Throne Manor at Umkobi Lodge

17/09/2023

Southbroom spring tides.... 😳😳😳

18/07/2023

Book our unit and spend your days looking at the views and playing golf ⛳

⛳️🌊 Immerse yourself in unforgettable rounds of golf amidst breathtaking coastal views. Our course is a golfer's paradise, waiting to challenge and delight players of all levels.

18/07/2023

One of the best Golf Holes in South Africa. Do you agree! Thanks to Anton Leal for the great photo taken this morning. Winter in Southbroom

10/07/2023

As winter settles in why not come spend a few days with us in Southbroom.... It's warm sunny winters are amazing

11/05/2023

Our lovely guest getting ready for her big day. She was such a beautiful bride ....

02/04/2023

Our bride getting ready for her big day Throne Manor at Umkobi Lodge

31/03/2023

Our bride to be spending a night at Throne Manor at Umkobi Lodge with her bridesmaids.
Tomorrow is the big day ..... Enjoy every moment

28/03/2023

Now this...is a shark.
Found stranded at Outer Banks North Carolina,shark was found washed ashore,onlookers trying to push it back.

13/03/2023

A beautiful day in Southbroom. Thank you to Meridy Haswell for sharing these beautiful photos 😎

11/03/2023

April holidays are around the corner. You can book directly with us or on our airbnb profile Throne Manor at Umkobi Lodge

20/02/2023

Southbroom is beautiful this time of the year. Book your April holiday now and enjoy the best time of the year

07/02/2023

Throne Manor at Umkobi Lodge in Southbroom would like to remind our guests that we have an INVERTER and WATER TANKS to insure a comfortable stay.

30/12/2022

Only on the South Coast .... Blessed

04/12/2022

Our first guests for December have arrived. Their plans ..... Beach and golf. Enjoy Clete .... You deserve it.

11/11/2022

Our guest chilling in the bathroom after a day on the beach ..... This lady so deserves this break 😎

06/11/2022

WHY DO SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS NOT TEACH THEIR PUPILS ABOUT HENDRIK VAN DER BIJL?

Hendrik was the greatest Engineer South Africa has ever produced. After he invented the first intercontinental Telephone in America, had he stayed there, he could have become one of the Robber Barons, alongside Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller, but he decided to come back to South Africa and build our Industrial sector from nothing, after the devastation of the Boer war and great depression.

Hendrik was the son of a Farm worker (not a farmer), who saved up to buy his first oxwagon to start transporting goods between Pretoria, Kimberley, and Cape Town. It was on the back of this oxwagon that Hendrik taught himself Mathematics, and Physics. He then studied Engineering in Stellenbosch at the age of 16, and studied for his PhD in Germany, at Leipzig University, at the age of 21.

After completing his PhD, he went to work for Bell Labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a company that employed 15 Nobel prize scientists up until today. It was here where Van der Bijl invented the first intercontinental telephone, by creating a telephone able to make a phone call from New York to Paris.

He was asked in 1920, by Gen JBM Hertzog to return to South Africa, to help with the struggling Industrial sector. Leaving riches and a prosperous career in America behind, Van der Bijl came to South Africa with nothing.

He was the founding chairman of Eskom, leading the company to become the first to power a major city with electric streetlights. The first in the world. Under his leadership, Eskom, which he started from nothing, became the largest and most profitable Electricity provider in the world, powering every African country as high up as Ethiopia. He stayed on as the Chairman of Eskom until his death in 1948.

Other companies Van der Bijl created and ran were Iscor, Amcor, the Industrial Development Corporation (later becoming the CSIR), Transnet, and Safmarine.

Had Van der Bijl built up these companies in his private name, he would have been richer than Rockefeller at that stage. Funnily enough, Hertzog suggested Van der Bijl start these companies as private companies.

But Van der Bijl did not believe in Capitalism. He was a nationalist. He believed in public utilities, for the people, by the people, as he outlined in his 1919 paper "Scientific research and industrial development."

When he died in 1948, he had little more than a house and a car to his name. Today, the legacy of Hendrik van der Bijl is plundered by the ANC regime, but despite stealing 100's of billions, and enormous mismanagement, ANC cadres have still not been able to destroy the vast wealth created for this country by Hendrik van der Bijl.

Hendrik van der Bijl, and many other greats like him, are the people we should be looking up to during this time when we feel like the entire country is being destroyed by ANC corruption and incompetence. We must remember, everything they are destroying today was once built, from nothing, by great men like Hendrik van der Bijl.
Willem Petzer

06/11/2022

We have received many messages asking about December bookings. Unfortunately we are fully booked but should you need accommodations at Umkobi we have another unit available until 22 December.

02/08/2022

Did you know that Southbroom is a conservancy? For this reason, the Southbroom Conservancy was established in 2003, to ensure that our special biodiverse ecosystem would be protected. We know that sometimes all it takes to change the world is a little support. Since our founding, we have been determined to make a difference.

The core of our endeavours is to bring the team's fresh ideas and passion to the range of activities we're involved in, mostly which happen behind the scenes! Through all our efforts we hope to display the conviction behind our beliefs.

The Conservancy is a Not-for-Profit organisation of volunteers who manage and protect many of the aspects which make Southbroom special - its natural treasures!

Through community co-operation and awareness, we believe we can make strides in this regard, and invite you to learn more and lend your support. Please visithttps://www.southbroomconservancy.org/_files/ugd/df2f90_3ab9095ab8a1490087a851f60eb185c3.pdf to download a copy of our subscription form to become a member and join us in keeping Southbroom special.

Thanks to Clarke Media for the awesome photo of our pristine Frederika nature preserve here in Southbroom.

26/07/2022

Beautiful photos of Southbroom views and golf course. Thank you Richard for sharing

09/07/2022

26/06/2022

Never too cold for a swim in the Indian Ocean. Guests are always welcome to post their pics on our page.

17/06/2022

God provides ..... Fish for the hungry to feed their families. Such an awesome sight to see so many people, birds and larger mammals enjoying these sardines 👏🏻❤🤗