Stellenbosch fumes over winelands ‘space oddity’

Joburg firm digs in to farmlands to harvest data but municipality brings developers back down to earth with stop-work order

15 September 2024 - 00:00

Winemaker Philip Myburgh is not one to spy on his neighbours — he believes everybody has a right to privacy. But he believed a field of 13m-high satellite dishes on his boundary fence, especially an illegal one, required investigation...

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