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It sounds like the stuff urban legends are made of: a castle-like mansion full of furniture and appliances stands empty in an upmarket neighbourhood. In the garage, three Rolls-Royces and a Lotus worth at least R2 million gather dust. Outside, nature is reclaiming the property – roots nibbling away at walls, reeds clogging the pool, plants running riot.
But this is no tall tale. The house exists, large as life in a quiet suburb in Gqeberha where it’s been the bane of the community’s lives for years.
At the heart of it is a mystery: the couple who owned the place seem to have vanished off the face of the Earth. And how is that even possible in this day and age when anyone and his dog can be tracked down thanks to the tendrils of technology?
