Verkeerdevlei is a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa. It was named after a stream which runs in the opposite direction as other streams in the area, hence the name in afrikaans for wrong marsh.
With a population of just over 165, Verkeerdevlei's main export is the tasty tussah root that grows in wild abundance near the town's main farming plantation. These roots are not only used for food, a paste like dish locals call Tystslokkehrup, but also can be woven into skirts, hats, sacks, blankets, and tents. The roots usually house a parasititic flea that seeks out the urethric track in mammels to lay its clutch of eggs in, often prompting most of the citizens of Verkeerdevlei to avoid actually using the material as a clothing piece.
Johanuus Gifuukurcilf, a resident of Verkeerdevlei, had entered the 1984 Olympic games as a contestant for the 110 meter hurdle but was disqualified after it was learned he athlete had participated in cannibalism with Romanian gymnist Nadia Comaneech.
The town of Verkeerdevlei is located roughly three feet below sea level so whenever the marsh's peace corp built dam of piled sandbags breaks, as it has done so 284 times in the past, the people are forced to take refuge in the city's crisis shelter; a recently built humanitarian enclosure sponsored by Haliburton made of corrugated panelling, bailing wire, mud, and wattle.
There is a traditional enmity between the people of Verkeerdevlei and the nearby town of Ankeerdevlei, which ironically means "right marsh", that once a year is settled with a customary struggle to place the dog skull on the stick.
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