PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA URGES INCOMING "RAIN QUEEN" TO FOCUS ON HER EDUCATION.

President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the Queenship celebrations in honour of the Balobedu Queen in Limpopo over the weekend.

The Balobedu Queen is also known to her people as the rain queen.

The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Balobedu , a people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa . The succession to the position of Rain Queen is matrilineal so her eldest daughter is the heir, and males are not entitled to inherit the throne at all. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall .
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The Balobedu Queenship is the first queenship to be officially recognised by the South African government, it was formally recognised in March 2016 after being relegated to a chieftaincy position by the apartheid government.

Queen Modjadji will be coronated when she turns 18, her uncle has served as her regent since 2005 when her mother passed away.

President Ramaphosa said the recognition of the Balobedu Queenship demonstrated the acknowledgement of women’s leadership roles in South Africa and our society.

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Balobedu Queenship celebrations on 7 April 2018.
Image: Twitter/@PresidencyZA.

Ramaphosa described the celebration of the queenship as a historic moment for the country.

“This is a really historic occasion and we are also privileged to have been given the opportunity to participate in such an occasion. As we mark this historic occasion, as we celebrate we also mourn the passing of the mother of the nation, Mama Winnie,” he said.

Ramaphosa met with the incoming queen and her uncle, the current regent as well as other dignitaries.

Balobedu Rain Queen elect Masalanabo Modjadji, Regent Prince Modjadji and President Cyril Ramaphosa at the coronation ceremony of the queen in Limpopo.
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The president said the incoming queen’s mother, Queen Modjadji the fifth, had suffered persecution at the hands of the apartheid government purely for the reason of being a woman.

Ramaphosa said the restoration of the Balobedu Queenship would restore the community’s dignity which was damaged when the queenship was relegated by the apartheid government.

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