Verkykerskop

Verkykerskop is a town in Phumelela Local Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa, located on the R722. The town is 40 km from Harrismith, just off the N3.^[1]

Verkykerskop
The “uitspanning”, Verkykerskop
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Coordinates: 27.918°S 29.281°E / -27.918; 29.281
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Phumelela
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	9882
Area code	058

Village some 35 km east-south-east of Warden and 40 km south-west of Memel. Afrikaans for 'spy hill', literally 'farlooker's hill', the name appears to have been taken over from Tafelkop, a hill 2,153 m high to the south-west of it.^[2]

Sitting on a hill on the Free State side of the border with KwaZulu-Natal, it is described as a tiny village with fewer than 20 residents in town, and a few hundred more living in surrounding villages.^[3] It is known for having one of the lowest crime levels in South Africa.^[3]