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Same Shit Book #2 – Bad Cops (draft)

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There’s supposed to be a sequel to my ‘Same Shit Different Government: Book 1 – The Corruption & The Intimidation’. It’s name is/was to be ‘Book 2 – The Devil, The Deaf & The Dead’. I’d work out the outline, chapter headers and half the research. The contents mostly aimed at addressing the Great Knysna Fire, and Government failure regarding the Democratic Alliance corruption I’ve reported – the ANC has a lot to answer for. That book, the more important of the two, may never be. I share an incomplete … Read the full article…

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Knysna Police Station (1861)

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This Victorian building was built in 1861 for Thomas Prince and Gerrit de Graaff, trading as General Merchants, Thomas Prince & Co. In 1870 de Graaff sold his half share to Prince who then leased the building to Peter Carel Metelerkamp who also traded as a General Merchant, followed in 1868 to 1879 by William Lloyd. The building was used in 1883 as both Court House and Residency by the Civil Commissioner and Magistrates until 1929. In 1895 Thomas Prince sold the building to the Cape Colonial Government, which now … Read the full article…

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Knysna History: 3 Church Street (Circa 1890)

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This building stands on land that was first transferred in 1873 from the estate of John Sullivan to William Charles Guest…and subsequently to Llewellyn Edwards, manager of the Standard Bank, in 1890. In 1901 Mrs Andrew Hepburn lived in this house which was named “Belmont”. The building was later occupied by Archie Benn.

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