport (1935)]]
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▲ [[File:Sabres on flightline, AFB Pietersburg.jpg|none|thumb|center|320x320px|Squadron Sabre 352-Bs  at the Pietersburg AFB]]
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===Railways ===
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===Cricket===
The Polokwane Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the country and was established in 1902.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.co.za/stories/century-old-cricket-club-make-way-2010-f |title=Century old Cricket Club to make way for 2010 Fan Park &#124; Polokwane Observer |access-date=2010-12-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225154138/http://www.observer.co.za/stories/century-old-cricket-club-make-way-2010-f |archive-date=2011-12-25 }}</ref> The first-class [[Limpopo (cricket team)|Limpopo cricket team]] are based in Polokwane at the Polokwane Cricket Club Ground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Limpopo Impala Cricket |url=http://www.limpopoimpalacricket.co.za/ |website=Limpopo Impala Cricket |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>
 
The city's suburb of Nirvana also holds an annual cricket competition called the "Nirvana Premier Leauge" in which teams from all around the city and the province take part in.
 
===Netball===
The [[Limpopo Baobabs]] represents the city as well as the province of [[Limpopo]] in the [[NetballTelkom League (South Africa)|Netball League]]. [[South Africa]]n goal shooter [[Lenize Potgieter]] was also born in Polokwane.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
 
===Rugby===
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=== Stadiums ===
[[File:Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (8714600990).jpg|thumb|The outside of the Peter Mokaba Stadium]]
* [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]], constructed for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5007758/index.html |publisher=FIFA |title=Peter Mokaba Stadium: the stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528122008/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium%3D5007758/index.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 }}</ref>
* [[Pietersburg Stadium]]
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An extensive art collection is preserved in the city's art gallery, open to the public. The city has more public sculptures per capita in its parks than elsewhere in South Africa. It was also the first city to unveil a bust of the ex-president [[Nelson Mandela]] in its City Square (Civic Gardens), and it was authorised by Nelson Mandela personally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.polokwane247.com/about-polokwane/ |title=Polokwane (Pietersburg) the capital of Limpopo |access-date=2017-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122130018/http://www.polokwane247.com/about-polokwane/ |archive-date=2018-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
The city is considered the premier hunting destination in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sa-venues.com/visitorials/love-polokwane-2013/|title=I Heart Polokwane Because - South Africa Travel News|date=2013-07-30|work=South Africa Travel|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><div style="display:flex">
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[[File:Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (8713345999).jpg|thumb|center|355x355px|The city has a rich African culture]]
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[[File:Plkwarmemorial.jpg|thumb|War memorial outside the Polokwane Art Gallery consisting of hundreds of guns melted after the Anglo-Boer war|none|340x340px]]▼
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▲ [[File:Plkwarmemorial.jpg|thumb|center|340x340px|War memorial outside the Polokwane Art Gallery consisting of hundreds of guns melted after the Anglo-Boer war|none|340x340px]]
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==Commerce==
The city hosts several major industries such as [[Coca-Cola]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cocacola.co.za/bottling_profile_coca_cola_fortune.aspx|title=Home|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref> Freshmark (a division of Shoprite Checkers), and [[South African Breweries]].<ref>[http://www.sablimited.co.za/sablimited/view/sablimited/en/page400 SAB Limited - Sites and locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115090248/http://www.sablimited.co.za/sablimited/view/sablimited/en/page400 |date=2010-01-15 }}</ref> As the capital of the Limpopo province, the city also has a large commercial area with the four largest banks in the country all having at least three branches in the city.
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==Education==
 
=== Primary and Secondary education ===
The city has quite a number of Primary and Secondary schools, ranging from public schools to Upper-class private schools.
 
