Welcome To Zonnebloem College Estate. Makasi, 2022  In 1704, the first deed of the farm on which the school stands was issued.  Zonnebloem (The Sunflower) was one of three farms situated on the slopes of Devil’s Peak.  The Manor House at the end of the driveway.  The oldest building of the estate The other farms were Lilliebloem (The Lillyflower) and Rhodebloem (The Redflower).   Around 1740, the manor house on Zonnebloem Estate was built. It was one of the original Dutch H-shaped gable houses in the country. Originally, the estate was a wine farm and the building which houses the college chapel was a wine store. A number of people owned and lived on the estate over the years. At one stage, the estate was owned by a slave-trader Mr Tennant who, when slavery was abolished was forced to sell the estate. In about the 1850s the conflict in the Eastern Cape between the indigenous people and the British colonial settlers was reaching a crisis point.   An educational institution for the sons