This old-fashioned windmill dates to 1796 and stands on part of the Groote Schuur estate bequeathed to the country’s people by financier Cecil John Rhodes. Rhodes bought the estate in 1891, donating a portion to the University of Cape Town, which today sprawls across the lower slopes of the mountain, its red-tiled roofs and ivy-covered walls an unmistakable landmark above Rhodes Drive. The mill was restored in 1936 with aid from the Netherlands. There is no guide on the site.

Directly east of Mostert’s Mill, in the suburb of Rosebank, is the Irma Stern Museum, dedicated to one of South Africa’s most talented and prolific modern painters, who died in 1966. Her magnificent home, The Firs, is filled with 200 paintings and her valuable personal collection of antiques.