De Hel is linked to ancient cattle tracks originating from the Khoi-Khoi pastoralists in the Cape. The Dutch East India Company also established one of their four woodcutters’ posts in the area. It is also associated with slave labour and slave runaways. De Hel is a heritage site of significance.
M41, Witteboomen, Cape Town
Kamiela.evans@capetown.gov.za
