Thabazimbi

Thabazimbi is a iron mining town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The name Thabazimbi means mountain of iron because of the large iron ore reef that was discovered in 1919. The railway line from Rustenburg reached the area in the 1930s and full scale iron and steel production began. The town was proclaimed in 1953.

In the post-apartheid era, the town made headlines in 2003 as the site of Kamp Staaldraad, the Springboks' infamous camp prior to the Rugby World Cup. The excesses of Kamp Staaldraad helped lead to an almost complete housecleaning of the upper administrative levels of South African rugby.