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WHO LIVES HERE? Catalina Baliña and her partner Ronnie Batchelor; housekeeper and integral member of the family Geofrey Mbewe; three noisy Dachshunds called Pancho, Wilson and Toffee; and a few fat chickens. WHERE Stanford SIZE 600m²

“I’ve always kept my eye on this gorgeous village and wonderful community,” says Catalina Baliña of Stanford in the Western Cape. Catalina, a former trade sales manager at Biggie Best, originally hails from Argentina

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