Contact Magareng Local Municipality
Phone: 053 497 3111
Location: Warrenton, Northern Cape
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Magareng Local Municipality is part of Frances Baard District Municipality.

MDB code: NC093

Description: The Magareng Local Municipality is a Category B municipality within the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape Province. It is bordered by Phokwane and the North West Province in the north, Sol Plaatje in the south, the Free State Province in the east, and Dikgatlong in the west.
 It is one of the four municipalities that make up the district, accounting for 12% of its geographical area. Magareng is a Setswana name meaning ‘in the middle'. The name reflects the geographic location of the municipality in relation to other areas.

Website: http://www.magareng.gov.za
Postal Address: PO Box 10, WARRENTON, 8530
Street Address: Magrieta Prinsloo Street, WARRENTON
Phone: 053 497 3111
Fax: 053 497 4514

Municipal Manager mm@magareng.gov.za

Area: 1 546km²

Cities/Towns: Warrenton

Warrenton is on the banks of the Vaal River and about 75Km from Kimberley, which was in arid country. Diamonds were found in Kimberley in 1870 soon there was a huge demand for food. In 1880 a syndicate bought the western portion of the farm Grasbult on the Vaal River.

They produced vegetables for Kimberley. In 1888 diamonds were also discovered in this area, leading to another diamond rush, and a town. Mining only stopped in 1926. In 1948 Warrenton became a municipality.

The town was named after Charles Warren who in 1976 was a Cape Colony commissioner surveying the border between Griqualand West and the Orange Free State. He was also Administrator of Griqualand West in 1879, and fought in the Anglo0-Boer War (1899-1902) in the British army.