About this season
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 (13)
1. Die Jaar 1838
Aired 13 August 2013 • 48 min
It'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.
2. Die Jaar 1840
Aired 20 August 2013 • 45 min
3. Die Jaar 1881
Aired 27 August 2013 • 43 min
4. 12 Oktober 1899
Aired 3 September 2013 • 46 min
5. Die Jaar 1902
Aired 10 September 2013 • 48 min
6. Die Jaar 1929 Deel 1
Aired 17 September 2013 • 49 min
7. Die Jaar 1929 Deel 2
Aired 24 September 2013 • 49 min
8. Die Jaar 1948 Deel 1
Aired 1 October 2013 • 46 min
9. Die Jaar 1948 Deel 2
Aired 8 October 2013 • 48 min
10. Die Jaar 1976 Deel 1
Aired 15 October 2013 • 41 min
11. Die Jaar 1976 Deel 2
Aired 22 October 2013 • 47 min
12. Die Jaar 1996 Deel 1
Aired 29 October 2013 • 46 min
13. Die Jaar 1996 Deel 2
Aired 5 November 2013 • 50 min