Riemvasmaak is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

It was originally settled in the early 1930s by people of Xhosa, Damara, Herero, Nama, and Coloured origin, but in the early 1970s the community was sent back to their ethnic homelands by the apartheid government to make place for a military testing site.

[3] The Damara group was sent to Khorixas in South-West Africa (today Namibia) and became known as Riemvasmakers.

They are seeking[update] recognition from the Namibian government to be recognised as a separate Damara clan.

The Melkbosrand area, consisting of the farms or areas known as Hartebeesvlak, Blousyfer and Wabrand that cover the northern side of the Augrabies Gorge and the Augrabies Falls National Park, was deproclaimed by parliament,[5] withdrawing it from the national park, with the proviso that it be used for community-based eco-tourism and conservation.