How a South African billionaire is turning a corner of Somerset into ‘one man’s estate’
Koos Bekker’s Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including flooding When South African billionaire Koos Bekker bought an old country estate in a sleepy corner of Somerset to turn it into a…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published3 h ago (Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:00:58 GMT)
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AuthorHelena Horton and Michael Goodier