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Soebatsfontein
Soebatsfontein
is a
settlement
in
Namakwa District Municipality
in the
Northern
Cape province
of
South Africa
.
Settlement
80
km
south-west
of
Springbok
and
48
km
north-west
of
Kamieskroon
. The name,
Afrikaans
for ‘begging or
pleading
fountain’,
dates
from an
incident
about
1898
in which
Hendrik
, a
farmhand
, was
murdered
by
San
in
spite
of his
begging
for mercy.