Prieska

Prieska lies in the foothills of the Doringberge (thorn mountains), on the southern bank of the Orange River. Like many other towns in South Africa, Prieska had its origins as a fording place, but unlike other towns it kept its local Bushman title instead of acquiring a colonial one - the roaming Khoi knew it as Prieskab meaning 'place of the lost goat'.

Many travellers used this spot as a fording place and it became a well-known staging post. A trading post and mission were established. When several voortrekkers moved their cattle here after heavy rains, they remained.

Today Prieska is a centre for sheep farming, while lucerne, vegetables, maize and fruit are grown under irrigation from the Orange River.

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