Megaboere, Episode 8

The Bosman family has been farming on the farm Leliefontein near Wellington for over 200 years. They are one of the most successful vine nurseries in the Southern Hemisphere.

The van der Colffs has been farming on Kanonkop near Upington since the 50's. In 1997 they bought Carpe Diem and since 2011 this is a fully accredited organic farm.

From a small start as technical advisory service for sheep farmers, Konsortium Merino has grown into a trademark business to be reckoned with.

Charls Back is the owner of Fairview near Paarl. He is one of the biggest vineyard and wine farmers in South Africa, with more than a dozen farms in the Boland.

Gert Joubert and Francois Venter have around 4500 hectar under irrigation. They farm near Vanderkloof at the Oranje-Riet River water scheme.

The farm Habata in the Eastern Cape is one of the biggest producers of citrus and calabash plants in SA. Hannes Joubert's story is remarkable as he only started farming at the age of 40.

In 1983 Nick Serfontein brought 30 Bonsmaras and 250 hectares of land. Today the Sernick Group farms on 4 000 hectare with a turnover of 1 billion rand in 2015.

Neels Neethling is a dairy and grain farmer near Malmesbury. Saamstaanboerdery has almost 4 000 cows that is milked on a daily basis. He also produces lucerne and export it to the Middle East.

Pierre Vercueil started his own piggery in the Northern Cape in 1972. These days he concentrates on grain and live stock in SA and Zambia.

On Fairfield Dairy farm in the heart of the Natal Midlands, Kevin Lang build a dairy business that includes every aspect of the value chain.

Rossgro is a typical family farm where Chris Rossouw and his four sons, Adriaan, Charles, Chris jnr and Naudé work together. They farm on Delmas and Groblersdal.

The twin brothers, Johan and Piet Willemse, is second generation farmers near Riversdal. They farm with dairy cows, grain and sheep. They are also partners in a cheese factory and abattoir.

Abraham van Rooyen is known as the father of Clemengold in South Africa. Du Roi Farm is near Tzaneen but they have other farms throughout South Africa.