The little town of Rietbron,  lies in the heart of the Karoo, almost halfway between Beaufort West and Willowmore.  It is the “Karoo dorp” of everyone’s imagination, set as it is in Die Vlakte (the plains).  Its main attribute is the friendly folk who live there. The name is Afrikaans and means ‘reed source’, ‘reed fountain’.

Established in 1910 due to the surrounding farming community’s need for a church, school and other social facilities, over 100 years later Rietbron is still a settlement that provides to the most basic needs of its community.  The heart of the town is still the organisations that exist here namely the Church, the School, the Agricultural Association, the Womans’ Club and the Tennis Club.