Phillipus Fourie eventually bought the farm from Venter and he put up the first permanent homestead that became known as the "Ou Werf".

The railway station called Brits was opened on 9 July 1906 and residents began putting up small businesses on the southern side of it.

In 1918 a steam driven roller mill was built west of the station and served the farming community for many decades.

A businessman by the name of Louis Karovsky, bought the part of Hendrik Christiaan Brits' farm to the north of the rail road.

The armistice treaty for the Transvaal civil war was signed in 1864 beneath a karee tree just to the south of Brits.

Ukutula is home to a number of wild cat species and is a registered Wildlife Breeding and trading facility, as well as an animal rescue center.

Communities from surrounding villages and townships make use of taxis, buses, private cars as well as bicycles as modes of transport to move from one point to another.