The adjacent arts and crafts market has been taken over in 2006 by the Darling Trust, a charitable organisation which addresses the problems of impoverished communities in the area through the establishment of grassroots projects.

In 1998[3] the first private school opened its doors in the Swartland area, Darling College, which is close to the entrance of the town on the Malmesbury side.

In an effort to provide greater security to the Naval convoys plying the sea route the South African Air Force hastily constructed or supplemented existing facilities at six additional airfields around the coast.

[6] On 31 January 1944, construction began on an iron hangar at Darling to ease maintenance problems experienced in the hitherto basic conditions.

On 12 April 1988 the wreckage was discovered and airlifted off the hill for transport to the South African Air Force Museum[5] Use of Darling’s airfield gradually tapered off after the war as AFB Langebaanweg became the epicentre of SAAF operations on the West Coast.