Prieska is a town situated on the southern bank of the Orange River in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, at the intersection of the N10 National Route with the R357 and R386 Regional Routes.
Prieska is located approximately 75 km south-east of Marydale, 130 km north-west of Britstown, and 240 km south of Kimberley.
Prieska falls within Siyathemba Local Municipality and Pixley ka Seme District Municipality. It is the main town and administrative centre/seat of Siyathemba Local Municipality.
Several residents, historically, worked at the nearby Koegas mine which extracted and processed blue asbestos.
History
Prieska developed from a place to which farmers migrated when the pans were full, after rains. It was originally named Prieschap, the name is derived from Korana and means ‘place of the lost she-goat’.
An 1874 resolution of the Beaufort West presbytery of Dutch Reformed Church to establish a congregation in Prieska, came to fruition on 11 Mar 1878. Prieska was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1892.