The small Karoo town of Hofmeyr is located about 63km northeast of Cradock and was founded in 1873.

The Dutch Reformed Church in Hofmeyr (then Maraisburg) was built in 1874, and rebuilt in 1933 when the congregation had grown so much that the original building had become too small. The new church was built in the midst of the depression and was paid for in cash on the day of the opening. The cash was collected on the 1st Sunday morning and apparently the congregation filled up 6 x 20-litre milking buckets with Gold pounds. It is said that some of the churchgoers insisted that they sit in the same place in the new church as where they sat in the old church, and the church was therefore slightly tilted on the site to meet this requirement.

One of the features of the church is the antique wind organ which stands high above the pulpit.

But what is the story behind the pink colour? At the time the church was first painted the current colour, the magistrates building and telephone exchange along with a few other buildings in the main road were painted in pastel colours. When the church had to be painted a few more arty members of the congregation gave some input and it was decided to paint it a coral pastel colour. In the beginning, a few of the older members of the congregation frowned at the idea, but when the time came to repaint it a few years later it was decided to paint it coral pastel again. It means the colour isn’t pink, but it appears as a hue of pink, especially at certain times of the day.