Burgersfort is a town situated in the valley of the Spekboom River at the edge of the Bushveld Complex. It is located within the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality in South Africa's Limpopo province, near the border with the Mpumalanga province.
The town was named after President TF Burgers of the ZAR following the construction of a hexagonal fort during the 1876-77 Second War against the Bapedi of King Sekhukhune. Geographically, it serves as a meeting point for two major roads, the R37 and R555. The surrounding region is notable for its rich deposits of platinum and other platinum group metals.