Laersdrift (formerly Delagersdrift) is a small settlement in

Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Elias Motsoaledi Municipality (; ), formerly the Greater Groblersdal Municipality, is a local municipality within the Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of is Groblersdal. It is named in honour of ...

in the

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

province of

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. It is situated on the Laersdrifspruit, a tributary of the upper

Steelpoort River The Steelpoort River, iNdubazi or Tubatse () is a river in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It flows northeastwards and is a right hand tributary of the Olifants River, joining it at the lower end of its basin. Its source is located at Kwaggaskop ...

, 27 km southwest of

Roossenekal Roossenekal is a town in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Village on the western slopes of the Steenkampsberg, 95 km north-east of Middelburg. It was proclaimed in January 1886 and named after t ...

, 72 km northeast of

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and 11 km north east of Stoffberg. It was founded in 1907 on the farms Swartkoppies and De Lagersdrift, and proclaimed a township in July 1953. It takes its name from the latter farm, which in turn was named after a ford (Afrikaans: ''drif'', Dutch: ''drift'') at which a Boer commando laagered during the Mapoch War of 1882; a laager is ''laer'' in Afrikaans.

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Populated places in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Populated places established in 1907 {{Limpopo-geo-stub