Pierre van Tonder. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Lerato Maduna)
Even after he resigned as Spur's CEO last year, Pierre van Tonder regularly visited the Spur in Sea Point, Cape Town - the same restaurant where in 1982, as a 23-year old, he started his career as a junior restaurant manager.
Those who knew him said he would usually sit at the same booth, facing the television screen.
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