Winner of Think Afrikaans T-Shirt design competition

First place to Renier Zandberg’s 'Karavaan Park', Wees Bang; second place to Riaan van Wyk’s 'Snor' and third place to Kailash Maharaj’s 'Die Grootkrokodil'

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This year's entrants to the Ads24's Think Afrikaans competition were asked to depict a blockbuster movie in Afrikaans on a t-shirt and poster design to highlight the power of advertising in Afrikaans media to the South African advertising industry.

Entries that were strong contenders for the prizes - Think Apple MacBook Pro, iPad 2 or iPhone 4 - included:

• Riaan van Wyk's Thor-inspired Snor, featuring Peter de Villiers;
  
• The Godfather was cleverly adapted to Die Grootkrokodil with PW Botha by Kailash Maharaj;
  
• Gone in 60 seconds starring Nicolas Cage evolved into Weg Binne 60 Slukkies starring Steve Hofmeyr and Klipdrift, thanks to Blake Roberts's fertile imagination;
  

  Karavaan Park

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• Lawrence of Arabia is Lourens van Orania, 'n man verskeurd tussen twee kulture, an entry submitted by Sandra Blok;
  
• At the hands of Emil Lime, the rapidly ageing Benjamin Button is the never-ageing Riaan Cruywagen;
  
• ET is still ET, but Declan Sharp has replaced the alien silhouetted against the moon with South Africa's very own ET (Eugene Terre'Blanche);
  
• No Country for Old Men morphs into G'n Plek vir Outoppies, featuring FW de Klerk, Marthinus van Schalkwyk and PW Botha (art director: Stacey-Lee Swart; copywriter: Suzanne Opperman).

Linda Gibson, Ads24's CEO, was gratified not only by the number of entries but also by their impressive quality. "If the competition indeed creates a greater awareness of the power of South Africa's Afrikaans media, it will have achieved its objective," she said.