Piet and Babsie Karsten founded their family farming business in 1968 on Kanoneiland, an island laterally located in the Orange River, west of Upington. From humble
beginnings the eventually bought the farm Roepersfontein in 1980.
Today Roepersfontein is the head quarters of the Karsten Group, a huge enterprise which includes fruit farms and packing facilities located in both South Africa’s Orange River and Western Cape
regions, export and logistics companies, an import and distribution business in the United Kingdom, as well as production and pack house facilities in Egypt.
The Karsten Group is a people business with partnerships stretching across the fruit growing regions of South Africa and across the world.