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Williston

Williston

Find property for sale in Williston, a town located in South Africa’s Northern Cape that forms part of the Namaqua region. In 1768 Johan Abraham Nel planted an almond tree in honour of his son’s birth and the tree eventually grew to enormous proportions, providing a literal oasis in the arid region surrounding the Karee Mountains. The properties for sale in Williston are generally farms and smallholdings, with a number of residential houses and homes to buy.

In 1845, Amandelbloom (the almond tree) became the spot where Johann Heinrich Lutz established a mission station. The name was changed to Williston in 1883 in honour of Colonel Hampden Willis. Those who buy property here will find corbelled houses, which are believed to be the first architectural style of home in the northwest Karoo. They are unique in that they are constructed entirely of stone, with flat stones p