OLDSOUU
Jul 06, 2020
2 minutes
WORDS & PRODUCTION NATALIE BORUVKA
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Above the front door to Stefan Rupperti and Alexander Yazdi’s Victorian villa in Cape Town is an inconspicuous brass plaque that reads, “At this site in 1860 nothing happened.” This declaration is as comforting as it is intriguing. In the 160 years that have passed, much has happened. For one thing, the surrounds have wholly transformed.
Once farmland bordering the
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