Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown, a name which is now considered historical. On maps fro…Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown, a name which is now considered historical. On maps from the 1840s is the town also called "Karrikamma". The town is on the N8 road in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa 168 kilometres by road west from the city of Kimberley. It was the first town to be established in the country north of the Orange River.