==== Some primary schools include: ====
 
* Noordskool Primary school
* Elica Primary School
* Laerskool Polokwane
* Nirvana Primary School
* Northern Academy Primary School
 
==== Some secondary schools include: ====
 
* Hoerskool Pietersburg
* Taxila Secondary School
* Curo Heuwelkruin High School
* Capricorn High School
* Northern Academy Secondary School
* Westernburg Secondary School
* Northern Muslim School
 
===Tertiary education===
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[[File:Savannah Mall, Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (10185861304).jpg|thumb|Inside of the Mall of the North]]
 
=== Malls: ===
* [[Mall of the North]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mallofthenorth.co.za/|title=Mall of the North {{!}} Welcome to great shopping|website=www.mallofthenorth.co.za|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref>
* Savannah Mall<ref>{{Cite web |title=Savannah Mall - where shoppers feel at home and return {{!}} Savannah Mall |url=https://www.savannahmall.co.za/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=www.savannahmall.co.za}}</ref>
 
=== Shopping venues and centres: ===
* Cycad Centre<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=Craig |title=Cycad Centre |url=https://moolmangroup.co.za/portfolio/cycad-centre/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Moolman Group |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
* The Greenery<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morrison |first=Craig |title=The Greenery |url=https://moolmangroup.co.za/portfolio/the-greenery/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Moolman Group |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
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==Notable people==
* [[Mvzzle]], DJ and record producer known for producing "[[Umlilo]]" by [[DJ Zinhle]] ▼
* [[Lyndon Ferns]], Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer
* [[Sylvia Glasser]], choreographer
* [[Tlou Segolela]], professional football player ▼
* [[Retief Goosen]], professional golfer who was in the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007
* [[Lucas Malan]], Afrikaans academic and poet
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* [[Victor Matfield]], former South African national rugby team captain
* [[Peter Mokaba]], controversial anti-apartheid activist
▲* [[Mvzzle]], DJ and record producer known for producing "[[Umlilo]]" by [[DJ Zinhle]]
* [[Gift Ngoepe]], professional baseball player
▲* [[Tlou Segolela]], professional football player
* [[Caster Semenya]], middle-distance runner and world champion
* [[John Smit]], former South African national rugby team captain
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==Coats of arms==
[[File:Pietersburg (Polokwane) Coat of Arms 1931 to 1967.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Pietersburg from 1931 to 1967]]▼
 
===Municipal (1)===
By 1931, the Pietersburg municipal council had assumed a pseudo-heraldic "coat of arms". The shield depicted a crossed pick and shovel, two crossed wheatsheaves, and the date 1904 surrounded by a rib and bearing the motto ''{{lang|la|[[Labor omnia vincit]]''}}. The crest was an ostrich.<ref name=cig>The arms were depicted on a [http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Category:UTC_South_African_town_arms cigarette card] issued in 1931.</ref>
 
▲[[File:Pietersburg (Polokwane) Coat of Arms 1931 to 1967.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Pietersburg from 1931 to 1967]]
 
=== Municipal (2) ===
[[File:SADF era Pietersburg Commando emblem.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Pietersburg from 1967 to 2003]]▼
A proper coat of arms was designed in the 1960s. It was registered with the Transvaal Provincial Administration in August 1967<ref name=og>Transvaal ''Official Gazette'' 3288 (30 August 1967).</ref> and at the [[Bureau of Heraldry]] in September 1969.<ref name=boh>http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za{{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref>
 
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The crest was a golden eagle, and the motto, once again, was ''Labor omnia vincit''.
▲[[File:SADF era Pietersburg Commando emblem.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Pietersburg from 1967 to 2003]]
 
[[File:Polokwane (Pietersburg) Coat of Arms 2003-.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Polokwane from 2003-]]▼
 
===Municipal (3)===
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Above the shield is a brown rustic crown. The motto is ''Unity - Equity - Progress - Prosperity''.
▲[[File:Polokwane (Pietersburg) Coat of Arms 2003-.jpg|thumb|The Coat of Arms of Polokwane from 2003-]]
 
 
 
==References==
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