Zeerust, North West
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Zeerust is a commercial town situated in Central district North West Province, South Africa. It lies in the Marico valley, approximately 240 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg. It lies on the N4, the main road link between South Africa and Botswana. There are large cattle ranches in the area, as well as wheat,maize, tobacco and citrus fruit farms. There are also fluorite and chromite mines in the vicinity. Tourism is also a developing industry.
In 1864, Casper Coetzee was employed to build a church and fort on the farm belonging to Walter Seymore. Coetzee died before completing his work and it was later completed by his brother Diederik, who named the place Zeerust ("Coetzee's Rest"). By 1867 a town had been established around the church. The settlement became a municipality in 1936.
The main languages of Zeerust are Setswana and Afrikaans respectively. The Batswana call the town Sefatlhane. After the demoratic dispensation in 1994, the name of the municipality- Zeerust was changed to Ramotshere Moiloa, after a mid-20th century chief of the Bahurutshe boo Moiloa who was also a political enemy of the Apartheid state.
The town is a commercial hub for most of the villages situated in the Lehurutshe area, a few of which include; Lekgophung, Supingstad, Moshana, Serake, Rietpan, Motswedi, Dinokana, Lekubu, Mosweu, Ntsweletsoku, Mokgola, Borakalalo and Gopane.
OLIENHOUT PARK
In Zeerust the is also a small suburb named Olienhout Park with a population of about 250 residents, a shop ,a bar, and a school. There is a township nearby named Ikageleng with about 1000 people.

