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Habana ties the knot

Virginia Keppler

Centurion - Amid stringent security measures - including a cellphone ban - Bryan Habana and Janine Viljoen said their wedding vows at an estate in Centurion on Sunday.

Viljoen arrived at the Sorex estate’s chapel in a carriage drawn by white horses.

Staff from the ADT security company cordoned off part of the street outside with yellow cones and ADT vehicles to keep uninvited people away from the gate.

Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, Springboks including Victor Matfield and Percy Montgomery, and Bok coach Peter de Villiers were among the guests.

Guests had to park their cars on a pavement, some distance from the estate’s gate, since no one was allowed to drive in.

The gate was manned by security personnel, who checked names against the guest list, and then informed them that they wouldn’t be allowed to enter with cellphones or cameras.

This upset quite a number of guests, and some of were even heard whispering that “they felt like going home”.

One couple refused to leave their cellphones behind, since their young son was apparently ill at home, and they were allowed to take them in.

Guests were driven from the gate in luxury cars and a minibus.

Even the caterers were forced to carry some of the food and beverages onto the estate, since they too were forbidden from driving in.

The television crew who filmed the wedding were also forced to leave their vehicles outside.

There was a friendly atmosphere outside the gate, where old friends greeted and embraced one another, while they waited to enter.
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