Rookdale is a rural settlement, near Bergville, in Okhahlamba Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

A group of 12 Black and 4 Coloured men purchased the farm Rookdale and received titledeeds after 1915.

The area of Rookdale spanned nearly 4000 acres and was bordered on the west by the Tugela River, across from which was the Upper Tugela Location, the traditional land of the Ngwane people.

The community had a committee composed of Mr. Josiah Tshangana Gumede, former ANC President, a Mr. Applegreen and a Mr. Du Plooy who ensured that land was allocated for a cattle dip site, a cemetery, churches, and several schools.

In the late 1970s to early 1980s large swathes of Rookdale were expropriated to make way for the Woodstock Dam and many families lost their land and were moved away.