Klerksdorp camp was one of the last in the Transvaal to be closed, at the end of December. As one might expect in a well-conducted camp, repatriation was carried out efficiently and caringly. The camp superintendent went so far as to visit some of the families who had left the camp, at Hartbeestefontein, just outside Klerksdorp, in July and concluded that they were doing well and working hard, sowing, ploughing and rebuilding their homes. When Lord Milner visited Klerksdorp in September 1902, he spent some hours in the camp and was presented with an address from the inmates, expressing ‘welcome and gratitude’ and signed by the heads of all the families. However one might interpret such an action, it is another indication that Klerksdorp was a more contented camp than some. By November repatriation was taking place rapidly although there were still over 1,000 camp inmates at the end of that month. Orphans and widows with no home to go back to were sent on to Potchefstroom camp and, by the end of December, the camp had been emptied. The camp was finally closed on 7 January 1903.
During the 1960's we used to regularly go clean the gravesites here.
https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/
https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Histories/Klerksdorp/
