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Okiep

Okiep

Find property for sale in Okiep, an old copper mining town located in South Africa’s Northern Cape that lies about 7kms north of Springbok. The town’s name is derived from the Nama word meaning “the great brackish spring”. It is famous as the oldest mining town in the country, where copper was first discovered in 1855. The properties for sale in Okiep range from houses and homes, smallholdings and farms, as well as commercial property and vacant land to buy.

Until production ceased in 1918, Okiep was home to the world’s richest copper mine and even today it retains the atmosphere of the boom years. Those who buy property here will notice the remnants of stone walls on a hillock. 900 defenders made up of Cape Copper Company employees built nine blockhouses here and managed to repulse the forces of General Jan Smuts when he tried to take over the town. The Klondike and Magabreccia