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- When a practical joke goes wrong, students at a senior college tell the the rector that Piet Louw's aunt has promised to make a donation to the college. Piet disguises himself as the aunt, but then the rector falls in love with 'her'.
- A reclusive composer requests a photo from 'the voice' that sings his songs. Thinking she's too old for him, she sends a picture of her daughter, and he in turn sends her a picture of his son. Then the children meet.
- A much-loved romantic comedy-drama from the black-and-white age of Afrikaans filmmaking that deals with bureaucratic bungling and accidental 'living in sin'. Planning their 25th wedding anniversary, the Van der Merwes realise that their marriage certificate is lost. When they go to the relevant government department, they discover that there is no record of their marriage. Because there is no legal proof of their union, the couple has in a sense been living in sin. Magriet will have none of it and moves into a motel--either she must be made an honest woman once and for all, or 25 years of marriage go out of the window. In the meantime, Grandpa arrives with his pet goat in tow and only his grandson to appreciate him. Between grandson and grandfather, love and marriage certificates are eventually sorted out--while at the same time scaring off an amorous widow with designs on Grandpa.
- Gordon Vorster returns to familiar territory--'Basie' is similar in many respects to his earlier film 'Die Vlugteling' (1960). This time around, a young ducktail unwittingly kidnaps a young bride and then falls in love with her. (Ducktails: a white youth-gang subculture which emerged within post-Second World War South Africa. They were rebellious, hedonistic, apolitical, and showing little respect for the law, education or work).
- It is the time in south africa when electricity came to households and everyone is cheerful about it.Except one man who doesn't see the need for it.
- Believing he has killed a policeman,a young Ducktail* finds sanctuary on a farm, where he pretends to be the long-lost son of the blind farmer. The impostor blackmails the family into silence, knowing that their real son is in jail - and that if he reveals the truth, it will kill the farmer. *Ducktails: "a white youth gang subculture which emerged within post Second World War South Africa. Rebellious, hedonistic, apolitical and showing little respect for the law, education or work"