Makhado (also: Makhato or Makgato, c.1839 – 3 September 1895) was a 19th-century King (Thovhele) in the Singo (or Vhasenzi) dynasty of the Vendas.
They ruled over the Dzanani "district" of the Zoutpansberg region of South Africa.
[1] He was the youngest son of Thovhele Ramabulana who died in 1864 when Makhado was about 25.
He intended her to become the new great wife of Ramabulana's younger brother Ramavhoya, then khosi, after her sister's passing.
With the voortrekker Louis Tregardt's assistance, Ramabulana was able to overthrow Ramavhoya (who earlier had unseated him) and took the option to marry Limani.