Queen Modjadji, or a Rain Queen, is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, a people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The Rain Queen is believed to work special powers, including the ability to control the clouds in addition to rainfall.
As of 2021[update] there is no ruling Rain Queen, as the preceding Rain Queen died on 12 June 2005. A new Rain Queen was expected to be crowned once she turned 18.
Rain Queen Makobo Constance Modjadji VI 1978 – 12 June 2005 was the sixth in a brand of the Balobedu people's Rain Queens. Makobo was crowned on 16 April 2003, at the age of 25, after the death of her predecessor together with grandmother, Queen Mokope Modjadji. This gave her the youngest queen in the history of the Balobedu.
Makobo was admitted into the Limpopo Medi-Clinic for an undisclosed illness on 10 June 2005 and died two days later, at the age of 27. The official name of death was identified as chronic meningitis. She is survived by a son, Prince Lekukela Hex b. 1997, and a daughter, Princess Masalanabo b. February 2005.