LOCAL STORIES
Town history
Zastron’s history lives in its buildings, legends and people. Explore the town’s historical collection in this accessible overview.
People, places and remembered stories
Alex van Rensburg
Remembered as a proud Zastron resident, traveller, maker and careful recorder of the town’s history.
Renier de Winnaar
Local folklore connects the master storyteller with the famous Eye of Zastron in Aasvoëlberg.
Johanna Library
A historic community landmark whose story reaches back to the difficult years of the 1930s.
The historical bluegum
Legend says the old tree was planted around 1865 on the farm from which Zastron developed.
Lucas Majozi
A Zastron-born stretcher-bearer honoured for extraordinary bravery during the Second World War.
Anglo-Boer War monument
One of the local places preserving the memory of the 1899–1902 war.
More from the archive
The original history index also includes articles on the NG Church, the Apostle of Zastron and the legend of the great hole through the rock.
NG Church Zastron
A record of one of the town’s significant historic buildings.
“Apostel” van Zastron
An Afrikaans historical document preserved in the original archive.
The Eye of Zastron
Local legend and sandstone geology meet in the town’s best-known landmark.