It’s 1901, and at Stilhoek the British are planning to cut off a Boer garrison based in the Free State. An officer ordered to find sympathetic local farmers befriends quiet-spoken Sarel Gereke.

The story about the evolution of the Afrikaans-language.

Two brothers, both gamekeepers, are in love with the same girl. One commits a murder and flees. Only one person can locate him in the dense forest - his brother.