About Us
Gert Johannes (Johan) Grobler is the 6th generation on the Doornhoek farm, but the name was changed in the 90’s to Marikwa Game Farm.
The name “Marikwa” comes from the missionaries, that went through the Marico area, who used to call the Marico river the Marikwa river.
Koert Nicklaas (1st generation) arrived on the Doornhoek farm with the “Groot Trek” at around 1837. The Matabele tribe also went through this area and some kraals are still visible on the farm.
Jurie Hendrik Grobler (2nd generation) was an ivory hunter and he even hunted as far up as Zimbabwe.
Jurie Hendrik Grobler (3rd generation) had a difficult life after the Anglo-Boer war, building up everything that was burnt down and destroyed by the British army. Eventually he farmed citrus, which was exported to the UK, but he ended up focusing more on livestock.
Gert Johannes Grobler (4th generation) taught agriculture classes, as a young man, at Cedara College of Agriculture and at the Potchefstroom Agriculture College and later on farmed cattle on the farm.
Gert Johannes Grobler (5th generation) continued with cattle farming, but in 1993 converted the farm into a game farm.
In 2010 Gert Johannes Grobler (snr) and Gert Johannes Grobler (jnr, 6th generation) added their first buffalo to the farm and in 2011 the first sable arrived on the farm.
Today the farm also boasts with a Kalahari Red Goat stud, which was started as a hobby by father and son in 2006. In 2018 a Santa Gertrudis Cattle stud was also added to the farm.
