Archives: Locations

Derby is a small town situated in North West Province of South Africa that was named after the British Secretary of State Lord Derby. Derby began as a refuge for destitute people. Village 117 km west-north-west of Johannesburg, 60 km south-west of Rustenburg and 17 km east of Koster.

Swartruggens is a small farming town in North West Province, South Africa that was established in 1875.

Mogwase is a town in Bojanala District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. Mogwase is close to Sun City and the Pilanesberg National Park, two of the major tourist attractions in the North West province, though the town itself has no significant attractions.

Zeerust is a commercial town situated in Ngaka Modiri Molema district North West Province, South Africa. It lies in the Marico valley, approximately 240 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg. It lies on the N4, the main road link between South Africa and Botswana.

Morokweng is a town in Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The village, which lies 140 kilometres north-west of Vryburg, was first occupied by Kgosi Maiketso in the 1790s after he broke away from the main Barolong faction at Kuruman.

Mathibestad is a town in Bojanala District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa

Setlagole is a historical Setswana village next to the N18 in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The inhabitants are Batswana Nation members, and during King Tau’s reign, they adopted Tholo as their totem. They call each other Mokgopa, Modiboa, Noto, and so on.

Mooinooi is a platinum and palladium mining town in the North West province of South Africa, roughly halfway between Brits and Rustenburg. Formerly a boomtown, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis had caused the town to go bust. Former miners lost their jobs and local services had gone out of business.

Delareyville is a maize- and peanut-farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa. The town is 96 km south-west of Lichtenburg, 82 km north-east of Vryburg, 114 km north-west of Wolmaransstad, and 61 km north of Schweizer-Reneke.