📍 1 Meerlust Business Village, Corner of Meerlust and Lynnwood, Pretoria East ✆ 012 807 3099

a baker's café

essentially a bakery with café elements


discover our story
out story…
For me, most of life begins and ends with the sharing and celebration of food. I am an Afro-Boer.
An African Traveller is who I am, and what I love doing.
The name describes all that I grew up to become
- my soul a traveling boeremeisie with my heart in Africa Motherland.



spot the white elephant as a WineRoom!
A white elephant (directly translated as an expression in Afrikaans),
is something that serves no purpose and is a burden at the very
least
Somewhat expensive or costly to maintain, but ultimately
unnecessary and of little value or use...
When we built the building for Afro-Boer, there was some
comments made about the size and lay-out of the establishment
being slightly too small - and an intense argument between the
developer and the builder ensued as to why it is absolutely
necessary to add the extra room in case the restaurant doesn’t
work - that the building can be turned into offices and have the
necessary specs...
So the name Die Wit Olifant started referring to the extra room that
actually makes us too big, and it is costly, and we are not sure of
its use. Recently leaning more towards a WineRoom especially for
fireplace and winter warmers, our Die Wit Olifant has now turned
into something of value and purpose!
our WineRoom

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afro-boer® awards and press
2014: Pretoria News - Food for Thought
2015: Food & Home - Recipe Feature
2015: Diner's Club - Wine List Awards (Gold)
2015: EatOut - Top 500
2016: TripAdvisor Recommendation
2016: Get It Pretoria - Mention
2016: Dis op Via! - Visits Afro-Boer®
2016: EatOut - Top 500
2016: SARIE TYDSKRIF - Beste Brekfis
2016: Best of Pretoria - Best Spot to head for Brunch
2016: Diner's Club - Wine List (Gold)
2017: Sunday Times - Recipes with Roots
2017: Pretoria Food Blog - Online Feature
2017: TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
2017: Best of Pretoria - Best Coffee Shop
2018: Johannesburg Food Blog: Online Feature
2018: Mango Magazine - Waste not, Want not
2018: Diner's Club Wine List Gold
2018: EatOut - Top 500
2019: Best of Pretoria - Best Spot to head for Brunch
2019: TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
2019: RASA Rosetta Award
2019: EatOut - Top 500
2020: Feature Coffee Magazine
2020: Coffee Awards Nominee
2020: EatOut - Top 500
2022: Best of Pretoria - Best Outdoor Dining
2022: Best of Pretoria - Best Breakfast Spot
2023: Diner's Club - Wine List Awards (Gold)
2023: Best of Pretoria - Best Outdoor Dining
2024: Best of Pretoria - Best Outdoor Dining
2024: Best of Pretoria - Best Breakfast Spot
2024: Leef Tydskrif - Article
2024L RASA Rosetta Award