Balienuus - General Council of the Bar of South Africa

BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS Balienuus Kaap
bygedra deur T J Nel,
Kaapstad
Senior status
An English teamfrom the Inns ofCourt Advocacy Training Committee (IATC)
in London presented a successful practical training workshop for members
and pupils of the Cape Bar during the week of 19 to 23 February 1996. The
workshop was held at the new Sports Science Centre at Newlands. Among
those attending the welcoming cocktail party after the introductory session
on Monday 19 February 1996, were the following:
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RlE lede van die Kaapse Balie is
onlangs as senior advokate aan­
gestel. Hulle is Mike Fitzgerald SC, Paul
Hoffman SC en Nic Treurnicht Se.
Hulle lewensbeskrywings en foto's
verskyn elders in hierdie uitgawe.
Advocacy training workshop
Thirteen members, as teacher-trainers,
attended an advocacy training workshop
presented by members of the English
Bar from 19 to 23 February 1996.
These members are Gerald Josman
SC, Gerrie de Kock, Steve Goddard,
Claude Ipser, Jeremy Muller, Theo Nel,
John Newdigate, Andre Oosthuizen,
Theoniel Potgieter, Jan-Hendrik Roux,
Rosa Scalabrino, Belinda van der Vyver
and Craig Webster.
Ben Griesel SC and Sven Olivier also
attended the workshop. They had vis­
ited England to attend a similar advo­
cacy training workshop there in January
1996.
Michael Hill QC (leader ofthe lA TC), Judge Gerald Friedman (Judge President
of the Cape Provincial Division) and Bruce Brodie (member of the IATC).
New members
Michele Bartman, Pieter Botha, Andrew
Breitenbach, Wayne Coughlan, Emile
Fourie, Doron Goldberg, Adre Reese,
Melanie Ipser, Hendrik Klem SC, Johan
Kruger SC, AlIen Lange, Gregory Papier,
Francoise Pearson, Mark Seale, Henk ten
Brink and Peter Torrington have joined
the Cape Bar.
Resignations
Marlise Cloete, Ralph Kujawa, Stevan
Majiedt, Karien Roux, Carol Smit, 10han
Spamer, Uys van der Hoven and Ismail
Qauds have resigned as members.
Current pupils
Elandre Bester, Louise Coetzee, Danie
Dippenaar, Mowroeda Gasnolar, Rory
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Lincoln Crawford (lA TC), Patric Gamble and Sven Olivier (members of the
Cape Bar Council), Sarah Foggit (Administrative Officer of the IATC) and
Anesta Weakes (lA TC) .
Gogarty, Gerhard Labuschagne, Willem
Malan, Beatrice Marshall, Catherine
Mayou, lanet McCurdie, Peter Mihalik,
Ilse Oosthuizen, Lucille Shapiro, Riana
Stipp and Phumela Zazaza.
The Bench
Weinkove AJ, Albertus Al, Chetty Al
(from the Eastern Cape); Motala AJ and
Knoll AJ (formerly a member of the
Cape Bar) have been acting. After a re-
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BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS cent meeting the JSC announced that
Chetty and Roger Cleaver, a prominent
Pretoria attorney, are to be appointed to
the Cape Bench.
New Bar Council
The following members were recently
elected to the Cape Bar Council for the
year 1996/1997: B M Griesel SC (chair­
man), P B Hodes SC, A P Blignault SC,
W R E Duminy SC, M A Albertus SC, I
J Muller, J Newdigate, M H van Heerden,
G P C de Kock, 0 L Rogers, B J Manca,
BD J Gassner, I Jamie (Secretary) and T
J Nel (assistant SecretaryITreasurer). The
following are members of the Publica­
tions Committee: W R E Duminy SC
(chairperson), S Olivier, T J Nel, J Roos
and M Diemont.
