Delportshoop is a town situated at the intersection of the R31 Provincial Route and R370 Regional Route in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The town lies next to the Vaal River, with the Harts River running close by.
Delportshoop falls within the Dikgatlong Local Municipality under the Frances Baard District Municipality of the Northern Cape Province.
The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme, a very large water irrigation scheme, is run out of Delportshoop.
History
The town developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.
Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope”. The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais was told a story that the first diamond in the area was found by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.
