Piet Plessis is a small town situated along the R377 Regional Route in the North West Province of South Africa.
The nearest larger city, and business hub, is Vryburg which is about 90 km to the south. The Botswana border lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Piet Plessis.
Piet Plessis falls within Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality under the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province.
History
The town was founded in 1839 by a group of Trekboers led by Piet Plessis of Laingsburg, Western Cape.
From 1969, the town was the site of a MGM-29 Sergeant Ballistic Missile battery of the SADF, co located with three Infantry Companies of the 5 SAI, a Medium Artillery battery, and an SAAF Forward Radar and Signals Squadron.
