Ficksburg is a town situated at the foot of the 1,750 meter high Imperani Mountain in Free State province, South Africa.

This dam is important to South Africa, because it annually provides hundreds of millions of liters of water to the industrial and commercial hub of Gauteng Province.

The dam is very popular for boating and fishing and is visited by thousands of tourists every year which have to gain access to Lesotho through Ficksburg.

Ficksburg is the seat of the Setsoto Local Municipality which includes the towns of Clocolan, Marquard and Senekal.

[6] The Ficksburg News began publication as a community newspaper in the early 1900s and, after a hiatus in the 1970s, resumed in its present form in 1979.

After suffering many tribulations as a prisoner-of-war, he became an Anglican priest and, at the time of his death, was the rector of St. Alban's Church in Kimberley.

Radiomonde Français International broadcasts 24 hours per day in French and English on 96.5 FM Stereo exclusively to Ficksburg.

The BBC World Service radio station broadcasts from London 24 hours per day on 90.2 FM Stereo.

The council registered a new, and heraldically better, design with the Orange Free State Provincial Administration in June 1967[10] and at the Bureau of Heraldry in September 1969.

The festival attracts almosta 30,000 visitors each year and plays an integral role in tourism as it creates employment and is the small town's largest marketing tool.

The event has benefited the town in profits of over R15 million annually through food, accommodation, shopping, and entertainment.

[13] Harry Pickston contacted German missionaries in South Africa enquiring about growing cherries in the country for the first time.

It is estimated that there are over 500 hectares of cherry trees in the Eastern Free State mainly in the Ficksburg, Clocolan and Fouriesburg area.

These events include children's entertainment, wine & chocolate pairing, stalls, various competitions, sporting activities like golf & soccer, workshops, exhibitions, product sales and all things associated with cherries.

Visitors can also see game in the Thaba Imperani Nature Reserve 8 km from Ficksburg on the Hammonia road.