Owendale is an old mining town situated alongside the R385 Regional Route in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, between Postmasburg and Daniëlskuil.
The town is located approximately 24.2 km south-west of Daniëlskuil, 24.5 km north-west of Lime Acres, and 37.4 km east of Postmasburg.
Owendale falls within the Kgatelopele Local Municipality and the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality.
Owendale was owned by Pieter du Toit from 1998 to 2006, when it was auctioned. He had reportedly bought the settlement as a base for Gemeente van die Verbondsvolk, a religious cult. Members of the congregation wished to live in an isolated village, but the loss of available jobs led to the disintegration of the community. Asbestos mining operations had ceased in 1993.
Louis Theroux visited the town as part of his 2000 Weird Weekends documentary series, in which the town is described as being for “whites only”.
