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The Rotary Club of Colesberg began because a Rotarian came to work on the Gariep Dam in the mid 1960s. He missed the fellowship he had become used to, so he collected some like-minded colleagues, a few businessmen and farmers from Colesberg, and the Rotary Club of Colesberg was chartered on 3rd September 1966, with the support of the Rotary clubs of De Aar and Cradock - a new club is always sponsored by an existing club. The first president was M. van Niekerk and there were 26 members, who met every week for lunch at the Central Hotel, now the Colesberg Lodge.
Over the years the club has been involved in a variety of activities, ranging from the provision of an incubator for the local hospital, building a swimming pool and a bridge over the sloot, to soap box derbies down the main street, braais for senior citizens at the Red Cross / Kiepersol home, Christmas gatherings for the senior citizens of Lowryville, equipment for pre-schools and crèches in Kuyasa, ride and tie horse races, dances, concerts, weekends at the Dam, and much, much more.
Rotary has brought many visitors to the Colesberg area. Several exchange students and many Group Study Exchange teams from Canada, the USA, England, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Australia, have spent time here learning about South Africa and sharing information about their countries. The club for many years hosted the Rotary Youth Exchange orientation weekend for students going to other countries, the Group Study Exchange final selection weekend, and more recently, the Presidents and Officers Elect annual training seminars. All these fill not a few guest houses at otherwise quiet times of the year. In the last four years we have in fact filled the whole town several times by hosting the Ulysses and Harley Davidson motor bike rallies, and the bikers will be here again this year in May and September.
We have obtained a matching grant to help provide bakkies for Umthombo Wolwasi School.
| Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer | |
| 1996-67 | A M van Niekerk | |||
| 1967-68 | C Sprong | |||
| 1968-69 | A M van Niekerk | |||
| 1969-70 | G Wyrley-Birch | |||
| 1970-71 | Alex Robertson | |||
| 1971-72 | John Greathead | |||
| 1972-73 | Billy de Wet | |||
| 1973-74 | Desmond Collier | |||
| 1974-75 | John Greathead | |||
| 1975-76 | Ton Spykers | |||
| 1976-77 | Dave Marais | |||
| 1977-78 | Alex Robertson | |||
| 1978-79 | Joe Nugent | |||
| 1979-80 | Johnny Johnson | |||
| 1980-81 | Herbert van Zyl | |||
| 1981-82 | Bill Rose | |||
| 1982-83 | Peter Pyke | Jack Collier | ||
| 1983-84 | Jack Collier | |||
| 1984-85 | John Greathead | |||
| 1985-86 | Johan Maritz | Roben van Zijl | ||
| 1986-87 | Roben van Zijl | |||
| 1987-88 | Desmond Collier | Jack Collier | ||
| 1988-89 | Jack Collier | |||
| 1989-90 | Roben van Zijl | |||
| 1990-91 | Clive Patterson | |||
| 1991-92 | Johan Maritz | |||
| 1992-93 | John Greathead | Roben van Zijl | ||
| 1993-94 | Roben van Zijl | |||
| 1994-95 | Roben van Zijl | |||
| 1995-96 | Gay Best | |||
| 1996-97 | Rhona Scheun | |||
| 1997-98 | Eileen Mowat | Jacky Ramsay | ||
| 1998-99 | Jacky Ramsay | Dave Duffy | Roben van Zijl | |
| 1999-00 | Dave Duffy | Trevor Norval | Jack Collier | |
| 2000-01 | Trevor Norval | Margaret van Zijl | Jack Collier | |
| 2001-02 | Margaret van Zijl | Jack Collier | Dave Duffy | |
| 2002-03 | Jack Collier | Hanlie Rodrigues | Dave Duffy | |
| 2003-04 | Jack Collier | Hanlie Rodrigues | Dave Duffy | |
| 2004-05 | Hanlie Rodrigues | Roben van Zijl | Jacky Ramsay | |
| 2005-06 | Hanlie Rodrigues | Estelle Jacobs | Roben van Zijl | |
| 2006-07 | Dave Duffy | Estelle Jacobs | Roben van Zijl | |
| 2007-08 | Dave Duffy | Tony Wild | Roben van Zijl | |
| 2007-08 | Jacky Ramsay | Tony Wild | Dave Duffy |