Sir David Pieter De Villiers Graaff
Subtitle: first baronet of De Grendel
By: Ebbe Dommisse
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780624053040
Subjects: Politicians; Businessmen; Biography; Mayors
Other titles: First baronet of De Grendel
Description: Tells the unique life story of Sir David Graaff who grew up as a poor child in Villiersdorp but was taken to Cape Town to work at a family friend's butchery. Within a few years, David was not only in charge of the butchery, but was the first person to use refrigerated storage facilities for meat in South Africa. This led to the building of a business empire that made him a millionaire. He went on to have a colourful life and played a role in many South African milestones. He helped create Roggebaai by filling in the harbour with construction rubble, he entered politics to become mayor of Cape Town and brought streetlights to the town, was a Member of Parliament from 1891 to 1897 and again from 1908 to 1920, expanded his business empire by providing meat to the British during the Anglo-Boer War and bought the wine farm De Grendel.
Notes: Also published in Afrikaans as: Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff : die erfridder van De Grendel.

Includes bibliography (p. 348-354) and index.