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    Jan 13, 2020 3 minutes

    Kindness in Philippolis

    On reading Obie Oberholzer’s article on Philippolis (Peace Comes with a Smile, December 2019), I have a story to add.

    My grandfather William Day came to South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War on the side of the British. Here he met an 18-year-old girl and married her. After the war, having acquired his law qualifications, he became a magistrate and was transferred to Philippolis.

    The town’s people were not happy with their

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