VOLKSRUST, a town of the Transvaal, near the Natal bor der, situated 5,429 ft. above sea-level, and 32o m. N.N.W. of Durban by rail. It was founded by the Boer Government in 1888 and was of some importance as a customs port of entry. It lost this function at the Union in 1910. It is now a market centre for a pastoral district. European population (1931)