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Andre Blignault SC (former chairman, Cape Bar Council), Judge John Foxcroft,
Robin Simpson QC (lA TC), Ben Griesel SC (chairman, Cape Bar Council),
Michael Hill QC (leader of the IATC), and Judge Gerald Friedman (Judge
President of the Cape Provincial Division).
Vrystaat
bygedra deur J Y Claassen,
Bloemfontein
Waarnemende aanstellings
Provinsiale skeidsregter
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Die voorsitter van die Vrystaatse Balie,
Jannie Lubbe SC, het die onderskeiding
te beurt geval om as provinsiale rugby­
skeidsregter aangestel te word en
verkies te word tot adjunk-president
IE volgende persone het as regters
waargeneem in die V rystaatse
Provinsiale Afdeling: Wessels SC vanaf
7 Oktober 1995 tot 20 Oktober 1995;
Jordaan SC vanaf 21 Oktober 1995 tot
24 November 1995; en Lubbe SC vanaf
25 November 1995 tot 15 Desember
1995.
van die Vrystaatse Rugby-unie. Hy is
ook tot die dissiplinere komitee van die
Suid-Afrikaanse Rugby- Voetbalunie
verkies.
Pupille
Die pupille wat gedurende die tweede
helfte van 1995 by die Balie aangemeld
het, het almal hulle eksamens suksesvol
afgele. Hulle is Jaco de Vries en Henli
Edeling, wat ook albei tot die Vrystaatse
Balie toegetree het.
Daar is tans drie pupille ingeskryf,
naamlik Germa Wright, Lishen van
Biljon en I E Thlelai.
Balie verlaat
Die Vrystaatse Balie het op 'n gepaste
. wyse afskeid geneem van drie voor­
treflike lede en die Balie se beste wense
vergesel hulle.
Die drie lede is Raubenheimer SC,
Calitz en Meyer.
MAY 1996, CONSULTUS
Appelregter Leo van den Heever, geleentheidspreker by die jaarlikse
Baliedinee van die Vereniging van Advokate, Vrystaatse Afdeling, saam met
regter-president E K W Lichtenberg (links), Jannie Lubbe SC (voorsitter van
die Vrystaatse BaUe) en hoofregter M M Corbett. Uittreksels uit haar toespraak
verskyn op bl 60.
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BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS Natal contributed by A Gordon,
Durban
Departures R S Douglas SC, R P van Rooyen SC, M Cassimjee, B Ford, A Holgate, M Jacobs, J le Roux, R Nel, C van Rensburg and F van Zylleft the Natal Society of Advocates in January 1996. The Bench
UDGES Andrew Wilson and
Hassen Mall were appointed to the
Amnesty Commission from 1 Febru­
ary 1996. Chris Nicholson SC who
had been acting for the past six
months, was appointed to the Natal
Bench on 1 January 1996.
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Pupils Twenty new pupils in Durban and one in Pietermaritzburg commenced pupillage on 1 March 1996 in prepa­ ration for the June 1996 Bar Exami­ nation. Bar Council Acting appointments
From 1 February 1996 Viviene Niles­
Duner SC took up an acting appoint­
ment on the Natal Bench, where she is
to act until 30 June 1996. Lewis
Skweyiya SC acted for two weeks in
the Ciskei Provincial Division during
February 1996 and is at present acting
in Natal. Yoga Moodley SC has been
acting in Natal and on his return from
America, where he is lecturing, Maru­
mo Moerane SC will take up an acting
appointment. Natal is also exporting
judges with Sandile Ngcobo at present
acting in Cape Town.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Natal Society of Advocates, held at the Oyster Box on 23 September 1995, the following members were appointed to the Bar Council: Durban ­
David Gordon SC (chairman),
Archie Findlay SC, Marumo Moe­
rane SC, S Gyanda, Mark Harcourt,
C M Patel, Dave Phillips, Richard
Salmon, Colleen Thomas and Ras­
hid Vahed.
Pietermaritzburg Kobus Booyens SC (vice-chairman),
Rob Griffiths, Fayed Moola and
Christo Snyman.
