The small town of Roossenekal is situated between Groblersdal and Lydenburg and falls within the Greater Roossenekal Area - which incorporates the Roossendal, Draaikraal, Tonteldoos, Laersdrif, Staapberg, Wapaaskloof and Rooikraal communities.
This rural village is renowned for its endemic yellow arum lilies and an annual Lily Festival is held in November to celebrate this floral phenomenon. The highest tar road in the country passes the village and the area is unique in that within a radius of about thirty kilometres, two extreme climates are found.
Annual lily festival in November.
The village on the western slopes of the Steenkampsberg, 95 km north-east of Middelburg. It was proclaimed in January 1886 and named after two soldiers who died in the war against Mapoch's tribe - Stefanus Johannes Roos, Field-Cornet of the Potchefstroom commando, and Frederick Senekal, Commandant of the Rustenburg commando.
