Rietfontein is a town in
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality located in the
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...
province of
South Africa
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. It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost with
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from south-east Namibia via
Aroab
Aroab is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It had 2,651 inhabitants in 2023.
Geography
Aroab is situated about south-east of Keetmanshoop on the edge of the Kalahari desert; the av ...
on the
C16 main road.
References
Populated places in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
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