Welkom

Municipality

Welkom Tourism Bureau

Stateway Rd
Welkom

Phone number: 057-352-9244
Fax number: 057-352-9501

Welkom (i.e. Welcome) is named after the farm on which it is built

Mine tours are offered through seom of the 13 mines still operating.

Welkom was laid out in 1947 on the farm named Welkom. It became a municipality in 1961 and a city in 1969.