The name is derived from Khoikhoi and probably means ‘snake fountain’ or ‘place of snakes’. It was founded during the German regime in the territory. Was administered by a village management board from 1925 and became a municipality in 1949.
Military cemetery
• Military cemetery – Graves of South African troops and German soldiers of WWI. Influenza rather than combat killed most of the on both sides in 1918. A POW camp was located nearby for the captured German soldiers.