Silks
No new silks were appointed in Natal
in the last quarter.
Members
M Bingham, A Collingwood, T Majake,
K Samuel, P Schumann, T Seery, G Vos
and S Walker in Durban, and B Rajah
in Pietermaritzburg, joined the Natal Bar
after successfully completing their
pupillage in December 1995. The Bar
wishes them every success.
ecdotes.
A good time was had by all, but
for those who were not ready to stop
partying, a sumptuous breakfast was
provided by Jeff Hewitt SC at Hewitt
Hall, with the stragglers finally de­
parting at about 3 am.
Bar dinner
On 14 November 1995 a successful
Bar dinner was held for members and
their spouses at the Royal Hotel in
Durban.
There was a good turnout ofjudges
and members from both Durban and
Pietermaritzburg. After a splendid
dinner, Judge Willem Booysen enter­
tained the audience with a witty and
amusing speech, full of historical an-
Sport
Durban: indoor soccer
The football feud between the 7th and
8th floors of Salmon Grove Chambers
resumed on 1 March 1996.
However, it seems that the 7th Floor
are intending to steal a march on the
8th Floor as they resumed their train­
ing sessions earlier. Perhaps last year's
lesson was too much for the 8th Floor!
Come on guys, let's see you working
those legs in the gym, your arms had
enough exercise during the Christmas
vacation!
Pietermaritzburg
The Pietermaritzburg Bar held two
successful social events of note dur­
ing November and December 1995,
the first being a formal members only
dinner at the Royal Hotel, Pieter­
maritzburg. In accordance with tra­
dition, the formality was soon diluted
by alcohol, resulting in an evening of
fun and entertainment.
The second social event was the an­
nual cricket match at the Fleur de Lys
Club, Hilton, between Dickson's 11
and Southwood's 11. Southwood's 11
got "carrots", with Dickson's 11 win­
ning by fifteen (15) runs. The lamb
on the spit was a great success and
once again many brain cells were se­
verely damaged.
Ciskei
Appointments
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WO members from our local Bar
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were appointed to the Bench of
the Ciskei Provincial Division in an
acting capacity for the first term. The
members were Roger Claassen SC and
Deva Pillay.
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The Bar wholeheartedly supported
these appointments.
Members
The number of members at the Bar
remains static and no pupils have en­
rolled.
Bar dinner
The 9th Annual Bar Dinner was held at
the King William's Town Club on 16
February 1996. It was proved a most en­
joyable evening and was well-attended
by the Bar, the judiciary and members
of the Attorney-general's staff.
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BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS Eastern Cape contributed by P W A Scott,
Port Elizabeth
New members in Port Elizabeth URSEY moved from the
Grahamstown Bar to the Port
Elizabeth Bar earlier this year.
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church calling for a period ofthree years
in Denver, Colarado. Charsley is an ex­
secretary of the Port Elizabeth Bar and
present member of the Bar council of
the Eastern Cape Society of Advocates.
Goosen is leaving the Port Elizabeth
Bar to take up an appointment as Na­
tional Director of Investigations at the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Kineaid and Daubermann have left
the Grahamstown Bar and Spruyt has
left the Port Elizabeth Bar.
Pupils
There are at present two pupils at the
Port Elizabeth Bar and two in Gra­
hamstown.
Members leaving
Charsley is temporarily leaving the Port
Elizabeth Bar in May 1996 to pursue a
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting ofthe East
Cape Society of Advocates was held in
Grahamstown on 1 March 1996, fol­
lowed by the Annual Bar dinner.
Froneman J was the keynote speaker
at the dinner.
Bar Council
The Bar Council of the East Cape of
Advocates was elected at the annaul
general meeting. John Whitehead SC
is the new chairman, the other mem­
bers being Buchanan SC, Van Rooyen
SC, Eksteen, Smuts, Brooks, Van der
Linde, Charsley and Horn.
