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One Direction madness in Monument

A group of random girls from various schools all decided to camp out right in front of the Computicket booth.

Die-hard fans of the hugely popular British boy band One Direction camped out through the night to try to be first in line when Computicket opens at Anthos Centre.

Jolandi van der Merwe and Olivia Angileri are waiting patiently for Computicket to open.
Jolandi van der Merwe and Olivia Angileri are waiting patiently for Computicket to open.

A queue almost reaching the street had scores of young and excited girls as well as parents waiting for the ticket office to open their doors on Friday 23 May.

The boy band will be touring South Africa in March 2015 and it was clear that their biggest fans are in Krugersdorp.

Alta Swart was waiting to buy tickets for her and her daughter and to keep her company, her good friend Charles Grant sat with her.
Alta Swart was waiting to buy tickets for her and her daughter and to keep her company, her good friend Charles Grant sat with her.

A group of random girls from various schools all decided to camp out right in front of the Computicket booth the night before while their parents chose the luxury of their cars to wait out the night.

Alta Swart and her good friend Charles Grant pitched up around 6am to join the queue while parents Karen Stewart, Adel Hoeksma and André van Wyk had arrived at 4.30am.

These dedicated parents all have one thing in co

Dedicated parents Karen Stewart, Adel Hoeksma and André van Wyk have been waiting since 4.30am for tickets.
Dedicated parents Karen Stewart, Adel Hoeksma and André van Wyk have been waiting since 4.30am for tickets.

mmon – their doting daughters are waiting for them to return with golden circle tickets to their favourite boy band’s show.

The queue outside the Money Market and Computicket booth at Checkers in the Anthos Centre where excited girls and scores of parents are waiting to buy their One Direction concert tickets.
The queue outside the Money Market and Computicket booth at Checkers in the Anthos Centre where excited girls and scores of parents are waiting to buy their One Direction concert tickets.

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