'She said yes': Caledon man plans Pick n Pay proposal to maintain the element of surprise

17 Nov 2023

Compiled by Kaunda Selisho

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A picture of the ring that Kobus Swart put on his girlfriend Zesta Venter's finger after she accepted his proposal.

When Kobus Swart, 42, decided to marry his girlfriend, he knew a conventional proposal would not fly.

"Zesta is sharp, she'd know the engagement was happening as soon as you told her to dress up nicely, so we plotted a surprise inside Pick n Pay," Swart said.

Swart was speaking after he successfully surprised his girlfriend of nine months with a proposal while she was doing a grocery run.

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