Acting appointments
Chetty SC and Pillay SC have acting
appointments for the first and second
terms of 1996. Chetty SC has been act­
ing in Cape Town and Pillay SC in Port
Elizabeth. Chetty's acting stint in Cape
Town has obviously been a success as
the Judicial Service Commission has
just announced his permanent appoint­
ment to the Cape Bench. The Eastern
Cape's loss is Cape Town's gain. [JJ
Pretoria
contributed by W R C Prinsloo SC,
Pretoria
Acting appointments
INCE the last publication of
Consultus the following members
held acting appointments:
E Bertelsmann SC, B C van den
Heever SC, J A Coetzee SC (Venda Su­
preme Court), N J Coetzee SC (Venda
Supreme Court) and P Ginsburg Se.
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die Balie in een gebou gehuisves moet
word, laat vaar en in die tweede plek is
dit in begin se 1 aanvaar dat groep­
vorming onderhewig aan sekere riglyne
wat deur die Balieraad neergele kan
word, toelaatbaar is.
Sub-komitees van die Balieraad is
tans besig om hierdie onderwerpe
intensiefte ondersoek en daar sal stellig
meer hieroor gerapporteer kan word in
die volgende uitgawe.
Farewell function for the
Honourable B M Ngoepe J
and Chris de Jager SC
A cocktail party was held recently in
honour of Judge Bernard Ngoepe who
was recently elevated to the Transvaal
Bench and Chris de Jager SC who had
at that stage been appointed as a mem­
ber of the Human Rights Commission
but has since been appointed to the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Lidmaatskap en pupille
In Maart 1996 was daar 'n rekord­
inname van 45 nuwe pupille.
Die ledetal staan tans op 263 maar
sal waarskynlik aansienlik styg, afhan­
gende van hoe goed die kandidate in
die eksamen vaar!
Die Balieraad was ook genoodsaak
om reelings te tref om 'n nuwe vloer
(die 4de vloer) van die gebou in te
ruim sodat akkommodasie vir almal
voor-sien kan word en daar is reeds
'n paar kamers op hierdie vloer
opgeneem.
Die onderwerp van akkommodasie
. is we er van vooraf in die kollig nadat
die Algemene Vergadering van die
Vereniging aan die einde van Februarie
twee ingrypende besluite geneem het:
In die eerste plek is die ou beginsel dat
MAY 1996, CONSULTUS
From left to right: Chris de Jager SC, Judge Bernard Ngoepe, Eberhard
Bertelsmann SC and Christiaan de Jager (member of the Pretoria Bar) at
the farewell function.
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BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS In his address the outgoing chair­
man, Eberhard Bertelsmann se, paid
tribute to both these former members
of our Bar and thanked them for their
contributions and fellowship. We also
take this opportunity to wish them only
the best for their future careers.
Arbitration Foundation of
South Africa (AFSA)
The Pretoria Bar has taken up what
amounts to an eight per cent share in
the above-mentioned project which was
initiated by the Johannesburg Bar. We
have finalised arrangements to take up
office space and intend fully participat­
ing in the project.
Die voorsitter van die Pretoriase Balieraad, Gerrit Grobler se, en die
Pretoriase advokate wat aan die Investee-ailos deelgeneem het.
Nuwe Balieraad Na afloop van die Algemene Vergade­
ring in Februarie is die nuwe Balie-raad vir die ampstermyn 1996/1997 verkies. Die volgende lede dien op die Raad:
G L Grobler se (voorsitter), E Bertels­
mann se (onder-voorsitter), F H
Terblanche se, W R e Prinsloo se, A
J Louw, D S Fourie, J H Str6h, A de
Vos, E Jordaan, R G Beaton (ere­
sekretaris). Brenda Neukircher is later
as assistent-sekretaris gek06pteer.
