In August , the company secured the services of Mr. Lambert of Scotland as 'sausage maker', thereby starting a tradition for quality sausages whose reputation has since become world famous.
The following year the factory commenced exports to the United Kingdom and during the Second World War supplied over one million tins of sausages to the Allied forces all over the world and over 12 tonnes of bacon weekly to convoys calling at Durban harbour. A sister plant was built in Heidelberg and in the Eskort brand was the largest processed meat brand in South Africa. In the company was converted from a cooperative to a limited liability company.
Masonite was a hardboard product developed in the United States in by William H. The mill is in Estcourt, but its headquarters are in Durban and uses timber harvested from 21 ha of productive commercial plantations owned by the company. The mill currently employs people and chips logs a day. In the At the turn of the century, the Estcourt Government School had about children and offered formal education only at primary level, although the occasional bright student was coached at secondary level to enable them to enter university.
By the s the school had expanded to children and in four children sat the matriculation exam. This sparked a growth in demand for secondary education, and in the school was split into two - Estcourt Junior School retaining the old school building and Estcourt High School as the secondary school later became known moving to Hospital Hill on the outskirts of the town.
After the Second World War, both schools continued to grow and in a second primary school - Drakensview School - was built to accommodate the overflow from the Estcourt Junior School. Towards the end of the twentieth century, the Siraatul Haq Islamic School and Madrasah was established to serve the large local Muslim community with a combined educational option, offering both Islamic and a secular academic curriculum.
As of , it is the best performing private school in the district.
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During the Apartheid era, Esctourt was a predominantly white and Asian town. The nearby Wembezi township was home to a large black population. In these two areas were incorporated into a transitional local council prior to the setting up of the uMtshezi Municipality. The new council continues to display the old Estcourt coat of arms on its letterheads. In , the estimated population of the uMtshezi Municipality was blacks, coloureds, Asians and whites.
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