Lenyenye is a township in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality of the Mopani District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Lenyenye named after small river run on west of the township, the original name of Lenyenye township is Ramalema. It is located about 20 km southeast of the town of Tzaneen. The neighbouring township of Nkowankowa lies directly north of Lenyenye. It is the home of Bakgaga. The prominent dialectal language that is spoken there is Sekgaga sa ga Maake.

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Lenyenye
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Coordinates: 23.972°S 30.269°E / -23.972; 30.269
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Municipality	Greater Tzaneen
Area [1]
• Total	8.81 km2 (3.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	12,099
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Northern Sotho	95.6%
• Tsonga	2.7%
• Tshivenda	0,70%
• Other	1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0857
PO box	0857
Area code	015

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The township is best known as the place where the academic/politician Mamphela Ramphele was banished to under the apartheid regime and lived during the period from 1977 to 1984.