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"We had an argument on Saturday morning and Elize asked her brother, Danie Very, 24, to come and
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"About 10 minutes after Danie had collected her, she asked him to turn back so that she could come
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Havenga said she had asked her brother to let her out at the gravel road that led from Garsfontein
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