The Marais Dynasty

The Marais family has lived on Soebatskloof for decades. Charl Marais Senior (Nic de Jager) is the owner of the wine farm, while his second wife Hermien Marais (Sandra Prinsloo) keeps herself busy as a sculptor.

Tjoppie Marais (Geon Nel) Is Hermien’s son from her first marriage. Tjoppie grew up with Charl Senior’s children from his first marriage. Charl Marais Junior (David Chevers) lives in London, and Annette Fourie (Angela de Lange) lives in Australia with her rugby player husband Du Toit Fourie (Zak Hendrikz). Lynn Fourie (Ilse Roos) is Du Toit’s “Social Butterfly of the Winelands” mommy.

Veronique (Rushney Ferguson), Tjoppie’s wife, is the manager of the restaurant on the farm. CJ (Angelo Johnson), the couple’s eldest child, is a matriculant at Simonsvallei Gymnasium, where Marco (Angelo Bergh), the couple’s youngest, is now in Grade 11.

One doesn’t have to look to the mountains for help in this neck of the woods! Rijk Nel (Marcel van Heerden) is the Marais family’s accountant, while Dewald Piedt (Abduragman Adams) is their trusty lawyer.

Mercy (Tyral-Lee Miggels), Gabby (Karli Heine), Jason (Ben Albertyn), and Armand (Robert Hindley) are the waiters that keep clients happy. Stil Piet (Jurgen Mcewan), Bismarck (Lorenzo Syster), Napoleon (Ivan Abrahams), and Nicodemus (Jason van Wyk) are some of the workers on the highly productive farm. In one of many surprising turns of events, Brümilda van Rensburg also visits the farm.

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