Vier dekades van sake oor lief en leed voel vir \u2019n plaaslike prokureur eintlik soos gister, en hy meen hy sal eers aftree wanneer sy passie vir die reg verflou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer dit sal wees, kan SP Geldenhuys egter nie s\u00ea nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het onlangs veertig jaar as prokureur gevier en is nog volstoom besig. \u201cEk spot altyd ek sou eintlik \u2019n dokter word, maar toe die jaar begin, het ek eerder die regshandboek gekry,\u201d vertel hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geldenhuys s\u00ea hy onthou sy beginjare aan die Weskus goed toe die dorp nog net drie regsfirmas gehad het. Hy het in 1986 by die firma aangesluit en met sy koms is die naam na Geldenhuyse Inc. verander. Dit was voorheen Geldenhuys\/Van Zyl, maar het in 1977 as Brand Attorneys begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was \u2019n hegte gemeenskap waar almal mekaar geken het. Ek het van die Vrystaat gekom en veral die plaaslike s\u00eagoed was interessant. Dit was so eg Weskus en ek was soms dik van die lag soos mense hul sake gestel het. Vandag het die streek so uitgebrei jy sou dit nie destyds kon glo nie,\u201d meen hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aan die begin van sy loopbaan het Geldenhuys verskeie strafregtelike sake behartig, maar die afgelope 15 jaar het hy grootliks met siviele sake te doen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dekades se sake vat sekerlik aan jou menswees, maar Geldenhuys s\u00ea sy goue re\u00ebl was om kantoorsake by die kantoor te los sodra hy by die praktyk in Hoofstraat, Vredenburg, uitstap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk bespreek nooit my sake by die huis nie. Dit is belangrik om te weet wanneer ek hier by die deur uitstap, ek nie die sake saam huis toe dra nie,\u201d verduidelik hy. \u201cDaar was natuurlik teleurstellings en laagtepunte oor die jare. Jy glo \u2019n saak moes s\u00f3 verloop, maar dan was dit anders. Dit kan soms voel of die reg mense faal, maar dit is alles deel van die beroep. Volgende keer het jy \u2019n strategie wat werk en dan voel jy weer bly om in die beroep te wees.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stokperdjies in die buitelig soos jag en visvang het hom oor die jare gehelp om van die werk weg te breek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saam met dit is dit belangrik vir Geldenhuys om ten volle vir sy gesin teenwoordig te wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die gebeure oor die dekades is egter nie vergete nie en Geldenhuys spog met tientalle dagboeke wat hy oor die jare gehou het. Selfs vandag skryf hy alles neer en hy het nie \u2019n rekenaar in sy kantoor nie \u2013 hy meen pen en papier is steeds die beste manier om boek te hou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir diegene wat \u2019n loopbaan in regte wil betree, het hy raad en \u2019n waarskuwing: \u201cHierdie is \u2019n roeping, nie net \u2019n job<\/i> nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk s\u00ea altyd vir klerke wat begin hulle moet hul meisies laat verstaan al trou hulle eendag, is jy eerste met die reg getroud. Daar sal tye wees wanneer jy min by die huis is. Dit kan tot baie spanning lei en soms sal hulle alleen die huiswerk moet doen of kinders moet grootmaak,\u201d s\u00ea Geldenhuys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy meen in sy geval sou hy nie sy ryk loopbaan kon h\u00ea sonder sy vrou, Mandie, se steun nie en hy s\u00ea trots volgende jaar sal hulle 40 jaar van getroude lewe vier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoewel sy vrou n\u00e1 33 jaar by die polisie se forensiese afdeling uitgetree het, het Geldenhuys nog nie ernstig aan aftrede begin dink nie. \u201cDie dag wat hulle my hier [by die praktyk] uitskop, sal ek seker gaan, maar dit sal onder protes wees,\u201d spot hy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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