Chief Mamphoku Makgoba was a Lobedu Chief who ruled Makgobaskloof in the Soutpansberg, former Northern Transvaal, Mopani district, South Africa. His tribal totem is the Tlou of BaTlou tribe.
The Lobedu or Balobedu are a southern African ethnic group that speak a Northern Sotho dialect called Khelobedu. Their area is called Bolobedu. The name "balobedu" means "the mineral miners", lobela o
Chief Makgoba
…Chief (Kgoshi) Mamphoku Makgoba was a Lobedu (Bakgalaka) Chief who ruled Makgobaskloof (often misspelled Makgoebaskloof) in the Soutpansberg, former Northern Transvaal (Limpopo province), Mopani…
Clay vessels in a Lobedu village, 1975, by which time they were only used for ritual purposes