| Buysdorp | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo#South Africa |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | -23.066°N 29.4°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vhembe |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Makhado |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.67 |
| Population Total: | 629 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 43.2% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 56.8% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 56.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Northern Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 12.3% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 8.8% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Venda |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 6.8% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 15.3% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 0923 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 0923 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Buysdorp is a village in Makhado Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
A rural coloured community located 14 km from Vivo, on the R522 road to Louis Trichardt, Buysdorp was named after Coenraad de Buys, the “King of the Bastards” in Sarah Millin's fictional account of his life.[2]
In 1888, President Paul Kruger granted 11,000 hectares of land to the Buys family for services rendered to the Transvaal Republic; they have retained this land ever since. The community are relatively self-sufficient because of their independent water supply and subsistence farming, and they maintain their own roads; as a result, they have remained comparatively insular.[2]