Mostert's Mill

Mostert's Mill
Mostert's Mill, September 2012
Origin
Mill name	Mostert's Mill
Coordinates	33°57′08″S 18°27′58″E / 33.95222°S 18.46611°E / -33.95222; 18.46611
Operator(s)	Friends of Mostert's Mill
Year built	1796
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Three
No. of sails	Four
Type of sails	Common sails
Windshaft	Wood, with cast iron poll end
Winding	Tailpole

Mostert's Mill (Afrikaans: Mostert se Meul) is a historic windmill in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built in 1796 and is the oldest surviving complete windmill in South Africa. It was almost completely destroyed by a wildfire on 18 April 2021 but was fully restored by April 2024 and is once more operational and used to grind wheat into whole meal, using the power of the wind. The oldest windmill in South Africa is the De Nieuwe Molen mill in Cape Town, built in 1782.