The Company
The Team
Stellenbosch
The Company
For us, a diamond has never simply been a piece of jewellery. It is something formed over billions of years, discovered by chance, chosen with purpose, and ultimately entrusted with a story.
Based in the heart of Stellenbosch, Aphrodite Diamonds is a family-led natural diamond jeweller with a connection to diamonds that reaches all the way to their source.
Our involvement in the recovery of natural diamonds from the Atlantic Ocean gives us a perspective few jewellers can offer. We understand where these remarkable stones come from, how they are recovered, how they are cut and polished, and ultimately how they become part of someone’s life.
That connection shapes the way we work. We don’t believe choosing a diamond should begin with specifications and price lists. It should begin with understanding the person, the occasion and what the piece will one day represent.
Because long after the proposal, the wedding or the anniversary has passed, the diamond remains — carrying its story from one generation to the next.
From the Ocean Floor to Forever.
The Team
Wynand Hendrikse
Founder
With a lifelong involvement in diamonds, Wynand brings a rare understanding of the journey from recovery and rough diamond to the finished piece.
Surea Hendrikse
Co-Founder
Surea has shaped the visual identity of Aphrodite Diamonds, bringing an instinctive appreciation for beauty, design and detail to the brand.
Herman Jonker
General Manager
Herman oversees the day-to-day business of Aphrodite Diamonds, ensuring the personal service and attention to detail for which the company is known.
Annelize Du Plessis-Jonker
Boutique Manager
Annelize manages the Stellenbosch boutique and administration, and is one of the familiar faces guiding clients through their Aphrodite experience.
Hylton Rosenburg
Master Goldsmith
With more than four decades at the jewellery bench, Hylton brings exceptional experience and traditional craftsmanship to every piece he creates.
Stellenbosch
The journey may begin beneath the Atlantic. But for many of our diamonds, Stellenbosch is where the next story begins.
Our boutique brings together the different worlds behind Aphrodite Diamonds: natural diamonds, cutting and polishing, design, traditional goldsmithing and the people who ultimately give these remarkable stones their meaning.
Our involvement with natural diamonds begins unusually close to their source. That experience has given us an appreciation not only for their beauty, but for their rarity, individuality and extraordinary natural history.
At our Stellenbosch boutique, that knowledge becomes personal. Clients can sit with us, understand the diamond in front of them, explore different possibilities and be involved in creating the piece it will eventually become.
Our on-site workshop completes the journey. Under the experienced hand of Master Goldsmith Hylton Rosenburg, jewellery is created with the understanding that the piece leaving our workshop may still be worn long after all of us are gone.
From the ocean floor, to the goldsmith’s bench, to you.
Did You Know?
Some natural diamonds recovered off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast travelled vast distances before reaching the sea. Released from their original host rock, they were carried westward by ancient river systems before eventually settling in marine deposits.