Synopsis
The story is set in the mountains of Kwazulu-Natal on the farm Donkerland. It follows the lives and times of seven generations of the De Witt family, from the Groot Trek in 1838 until 1996.
Episodes
Season 11E1Die Jaar 1838It's the year 1838. Pieter de Witt, a young man and progeny of the nation that will later be called the Afrikaner, finds himself in trouble with the British forces of the Cape Colony. Accused of "hunting without a licence", he is arrested. He escapes and flees to the North to search for his own Canaan, along with thousands of other trekkers. Along the way he meets an English missionary and the two become involved in a heated struggle between a Mpondo girl and her fiancé who wants to murder her because of her love for another man. Pieter unwittingly becomes involved in the dispute and and is soon back on the road to Canaan with Eerste (First), his "first" servant, a few steps behind him. En route he also finds himself a wife and so the three of them eventually arrive in the area close to Weenen, where Pieter measures out his farm, and christens the land Donkerland.48m2E2Die Jaar 184045m3E3Die Jaar 188143m4E412 Oktober 189946m5E5Die Jaar 190248m6E6Die Jaar 1929 Deel 149m7E7Die Jaar 1929 Deel 249m8E8Die Jaar 1948 Deel 146m9E9Die Jaar 1948 Deel 248m10E10Die Jaar 1976 Deel 141m11E11Die Jaar 1976 Deel 247m12E12Die Jaar 1996 Deel 146m13E13Die Jaar 1996 Deel 250m
