Kroondal is a village situated in North West Province of South Africa with a large German speaking community.

[2] The local school, established in 1892, is said to have been attended by Louis Botha, who would become South Africa's first prime minister, and Afrikaans poet JD du Toit.

[2] In fact both these men were pupils for brief periods at schools founded by missionaries of the Hermannsburg Mission Society – Botha at Hermannsburg near Greytown, du Toit at Morgensonne near Rustenburg.

The local church congregation counts about 400 members, and is 80% German-speaking, with most of the rest being Afrikaans speakers.

[2] The town has a German secondary school, Deutsche Schule Kroondal.