Description: Coromandel Estate
estate (5441) sydney (3039) press (1534) trout (598) sidney (114) dullstroom (10) zanuso (3) coromandel farm (1) lincolnian farm (1) lydenberg (1)
Coromandel lies in an area of breathtaking natural beauty and agricultural excellence, between Lydenberg and Dullstroom in Mpumalanga, South Africa, under three hours drive from Johannesberg. This pristine environment of veld, mountains and rivers offers prime agriculture as well as eco-tourism and other business potential. The estate was assembled from 24 smaller farms by the South African industrialist, the late Sydney Press, in the 1970's. It consists of five parcels, each with its own character, agricul
After some consideration it was agreed that the best strategy would be to obtain funding from government to enable the people who had worked on the farm and lived on the farm for more than 40 years, to take ownership. In order to do this we held an Auction first, a) to determine a price vale and b) to see if there was any better option.
Although it took over a year it all came together well, and there are more stories on the web now here: From farmworker to farmer