Six years ago, when Ichikowitz acquired this 90-acre site in the middle of the 185, 000-acre Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West Province bordering Botswana, he never imagined anything on quite this scale.

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Susan White Mathis, a native of Atlanta, had long been in search of a place to build an African retreat, and after an extensive search, she settled on Madikwe Game Reserve, a 185, 000-acre tract of arid bushveld located an hour by light aircraft northwest of Johannesburg.

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