Verkykerskop is a town in
Phumelela Local Municipality
Phumelela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name "Phumelela" means "to succeed" in isiZulu.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the follo ...
in the
Free State province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
, located on the
R722. The town is 40 km from
Harrismith
Harrismith is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was named for Sir Harry Smith, a 19th-century British governor and high commissioner of the Cape Colony. It is situated by the Wilge River, alongside the N3 highway, abo ...
, just off the
N3.
Village some 35 km east-south-east of
Warden
A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint.
''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...
and 40 km south-west of
Memel. Afrikaans for 'spy hill', literally 'farlooker's hill', the name appears to have been taken over from Tafelkop, a hill 2,153 m high to the south-west of it.
Sitting on a hill on the Free State side of the border with
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
, it is described as a tiny village with fewer than 20 residents in town, and a few hundred more living in surrounding villages.
It is known for having one of the lowest crime levels in South Africa.
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What to do, where to stay, eat, drink in Verkykerskop.
{{Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
Populated places in the Phumelela Local Municipality
Populated places founded by Afrikaners