| Hofmeyr | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -31.6333°N 73°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chris Hani |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Enoch Mgijima |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1873 |
| Government Type: | Ward 5 |
| Leader Party: | African National Congress(1994) |
| Leader Title: | mayor |
| Leader Name: | khaya nohatala Education =diploma in local government management |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.9 |
| Population Total: | 3680 (Hofmeyr 326, Luxolweni 3354) |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 80.3% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 15.8% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 3.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 78.3% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 18.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.5% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.0% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 5930 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 5930 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 048 |
Hofmeyr is a small Karoo town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 20 km west of the Bamboesberg mountain range. It lies 64 km north-east of Cradock at an altitude of 1,252 metres. According to the 2011 census, the population of Hofmeyr proper is about 326 persons and the neighbouring township of Luxolweni is about 3354. In former times it lay at the centre of a flourishing sheep-farming district and managed some salt pans 10 km to its west.
Founded in 1873, the town was initially named Maraisburg. To avoid confusion with the Gauteng area of Maraisburg it was renamed Hofmeyr in 1911 [2] in honour of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), a campaigner for the equal treatment of Afrikaans and English and a prominent figure in the Eerste Taalbeweging.
The Hofmeyr Skull, belonging to a 36,000 year old anatomically modern human, was found in 1952 in the dry wash of the Vlekpoort River just outside Hofmeyr.
(1994 mayor of hofmeyr, eastern cape was khaya sydwell nohatala)He obtained a diploma i local government management in the university of Fort hare)