Traditional leaders and chiefs still form a strong backbone of the province's political landscape.

On 18 August 2017, Kgosi Malesela Dikgale was re-elected as the Chairperson of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders.

[6] The world heritage site of the Mapungubwe National Park boasts archaeological finds from the period of a powerful local kingdom that ruled here between 800 CE and 1290 existed.

The remains of a settlement from the period between the 15th and 17th century can be seen in Thulamela in the northern part of the Kruger National Park.

For a short period since 1994 it was called the Province of Northern Transvaal and thereafter, through the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act No.

[7][8] The province was named after the Limpopo River by decision of the provincial assembly in 2002, and at the same time most of the cities on its territory were renamed.

[13] The current Premier of Limpopo Province is Phophi Ramathuba, representing the African National Congress.

[14] The province has a relatively high Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.710, which is the third highest in South Africa.

The bushveld is beef cattle country, where extensive ranching operations are often supplemented by controlled hunting.

[15] Tropical fruit, such as bananas, litchis, pineapples, mangoes and pawpaws, as well as a variety of nuts, are grown in the Tzaneen and Louis Trichardt areas.

Tzaneen is also at the centre of extensive citrus, tea, and coffee plantations and a major forestry industry.

This makes Limpopo the province with the highest percentage of people living in formal housing in South Africa.

Limpopo's rich mineral deposits include the platinum group metals, iron ore, chromium, high- and middle-grade coking coal, diamonds, antimony, phosphate, and copper, as well as mineral reserves like gold, emeralds, scheelite, magnetite, vermiculite, silicon, and mica.

[18] The Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism has targeted the province as a preferred eco-tourism destination.

[19] While Limpopo is one of South Africa's poorest provinces, it is rich in wildlife, which gives it an advantage in attracting tourists.