Louis Trichardt was briefly renamed to Makhado, after a Venda ruler, but was renamed to Louis Trichardt after a court set aside the order for renaming. Situated on the foot of the Soutpansberg mountain range, within the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is a fruit growing area and conveniently situated close to the border with Zimbabwe and close to the Kruger national park. For more information about the town visitors can contact the Makhado Municipal Offices. It has all the major supermarkets and chain stores. It is used by people from the north (Zimbabwe etc) as the first sizable town after Musina for shopping.