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Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff: First Baronet of De Grendel
Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff: First Baronet of De Grendel
Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff: First Baronet of De Grendel
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Sir David Graaff’s unique South African story begins as a poor child in Villiersdorp, watching over sheep and pigs. He was helped by a well-off friend of the family and taken to Cape Town to work at the man’s butchery. Within a few years, David was not only in charge of the butchery, but was the first person to use refrigerated food storage facilities for meat in South Africa. With a business empire begun, he went on to have a colourful political life and played a role in many South African milestones. He helped create Roggebaai by filling in the harbour with construction rubble, he became mayor of Cape Town and brought the first streetlights to the town, and bought the wine farm De Grendel.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTafelberg
Release dateOct 11, 2011
ISBN9780624053248
Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff: First Baronet of De Grendel
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Ebbe Dommisse

Ebbe Dommisse is op 14 Julie 1940 op Riversdal gebore. Hy behaal 'n BA-graad aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch en ook 'n MA-graad in joernalistiek aan die Columbia Universiteit in New York. Hy begin in 1961 sy loopbaan as joernalis by Die Burger, waar hy in 1990 redakteur word tot met sy aftrede in 2000. Ebbe is die medeskrywer (met Alf Ries) van topverkopers Broedertwis (1982) en Leierstryd (1990) - en ook hierdie boek met Willie Esterhuyse, Anton Rupert - 'n lewensverhaal.

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