In 1801 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil.

Sheep farming occurs with dorpers, a South African breed, which can now be found in places such as Australia.

[citation needed] On 6th April 2012 (Good Friday), Griekwastad farmer Deon Steenkamp (44), his wife Christelle (43) and their daughter Marthella (14) were killed.

Eventually the family's sole survivor, fifteen-year-old Don Steenkamp, who stood to gain a sizable inheritance,[7] was suspected and accused of murdering his father.

In 2014, he was found guilty of the murders, of raping his sister and of lying to the police and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.