Somerset East (Afrikaans: Somerset-Oos)[4] (renamed KwaNojoli in 2023)[5] is a town in the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Somerset East, at the foot of the Boschberg Mountains, is a small town that's known for its natural environment and for its provincial heritage sites and buildings.

At some stage, Prinsloo gave up parts of his farm and a farmer named Jakobus Cornelius Ismael Safanya Otto moved into the corner now known as Bestershoek.

Lord Charles Somerset, taking up the ideas promulgated by Cradock and Caledon that there should be a settlement on the Eastern Frontier, initiated a plan for an experimental farm in the area.

The farm was established in 1815, for the purpose of improving stockbreeding in the Cape Colony and providing produce for the soldiers at the Frontier.

The "East" suffix was only added on 30 years later in order to differentiate it from Somerset West, a town in the Western Cape.

[7] The crest was a phoenix issuing from a golden crown, the supporters were a goat and a ram, and the motto was Foy pour devoir.