Roelof was born in Claremont in Cape Town in 1965. He completed his schooling at Groote Schuur High in Cape Town, before attending the University of Cape Town, earning his B-Com degree. Roelof qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1992 after completing his articles at Price Waterhouse Coopers. He obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Tax Law at the University of Cape Town. Roelof is a sports enthusiast and loves a round of golf, being a handicap of 11. He attends most rugby games at Newlands Stadium, and is actively involved at the Hamiltons Rugby Club in Green Point. Roelof has been involved in the tourism and hospitality industry since 1995, is chairman of the Waterfront Home Owners Association and is the managing director of the Waterfront Village.

Johadrie was born in Pretoria 1985. She grew up in Namibia and completed her schooling at Windhoek High School in Windhoek. She studied a B.Com Marketing at the University of Johannesburg for 2 years, before moving to Cape Town and starting her studies in Hotel Management. She earned her Diplomas for Hotel Management and Food and Beverage Management in 2006 and went on to join Village & Life in the same year. She lives in Parklands and likes exploring the many secrets of the Western Cape in her time off.

Claire was born in 1979, and completed her schooling at Paarl Vallei High in Somerset West and in 1998 she completed a year’s diploma at Varsity College in Travel and Tourism. Claire spent the next few years travelling through Europe and Australia and lived in America for one year, au-paring for the Jack Nicklaus family in West Palm Beach, Florida in 2005. In between her travelling, Claire always worked for her father’s company, Golf Data, working as a Golf Membership Consultant and a Pro-Shop Assistant. Claire then joined Village and Life at the Waterfront in 2008 as the Front Office Manager. She is addicted to the game of golf and plays off a 19 handicap and when not golfing, Claire enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends.

Liezl has been with us at Village and Life for just over a year. She was born in Fort Beaufort and attended school in Somerset West at Parel Vallei High School.  After School, Liezl achieved her National Diploma in Cost and Management Accounting at Stellenbosch and then went travelling in Europe and Asia, when not working as an accountant for an investment company in London.  Liezl loves to ride horses, read, explore the country and spend time with friends and family

Beneska attended De Grendel High School before entering the hospitality industry. Starting in the industry in 1998, Beniska worked her way up to executive housekeeper. Beneska has looked after a star studded array of clients including Micheal Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys and many others.  She has been with Village & Life for two years now and has been the Housekeeper Manager at the Waterfront Village for the past eight months.  Beneska’s favourite thing to do is relax with a good book and to spend time with her children.

Ester grew up just outside cape town, between Malmesbury and Paarl. She matriculated at Paarl Gimnasium. Thereafter, she studied Educare at the University of Stellenbosch, before going overseas and working in London for
2 years. Upon her return, she studied Tourism Management, and subsequently started working for Village and Life, and has been with the company for 2 years. She is an outdoor person and does a lot of sport including martial arts and love doing long walks with her dog on Blouberg beach.