Volksrust (FAVU)

Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa near the KwaZulu-Natal provincial border.Dorothea de Jager, daughter of Dirk Uys, one of the battle victims, named the town Volksrust (Nation's Rest). The name probably refers to the citizens resting here after the Battle of Majuba on 27 February 1881.The town is the junction for the railway line that links the main Johannesburg-Durban line with other towns nearby. Slang River Falls are a mere 13 kilometers from the town.