WHO LIVES HERE? Jeanine and Loubser Theron with their three sons, Tobias (6), Joshua (4) and Simon (9 months)
WHERE Britskraal Guest Farm, 10km outside Strydenburg, Northern Cape Karoo
SIZE 290m²
When you’re accustomed to KwaZulu-Natal’s lush green hills, the dusty plains of the Karoo hold little charm. Initially, this is how Jeanine Theron felt about the farm outside Strydenburg that she inherited from her father Pieter Claassen in 2011.
Pieter, originally a cattle farmer from Vryheid, bought this sheep farm as an investment more than 20 years ago. He mostly managed it from afar, which is why Jeanine had never formed an emotional attachment to it. “When asked to keep an eye on the farm as students,
