by | Jul 31, 2018

56 claimants lodged a land claim with the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights in 1997. With the help of the Surplus People’s Project former Oukloof residents were able to gather all the necessary documentation proving they once occupied land in Riebeek Kasteel....

by | Jul 31, 2018

The Dutch Reformed Church sells erf 216 (the location) to white farmer Adriaan Johannes Vlok for the sum of R2250. Read more…

by | Jul 31, 2018

On 1 August, erf 216 (the Oukloof location) is transferred from the Village Management Board to the Dutch Reformed Church for R250. Read more…

by | Jul 31, 2018

A year after moving into Esterhof, the Swartz family is living in a two roomed house with their two children, but following the murder of a relative they were forced to take in four more children. Read more…

by | Jul 30, 2018

The land on which the new coloured settlement of Esterhof is built, is officially transferred from the Dutch Reformed Church to the Village Management Board. The community has already been established in this area for a year. At the time, the land was valued at R3...