NIEUWOUDTVILLE
Between 1700-1740, clashes between trekboers and indigenous people led…
NABABEEP
North of Springbok, Nababeep’s name combines two Nama words, naba, meaning
LOERIESFONTEIN
Said to have been named after a Jewish travelling salesman named Lurie or alternatively it could be named after the Loerie bird (Turacu corythaix).
KLEINZEE
The Diamond Coast, as the area has become known, holds a beauty and mystique of its own with its cultural diversity and mineral mining. These two towns, and the diamond…
KAMIESKROON
South of Springbok, Kamieskroon is set among the granite rock formations of the Kamiesberg range. The town’s origins lie in the 1860s, 7km north of its present position. It t…
HONDEKLIP BAY
Formerly a favoured holiday destination for farmers, fishermen and divers, Hondeklip Bay
GARIES
In 1845, Garies sprang up on land given to the Dutch Reformed Church by the owner of the farm Goedeverwagting. Originally named after the farm, its present name, a Khoisan word…
FRASERBURG
Named after a Scottish cleric and immigrant, Rev Colin Fraser, and a certain church elder, Meyburg, Fraserburg was founded in the West Nuweveld in 1851. In 1870 the first attorney, HWA Cooper…
CONCORDIA
During the Anglo-Boer War the Boers used Concordia as their headquarters while…
CALVINIA
Calvinia, founded in 1851 on the banks of the stunning Oorlogskloof River and named after religious reformer John Calvin, lies at the foot of the dolerite-topped Hantam Mountains (Hantam…