Historic Cape homestead ‘left to go to rack and ruin by tourism concession owners’
Local heritage society accuses concession holders of using SANParks site as a ‘private retreat’
17 March 2024 - 00:00
Things have not always gone smoothly at the historic Ratelrivier farm in the Agulhas National Park — first an abused slave put a curse on it, then it was rocked by a scandalous murder of passion, and now it is at the centre of an eviction battle pitting SANParks against the tourism concession holders...
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