| Reivilo | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa North West#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -27.5667°N 36°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | North West |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Greater Taung |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.57 |
| Population Total: | 4182 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 79.7% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 13.9% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 5.1% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 78.0% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 17.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.5% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.9% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 8595 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 8595 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 053 |
| Website: | tourismnorthwest.co.za |
Reivilo is a town situated 100 km southwest of Vryburg on the Ghaap Plateau in North West Province of South Africa. Large scale lead and zinc mining took place in the district.
The town was established in 1883 and at first named Cathcart West (to distinguish it from Cathcart, Eastern Cape). The name was then changed in 1890 to Klein Boetsap, and then finally it was renamed after Rev AJ Olivier (Olivier reversed is Reivilo).[2] [3]
Reivilo is a traditional farming communinity. The main farming business is cattle, this is dictated by the geology of the area, because there is not enough arable soil for agriculture. Bedrock exists right to the ground surface, being an ancient and hard dolomite, with extraordinary stromatolitic features, representing life forms more than 2 billion years old. There was a successful cheese factory in Reivilo for many years.
In the very early 1980s Shell South Africa (Pty) Ltd developed a lead and zinc mine near Reivilo called Pering. It operated successfully for about 18 years and then closed down. Shell mined about 18 million tonnes of ore, containing perhaps 750,000 tonnes of zinc and lead metal from the Pering Mine during that time. At present there is no mining taking place near Reivilo.
The town today includes the Reivilo golf course to the north of the town, and a small aeroplane landing strip, to the north-west.