Bochumalso known as Senwabarwana is a settlement some 93 km north-west of Polokwane, on the route to Doringpad. Black businessman Stanley Thema, who initially constructed the very first building in the area, has made Bochum one of the fastest-growing rural areas in the world. The place is also known for its diverse people from places as far as Ga-Malebogo and Dendron. It is under the rule of Kgosi Malebogo.
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The name was given by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helen to a mission station they established there in 1890. Helen and Franz named the first major hospital in Bochum that used to cater for people with leprosy now known as Helen-Franz hospital. Due to its high mortality rate, its often referred to as "the hospital of death ".
