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A visit to the Swiss Country Club in Johannesburg.
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The Swiss Society Helvetia Johannesburg was founded in 1890. A new clubhouse was built in 2008, with an unmistakably Swiss décor. (Pictures and text: Christoph Balsiger, swssinfo.ch)
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