Others tried and sorely failed to be the first to be able to travel by vehicle from Cape Town to Cairo.
Major Chaplin Court Treatt and his South African born wife, Stella, succeeded in doing so in 1926 for the first time ever, taking a humongous 16 months to do so.
I presented this story at the Valentine's Day Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebration on the lawns of Northwards and thought Heritage Portal readers would also enjoy this South African story of love, endurance and resilience against the backdrop of the Second World War. It was one of seven presented at this event.
Master Mansions was built in 1941 by the Master brothers, accommodating shops on the ground floor, Mabro Hats factory on the first floor, and six floors of apartments. Around 1 000 hats for ladies were produced each day in the factory. The flats housed many Gujarati immigrants from India. In the 1940s, struggle hero Walter Sisulu opened his real estate business on the ground floor.
