Makobo Modjadji
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Rain Queen Makobo Caroline Modjadji VI ( 1978 - 12 June 2005) was the 6th in a line of the Balobedu tribe's rain queens. Makobo was crowned on 16 April 2003 at the age of 25 after the death of her predecessor and grandmother, Queen Mokope Modjadji V. This made her the youngest queen in the history of the Balobedu tribe.
Makobo was admitted into the Polokwane Medi-Clinic for an undisclosed illness on the 10 June 2005 and died two days later at the age of 27.
Balobedu Rain Queens:
- Rain Queen Maselekwane Modjadji I (1800-1854)
- Rain Queen Masalanabo Modjadji II (1854-1895)
- Rain Queen Khetoane Modjadji III (1896-1959)
- Rain Queen Makoma Modjadji IV (1959-1980)
- Rain Queen Mokope Modjadji V (1981-2001)
- Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI (1978-2005)

