| Greylingstad | |
| Official Name: | Nthorwane |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.75°N 73°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gert Sibande |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dipaleseng |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.33 |
| Population Total: | 839 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 45.0% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.6% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.8% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 53.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.4% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 51.7% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 27.9% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 6.6% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | English |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 4.5% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 9.3% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2415 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 2415 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 017 |
Greylingstad (Afrikaans for Greyling City), officially Nthorwane,[2] is a small farming town west of Standerton in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
The town was founded in 1909 by the Dutch Reformed Church and was named after PJ Greyling, stepson of Piet Retief.[3] [4] A new town was laid out 5 km away in 1913 on the farm Willemsdal owned by Willem Bezuidenhout. In 1914 its name became Greylingstad and everyone moved to the new location.[4]
During the Boer War the Scottish Rifles built a number of small forts overlooking the town and the farms beyond the hills. The Scottish Rifles laid out the initials "SR" on the hill overlooking the town, and it was always clearly visible from the main street of Greylingstad.
In the 1950s and 1960s the town had a flourishing farming community.
A major change came about in 1962 when ESCOM (now called ESKOM) erected a 88kV substation and the town, which had about 300 residents at the time, was connected to the main electricity grid.
When the main road between Johannesburg and Durban was upgraded in the 1960s, a bypass was built around Greylingstad which hurt the small businesses in town.
The farming community is still big and growing and the town not booming, but constantly doing business.