Series

Arende

1989 · 3 seasons · Drama · War & Politics · Action & Adventure

IMDb

8.6

Epic drama follows a group of Boers during significant events in South African history. The first series is primarily set on St. Helena and follows the lives of Boer prisoners-of-war at Deadwood Camp. Among them is Sloet Steenkamp, a Cape Rebel whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on the island. The second series shifts to post-war mainland South Africa, where the Boers, though returned, still struggle for freedom. New characters are introduced, including Meisie, who is mute due to trauma, and her mother Cornelia, who seeks revenge. In the third series, Sloet and his friends, yearning to escape British rule, embark on the Dorsland Trek, a perilous journey across the Kalahari Desert in search of freedom beyond South Africa's borders.

Ian Roberts

Sloet Steenkamp

Gavin Van Den Berg

James Kerwin

Michelle Botes

Princess

Brian O'Shaughnessy

James White

Keith Grenville

Gov Wilks

Diana Wilson

Jocelyn Broderick

Jo-Ann Wilks

First aired

April 27, 1989

Last aired

January 19, 1994

Status

Ended

Original language

Afrikaans

Episodes

33

Genres

Drama, War & Politics, Action & Adventure

• Arende10 episodes · 1989
• Arende II: MoordenaarsKaroo10 episodes · 1992
• Arende III: Dorsland13 episodes · 1993