7de Laan actor David Rees’ publicity manager, Corlia Strauss reveals that doctors are mostly happy with the actor’s and look forward to him coming home soon.The talented 7de Laan actor David Rees’ publication manager also shared on his Facebook account on Monday, 21 August that he is walking and sitting up.

“David is looking much better. He is walking and sitting up. The pulmologist is still monitoring his chest. We’re looking forward to him coming home soon. Thank you for the continued love and support,” posted Strauss.

 

Strauss also revealed on Rees’ Instagram account that the star will go home once doctors are satisfied with his complete recovery.

The family launched a BackaBuddy (crowdfunding page) to raise R500 000 for his medical bills. The public had donated R87 000 at the time of publishing this article.

The family is thankful for all the money that has been donated thus far and fans look forward to the actor’s return to the SABC2 Afrikaans soapie.

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‘7DE LAAN’: CHRIS WELMAN CURRENT STORYLINE
The popular actor David Rees portrays the role of a multi-millionaire businessman Chris Welman in 7de Laan.

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

In the SABC2 soapie, Chris and Mariaan (Dierdre Wolhuter) are unhappy with his daughter, Amorie and Jattas’ relationship and will do anything to sabotage it.

They’ve hired security guards to block Jattas (Rikus Strauss) from visiting Amorie’s hospital room, who was recently informed that she is going blind.