Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

The original farm on which the town stands was once the property of a Griqua Jacobus Jagers, hence the name Jagersfontein.

A court case, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd v Ataqua Mining (Pty) Ltd, in December 2007,related to historic stockpile dumps were found not subject to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

Reinet Investments of Luxembourg became involved around 2011, but eventually sold out to Stargems Group around early 2022.

[11] At around 6am on Sunday 11 September 2022, parts of a tailings dam collapsed on the outskirts of Jagersfontein.