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Koos Kombuis André Letoit Noms de plume of André le Roux du Toit Poet, singer, entertainer and author of several books and CDs

André le Roux du Toit was born on 5 November 1954 in Cape Town.
The family moved often, and Koos - he was given this nickname at school - grew up in Riversdale, Paarl, Wellington, Kuruman and in Bellville, before the family settled in Stellenbosch. At the age of three he taught himself to read ("from the back of Cornflakes boxes") and spured on by their maid who wanted him to read to her the comics in Die Burger. By the age of ten he had typed "a dozen of novels" on his father's type writer. He found school very boring. After matric from Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, he joined the Army for a year and afterwards tried his luck in all kinds of jobs, until Bennie-Fritz, story editor at Huisgenoot, became aware of André's story telling talent. He liked what Koos had sent in and asked for more. Koos hitchhiked to Cape Town and became a free-lance story writer for the next two years. Under the name of André Letoit he published poems, short stories and novels: 3 poetry collections, 3 volumes of short stories, 4 novels and 1 collection of letters.
After a few years, André bought a guitar, changed his name to Koos Kombuis and started to write songs. He is now much in demand as a singer and an entertainer and has published several CDs. Koos writes a column for the newspaper Rapport and the website Litnet.

He is married to Kannetjie and has a son and a daughter, Simon and Marleen.

Koos A. Kombuis has always instilled fear in the hearts of conservative Afrikanerdom. Thank God.
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He was part of a group of maverick Afrikaans musicians, who, under the collective name of Voëlvry, toured campuses across South Africa, liberating Afrikaans from the shackles of its past. No longer was Afrikaans the exclusive property of the Nationalist Party or the Dutch Reformed Church.....
Sam Woulidge (Read the article on Koos Kombuis)

London Show - die Video (Gatskop Produksies)

"Nou woon ek in 'n nice huis, met 'n dak wat lek, by die see, ek ry 'n Nissan Sentra, en ek het ook 'n vrou, 'n baby, 'n grassnyer, 'n weed-eater, en M-Net (ek spaar nog vir DSTV). My ma, wat nog leef (my pa is onlangs oorlede), is baie trots op my!"
Koos Kombuis

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