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WHO LIVES HERE? Willem (Dapper) de Wet, his horses, and too many other animals to mention

WHERE Philadelphia, 40km from Cape Town

SIZE 720m2 on a plot of 3 200m2

On a beautiful day in December 2013, Willem de Wet turned left at the NG church in Philadelphia. Enchanted by the Merino sheep and wheat field next to the road, he felt compelled to enquire if there were any louses on the market in the town. This Free State farm boy had been working abroad for several years, and

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