Dal Josafat (C16)

Name: Dal Josafat

Dal Josafat, meaning ‘Valley of Josafat’ was named after the biblical Josaphat, the ‘place of judgement’ in Joel 3. The first farms in the fertile valley were awarded in 1692, and the area was settled mainly by Huguenots. The valley is noted for its beautifully preserved 18th-century buildings – Roggeland, Non Pareille, Goede Rust, Schoongezicht and Vlakkeland. Dal Josafat is closely associated with the development of the Afrikaans language, as the Society of True Afrikaaners had its origins in the area. SJ du Toit, founder and leader of the first Afrikaans Language Movement, and his brother, DF du Toit, another founder member of the society, were born on the farm Kleinbosch. In 1880, the farm was bought by another prominent campaigner for the Afrikaans language, Petrus Jacobus Malherbe, the eldest son of Gideon Malherbe and the society’s printer.

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