Bethesda Road in the South African War
The nearby railway station became a target during the South African War.
TownHubYour town. Connected.
← Nieu-Bethesda HistoryHistory category
Stories
Local stories and oral history.
Listings
5 listedMunicipal status in 1886
The church village attained municipal status in 1886.
The name Nieu-Bethesda
The village takes its name from the biblical pool of Bethesda, a place of flowing water.
The Road to Mecca
Athol Fugard’s play The Road to Mecca made the Owl House widely known.
A church village on Uitkyk
In 1875 the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed church bought part of the farm Uitkyk for a new village.