‘ACTOR IS HOME’
The talented 7de Laan actor David Rees’ publication manager also shared on his Facebook account on Saturday, 26 August that he is incredibly happy to be home.

“David has been released from the hospital yesterday. He is incredibly happy to be home. The fresh air and comfortable surroundings will bode well for his recovery,” posted Strauss.

Strauss also revealed on the actor’s Instagram account that the family is asking for privacy to check in with the star.

The family launched a BackaBuddy (crowdfunding page) to raise R500 000 for his medical bills. The public had donated over R87 000 at the time of publishing this article.7DE LAAN’ ENDS
The popular actor David Rees portrays the role of a multi-millionaire businessman Chris Welman in 7de Laan.

 

He joined the show in 2016, took a break in July 2018 and reprised his role in 2020 as Mariaan’s husband and father to Alexa (Carina Nel), Amorey (Kristen Raath) and Rickus (André Lötter).

SABC2 confirmed in July that the long-running Afrikaans soapie will come to an end in December after 23 years on air!

The South African will give an update on the actor’s return to the soapie.