BRANDKOP’S BIG HEART

‘Winter rain brings a shine to my eyes, and nothing slows down the day more

beautifully than dorper lambs gambolling against the sunset,’ says Elizna Louw, a born-and-bred “Namakwa

mens” who grew up free-ranging on a faraway farm in this minimalist heartland. Together, the Louw family have set down deep roots on their farm Brandkop, here upon the arid edge where the Hantam-Karoo shimmers beyond the escarpment, and they live an honest life close to the earth. ‘We

live life simply – like one of those quiver trees etched above our craggy koppies – only taking from the planet what we really need. And I’ll choose our billions of stars time and again

over the bright city lights.’