The farm was privately owned by Arthur Goldreich and bought with South African Communist Party and ANC funds, as individuals who were not white were unable to own a property in that area under the Group Areas Act.
A granxa era unha propiedade privada de Arthur Goldreich e foi mercada con fondos do Partido Comunista Surafricano e da ANC, xa que os individuos non brancos non tiñan dereito a ter propiedades nesa área segundo a Acta de Agrupación por Áreas.