Dinokeng is rich in history, particularly of the Setswana, Sepedi, Afrikaans, isiNdebele, English and Xitsonga-speaking people. Today Dinokeng is a vibrant mélange of these many influences.

Onverwacht, established in 1838, is home to the descendants of freed Malay slaves.

Anglo-Boer War blockhouses, battle sites, cemeteries and fortifications are testament to the conflicts of previous centuries. More recently-fought wars have also left their mark with thousands of Italian prisoners of war having been incarcerated at Zonderwater near Rayton, where a memorial in their honour can be found.

Historic homes, such as the Sammy Marks Museum (an authentic Victorian mansion set amongst massive jacaranda trees), buildings within the Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum, the village of Rust de Winter and the remains of the Wallmansthal Mission, reflect the life and times of days gone by.

The village of Cullinan, with its Victorian and Edwardian architecture and jacaranda-and-oak lined avenues also takes one back to a forgotten era, to the beginning of the diamond boom in South Africa.