Klawer is a town in the Matzikama Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the right bank of the Olifants River, south-east of Vredendal and north of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 6,234 people in 1,680 households. Then name Klawer comes from the Afrikaans word for a type of wild clover which grows here after the rains. References Populated places in the Matzikama Local Municipality