| Viljoensdrif | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Free State#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.7333°N 27.9167°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Free State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fezile Dabi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Metsimaholo |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 63.30 |
| Population Total: | 751 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 73.8% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.5% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.7% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 6.9% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 17.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 28.5% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 20.1% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 17.4% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 10.2% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 23.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 016 |
Viljoensdrif is a coal-mining village 8 km south of Vereeniging and part of the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
It takes its name from ford (Afrikaans drif) which was closed to ox-wagons by President Paul Kruger in 1895 to prevent goods reaching the Witwatersrand, thus forcing people to use the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM)'s Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railroad. Named after the owner of the place, J H Viljoen, who established a ferry in 1857.[2]