well-known and dedicated figure at the Dundee Post Office has hung up his uniform. In fact, Stephanus Christian Kleinhans, better known as Fanie, threw his famous uniform away, complete with cap when he gave up car-guarding on June 4. 
Fanie, who recently turned 65, is very particular about dates. “I guarded cars at the Post Office from June 4, 2004 and retired on June 4, 2014. That’s exactly ten years,” he told the Courier while pottering around his garden in Cornhill Street. 
The good news for those who regularly go to the Post Office is that his stepdaughter, Susan Strydom (49), has filled his shoes and will be keeping an eye on cars in Beaconsfield Street.
Fanie is proud that not a single car was stolen on his watch. “I had one incident in which I saw a man come out of a Golf and approach a bakkie which was parked across the road near the Majuba FET College. 
“The owner of the bakkie was in the Post Office, and the man tried to break into the bakkie and steal a parcel of medicine that was on the seat. “Luckily when I approached him he fled, and nothing was stolen.” 
 well-known and dedicated figure at the Dundee Post Office has hung up his uniform. In fact, Stephanus Christian Kleinhans, better known as Fanie, threw his famous uniform away, complete with cap when he gave up car-guarding on June 4. 
Fanie, who recently turned 65, is very particular about dates. “I guarded cars at the Post Office from June 4, 2004 and retired on June 4, 2014. That’s exactly ten years,” he told the Courier while pottering around his garden in Cornhill Street. 
The good news for those who regularly go to the Post Office is that his stepdaughter, Susan Strydom (49), has filled his shoes and will be keeping an eye on cars in Beaconsfield Street.
Fanie is proud that not a single car was stolen on his watch. “I had one incident in which I saw a man come out of a Golf and approach a bakkie which was parked across the road near the Majuba FET College. 
“The owner of the bakkie was in the Post Office, and the man tried to break into the bakkie and steal a parcel of medicine that was on the seat. “Luckily when I approached him he fled, and nothing was stolen.” 
Railway worker
Fanie, who was born in Vryheid, completed school in 1965 in Glencoe. He joined the railways on November 4, 1966. He worked for 35 years until his retirement in 2001, at which point he was a driver in Vryheid. He then spent some time looking for a place before settling in Dundee. His late friend Blackie Verwey helped to get him into the car-guarding business. “I first looked after cars outside FNB, but I did not like the area. Later I was outside the library, but was not happy there either. Finally I settled on the Post Office, where I was very happy and people treated me with respect.”
A keen Sharks rugby fan, one of his customers, Leon Lombard, even arranged for Fanie to see a game at the ABSA Stadium in Durban – a highlight of his life. 
About his famous uniform, Fanie says, “Henry de Beer, one of my late neighbours, gave me that uniform. But I have got rid of it now. It is time for me to work on my house. Thanks to all those people who supported me outside the Post Office – I appreciate your kindness.”