Makoma Modjadji

Makoma Modjadji IV (1905 – 1980) was the fourth Rain Queen of the Balobedu tribe of the Limpopo Province of South Africa, succeeding her mother, Queen Khesetoane Modjadji III, in 1959 and reigning until her death. She married Andreas Maake, with whom she had several children. In 1960 Balobedu Royal Council appointed a Male Regent who died in 1962. After the regent died they brought Makoma as the Queen. Mokoto royal family opposed the installation of Makoma as the Monarch by claiming she is a commoner and don't have royal blood of King Mokoto.

Makoma Modjadji IV
Rain Queen of Balobedu
Reign	1959–1980
Predecessor	Khesethwane Modjadji
Successor	Mokope Modjadji
Born	1905 Limpopo, South Africa
Died	1980 (aged 74–75) Limpopo, South Africa
Spouse	Andreas Maake
Issue	Mokope Modjadji (among others)
Names Makoma Modjadji
House	Modjadji
Father	Unknown
Mother	Khesetoane Modjadji

In 1972, the apartheid regime reduced Makoma Modjadji's title to that of chieftainess, and incorporated the villages and indunas under her jurisdiction into the Lebowa and Gazankulu homelands.^[1]

She was succeeded by her eldest daughter, Mokope Modjadji.