De Wildt is a town with a railway station, police station and post office in North West province of South Africa, 40 km west-north-west of Pretoria.

It was named after the Dutch engineer Mauritz Edgar de Wildt (1855–1907),[2] who in 1905 surveyed the railway-line between Pretoria and Rustenburg.

[3]: 315  The town is famous for a speech delivered on 7 December 1912 by General J.

Formed in 1971, the centre breeds cheetah and wild dogs.

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