Sosiale nuus
Jaarlikse Sportdag tussen
die Pretoriase
advokate en prokureurs
Hierdie jaarlikse byeenkoms het op 29
Maart 1996 by die Harlequin Klub
plaasgevind. Daar is meegeding in
ktieket, sokker, damessokker, muurbal,
landloop en swem. Ongelukkig is die
tenniswedstryd afgelas, klaarblyklik
weens 'n gebrek aan belangstelling. Die
tennis was nog altyd een van die
hoogtepunte van hierdie byeenkoms en
die hoop word uitgespreek dat dit
volgende jaar weer op die program sal
wees.
Die prokureurs het as oorwinnaars
uit die stryd getree nadat hulle die
krieket, tennis en landloop gewen het.
Die advokate het die muurbal gewen en
die swem by verstek gewen. Die dames­
sokker het gelykop geeindig met twee
doele elk. Na afloop van die verrigtinge
is die Wisseltrofee tydens 'n skemerkelk
aan mnr Hans Straeuli oorhandig wat
dit namens die prokureurs in ontvangs
geneem het.
Ons maak van die geleentheid
gebruik om ons kollegas van die
prokureursberoep geluk te wens met die
oorwinning en verseker hulle dat hulle
volgende jaar harde bene sal kou om die
trofee te behou.
At the end of last term this occasion
was attended by the Honourable P J van
der WaIt DJP and a number of his breth­
ren from the Transvaal Bench.
The meeting was also addressed by
the new chairman, Gerrit Grobler Se.
Jaarlikse Investee
maatskappyaflos
In recent years, an effort has been
made to hold a cocktail party for mem­
bers and visiting dignitaries towards
the end of each term.
Die Pretoriase Balie het op 21 April
1996 weer aan die Investec Maat­
skappyaflos deelgeneem. Drie spanne
het in die regskategorie deelgeneem,
onder andere, vir die eerste keer vyf
damesadvokate.
Die wisseltrofee vir die Transvaalse
Regbank, die "Fleet ofVoet"-beker vir
die eerste advokatespan uit Pretoria of
Johannesburg by die eindpunt, is weer
deur die Pretoriase Balie gewen.
Na afloop van die aflos was daar die
gebruiklike geselligheid waaraan die
deelnemers van die Pretoriase en
Johannesburgse Balies en die "Fleet of
Voet" -span van die Transvaalse RegJ
bank, deelgeneem het.
Acting appointment
New silks
A first for the Mmbatho Bar was the
appointment of Maree se as acting
judge recently.
History was also made by the appoint­
ment of two of our members, L e J
Maree and H Lever as senior counsel.
These are the first such appointments
at the Mmabatho Bar. The members
are congratulated on their change of
status.
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Quarterly cocktail party
Mmabatho
contributed by L C J Maree Se.
Mmabatho
New members
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HREE new members have joined
the Mmabatho Bar, namely S G
Motibe, L Lever and B F Ndaki.
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Pupil
The Mmbatho Bar took in their first
pupil, namely Janos Mihalik.
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BALIENUUS • BAR NEWS Johannesburg contributed by W H G van der Linde,
Johannesburg
Membership
M
EMBERSHIP at the Johannes
burg Bar now stands at 559 (85
silks and 474 juniors). Gautschi SC,
Hoffmann SC and Farber SC are act­
ing. The present pupil intake is 54.
Arbitration
The arbitration facility (to be known
as the Arbitration Foundation of South
Africa) and the Johannesburg consul­
tation facility at 4 Protea Place,
Sandton, are reaching completion.
The building has three floors of which
the third is taken up by arbitration
rooms and participants' chambers.
The second and third floors are taken
up (with the exception of two large ar­
bitration rooms) by the Johannesburg
Bar.
There are nine arbitration rooms.
Each arbitration room is served by two
dedicated conference rooms. Three ar­
bitration rooms are large (they can
comfortably double as lecture rooms);
three medium sized (± 50 m"); and
three modest (± 35 m").
