Following the airing of the Queen Modjadji show on Mzansi Magic, Daily Maverick journalist Michelle Banda had the unusual opportunity to visit the Modjadji kraal in Modjadjiskloof, Limpopo. This small ...

The Balobedu royal family seeks Ramaphosa's acknowledgment of Masalanabo Modjadji as the legitimate queen before Women's Month ends. The Balobedu royal family, renowned for their supernatural ...

The new queen elect of the Balobedu clan, Masalanabo, is flanked by former president Jacob Zuma and her uncle, prince Mpapatla Modjadji. LIMPOPO – Reuphus Mokoto, a cousin of the Modjadji royal family ...

The Modjadji Royal Council has rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa's recognition of Princess Masalanabo Modjadji as the next Rain Queen of the Balobedu nation, saying he did so without informing or ...

Mathole Motshekga, the guardian of Balobedu queen-elect Masalanabo Modjadji, has launched an urgent application in the high court in Pretoria to stop her brother Lekukela Modjadji’s inauguration as ...

Pretoria - The Balobedu Royal Council has endorsed Princess Masalanabo Modjadji to be installed as the next rai queen in August. The council, a parallel structure to the Modjadji Royal Council, was ...

Pretoria - The court case over the royal battle within the Balobedu royal family was postponed on Friday after the applicant asked for it to be moved due to new legal representatives. The case centres ...

The Balobedu people of South Africa have crowned their new queen. Traditionally, the ruler of the Balobedu is known as the Rain Queen, and she is revered by people far beyond the boundaries of her ...

In a surprise move, the Balobedu Royal Council has appointed Lekukela Modjadji, the son of late Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji, as king of the Balobedu nation. His sister, Masalanabo, was expected to take ...

It is not only women who can lead the Balobedu nation, men can also ascend to the throne. Balobedu regent Mpapatla Bakhoma Modjadji explained why the royal council chose Prince Lekukela Modjadji to ...

Tzaneen — Messages of condolences are pouring in for Limpopo's Balobedu community, following the death of Rain Queen Mmakobo Modjadji VI on Sunday. She was admitted to the Medi-Clinic in Polokwane on ...

Makobo Modjadji, the rain queen who led South Africa's Balobedu people, has died aged only 27. It is not known what killed the rain queen, who was crowned in 2003 at the age of 25. She was the sixth ...