Van Der Merwe (NR)

synopsis

In every country there is a person who is the butt of all jokes. In Ireland it is Paddy, in Israel it is Hymie, and in South Africa, that person is Van der Merwe... this is his story. Set on the Van der Merwe farmstead, the story centers on Van's daughter Marike who returns home from a gap year in England with her new fiancé George, a British boy who is studying to become a doctor. This creates all sorts of problems and challenges for Van as he tries to come to terms with the fact that his daughter is marrying an Englishman.