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Billionaire businessman Whitey Basson is used to being "out and about" but he has adapted to being home-bound.

Billionaire businessman Whitey Basson is used to being "out and about" but he has adapted to being home-bound.

Billionaire businessman Whitey Basson is used to being "out and about", but he has adapted to being home-bound due to the coronavirus lockdown. He says he can at least enjoy walks on his smallholding near Stellenbosch and jokes that there is still enough supply in his wine cellar.

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