Ottosdal
Ottosdal is a tiny farming and railroad town in the North West Province, situated west of Klerksdorp, on one of the North West main rail lines, and serves a large farming community, but is best known for the production of pyrophyllite, a ‘soft’ mineral that is marketed as ‘Wonderstone’ and which is used for electrical insulation and sculptures, for the annual Ottosdal Night Marathon – a ‘marathon by moonlight’ event run early each year, attracting a good 1000+ visi...