The first floor houses seven arbitra­
tion rooms with their conference rooms,
the secretariat, library, canteen, and
participants' chambers. The partici­
pants, effectively equity partners in the
venture, include the Pretoria Bar,
SACOB, and various leading attorneys'
firms.
Although the building is geared for
arbitrations, it provides an ideal facil­
ity (and is being marketed as such) for
conferences, consultations, meetings
and the like. Members from all bars
are encouraged to make use of the fa­
cility.
Veteran Tennis Star
Investec Relay
A in the Over 50 section of the Veter­
ans Inter-Provincial Tennis Tourna­
ment in Cape Town during March
1996. Approximately 750 veterans
ranging from age 35 to 65 took part.
In an earlier tournament he reached
the quarter and semi-finals and repre­
sented Transvaal A and B in a number
of events.
The Johannesburg Bar entered eight
teams for the Annual Investec Relay
on Sunday, 21 April 1996. Of these,
the first team home was 6th Floor
Innes, narrowly beating the judges'
team. The second and third teams
home were respectively 4th Floor
Innes and 17th Floor Schreiner.
Brian Pincus SC of Innes Chambers,
Johannesburg, is, in his own words, "a
beautiful specimen" ofan advocate cum
tenni s player. He represented Transvaal
Brian Pincus
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Noord-Kaap
bygedra deur J B Erasmus,
Kimberley
Uitvoerende bestuur
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ie uitvoerende bestuur van die
Noord-Kaapse Balie is onlangs op
die algemene jaarvergadering verkies.
Hennie Lacock SC is herkies as
voorsitter en 10han van Niekerk is
verkies as die nuwe ondervoorsitter. As
ere-sekretaris is verkies Johann Olivier.
Lede
Nadat hy vir 20 jaar 'n lid van die
Noord-Kaapse Balie was, het Stoffel de
Jager besluit om die advokaatsberoep
. vaarwel toe te roep en het hy homself
by 'n plaaslike prokureursfirma aan­
gesluit. Gedurende die tydperk wat hy
'n lid van Balie was, het De Jager baie
beteken vir die beeld van die Balie deur
MAY 1996, CONSULTUS
sy betrokkenheid in Kimberley se
gemeenskap en was hy onder andere vir
'n paar termyne die burgemeester van
Kimberley. Hy het egter nie net sy
kantoor ontruim en ons verlaat nie, maar
ook sy sekretaresse, Helena van Niekerk,
saam met horn geneem. Helena het vir
21 jaar by die Balie gewerk en was ma
vir talle pupille wat verwese en ver­
dwaald by die Balie aangesluit het.
Ook Albe Bester, wat sedert 1993
verbonde was aan die Noord-Kaapse
Balie , het ons verlaat en groener
weivelde in Edinburgh, Skotland, gaan
soek. Sy beoog om haar leerklerkskap
by 'n prokureursfirma aldaar te gaan
doen.
Rugbylosie
Gedurende 1995 het die idee by 'n paar
lede van die Balie ontstaan om 'n eie
losie by Hoffe Park, Griekwaland-Wes
se rugbystadion, aan te skaf. Vanwee die
beperkte getal lede van die Noord­
Kaapse Balie, is daar toe besluit om 'n
paar lede vir die losie te werf uit die
geledere van die medici en ander vriende
van die Balie in Kimberley. Die regter­
president, regter Kriek, is ook 'n baie
entoesiastiese lid van die losie. Die losie
is aangekoop en die naam daarvan - "Dr
Balie" - pryk lewensgroot op die
voorkant. Vele opwindende en aan­
gename tye is al in die losie deurgebring
en in die proses het die Noord-Kaapse
Balie sy betrokkenheid by die gemeen­
skap ten toon gestel.
Ons wil graag glo dat ons onder­
steuning 'n bydrae gelewer het tot
Griekwas se suksesse die afgelope tyd.
As ander Balies nie ons voorbeeld sou
volg nie, salons begrip daarvoor he,
gesien in die lig van hulle spanne se
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vertonings teen Griekwas!
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