Ganyesa North West

Ganyesa is a town of about 19,000 people in the North West province of South Africa. It is located 70 km north-west of Vryburg and about 170 km south-west of the provincial capital Mafikeng. It is an administrative centre for the far north-western area of the province, hosting the head offices of the Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality, a magistrate's court and various national and provincial government offices. The town falls within the traditional territory of the Batlharo Ba Lotlhware group of the Tswana people, in an area that was formerly part of Bophuthatswana.