Pendoring (Edms) Beperk

Pendoring (Edms) Beperk (literally "Spike Thorn (Pty) Limited") is an award-winning radio comedy about a copy-writer and the Afrikaans language by A.S. van Straten.

The original text

The play was written for and won the SABC's GRA-hoorspelwedstryd ("GRA radio drama competition") as part of the "Taalfeesjaar" (the Festival year of the Afrikaans language). Broadcast by the SABC in 1975, it also went on to also receive the SAUK-prys ("SABC award") for radio dramas and radio documentaries, presented by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.

Originally published by SABC Radio Marketing in 1975. Also published by Tafelberg Publishers. It would become the first in a trilogy of Pendoring radio plays along with Pendoring & Kie and Pendoring & Seun.

The play soon became a very popular stage text as well, and has been performed and broadcast numerous times by professionals and by amateurs.

A new stage adaptation was done by André-Jacques van der Merwe in 2002

1975: It was broadcast by the Afrikaans service of the SABC om 2 November, 1975. Won first prize in the SABC Radio Drama Competition in 1975, the "Taalfeesjaar" (the Festival Year of the Afrikaans Language).Directed by Roelf Jacobs with Matthys du Toit, Katinka Heyns, Arno Kotze, Martie Lee, Paul Eloff, Francois Nel, Hennie Oosthuizen, Will Bernard, Francois de Bruin, Willie Pretorius and Alewyn Lee. Orchestra conducted by Theo Erasmus.

2002: André-Jacques van der Merwe's stage adaptation premiered at the KKNK in 2002, directed by Van der Merwe, with himself as "Gert Klopper", Anna-Mart van der Merwe ("Sarie Verster"), Isadora Verwey (various roles) and Pedro Kruger (various roles).

2025: The original recording of 1975, rebroadcast on 18 December by RSG in celebration of the 100 year centenary of the Afrikaans language.