Recent History
The farm Aansluit on which the village was established, is where five roads from all directions come together. After the Boer war this logical point of co-location soon developed not only as commercial centre, but was the heart of community life where Nagmaal was served once a month. The first dwelling on the farm was a “hartbeeshuisie” of over 120 years still standing on the farm today, now used as camping site.
Most of the homesteads in the village, dating from the nineteen fourties, have now been converted into tourist cottages. The old mill is still standing today.
The yesteryear police outpost to combat cattle theft was recently upgraded to a modern facility. Only the foundations of the old Jewish general dealer can be seen today, but the old Blacksmith Shop was saved and is rented out as a cottage now. The old “eenmanskooltjie” which has been standing empty since the fifties was recently renovated into a tourist cottage.
The manor house, which served over the years in different roles including boarding house for the school, accommodation for the ladies of the telephone exchange and post office, and police commander residence, is rented out as Afsluit Gastehuis.
