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The Inside Story: The House on Saxon Road — How Douw Steyn Built an Insurance Empire, Sheltered Nelson Mandela and Left Africa Its Leading Boutique Hotel

Douw Steyn sold insurance by telephone before anyone else in South Africa, built a business across two continents and lent his Johannesburg home to Nelson Mandela. That home, The Saxon, has just been named Africa's leading luxury boutique hotel. The story of the man who built it.

The Inside Story: The House on Saxon Road — How Douw Steyn Built an Insurance Empire, Sheltered Nelson Mandela and Left Africa Its Leading Boutique Hotel

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