Steelpoort
Steelpoort is a small mining town in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality (Sekhukhune District) on the Limpopo–Mpumalanga border. It sits on the R555 in the Steelpoort River valley and serves the surrounding chrome, platinum and ferrochrome operations of the eastern Bushveld Complex.
History
The name is said to date from the late 1800s or early 1900s, when a hunter named Scholtz, travelling with Voortrekkers under Frans Joubert, shot an elephant at dusk and found its tusks stolen ('gesteel') the next morning; the river through the poort became the Steelpoort River. A railway line between Steelpoort and Lydenburg opened in 1924, and chrome and magnetite mining, later joined by platinum mines such as Two Rivers, Modikwa, Mototolo and Marula, drove the town's growth.
Getting there
Steelpoort lies on the R555, west of Burgersfort, which links it to Burgersfort and the R37 (Polokwane–Lydenburg). The nearest larger shopping and services centre is Burgersfort.
Weather & climate
Hot, summer-rainfall bushveld climate: warm to hot, humid summers with afternoon thunderstorms (October–March) and mild, dry, sunny winters with cool nights.
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Things to see
- Steelpoort RiverThe river that gives the town its name runs through the poort here; riverside picnic spots are offered at local lodges such as Steelpoort River Lodge.
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