Kathu Attractions

Kathu, 50km/31mi southwest of Kuruman, is the youngest town in South Africa, founded only in 1980. It now has a population of almost 10,000. The town owes its existence to the Iron and Steel Corporation (ISCOR), which erected modern functional buildings here and in the neighboring settlement of Sishen to house miners working the nearby deposits of iron ore, believed to be the largest in South Africa. Here too was established a nature reserve with an area of over 2000ha/5000ac in which are elands, springboks, gazelles, kudus, impalas, rhinos, red hartebeests, blesboks and steppe zebras.