Hotazel is a town situated at the intersection of the R31 Provincial Route and R380 Regional Route in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
Hotazel serves the manganese mines in the area and is located approximately 46 km north-west of Kuruman and 147 km north of Postmasburg.
The town falls within the Joe Morolong Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality.
Hotazel takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on ‘hot as hell’, referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed and the generally torrid climate surrounding the area.