Green’s Dictionary of Slang

gedoente n.

[Afk. gedoente, bustle]

(S.Afr.) a fuss, a carry-on, a to-do.

[SA]J. & W. Branford Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (3rd edn).
[SA]M. Orford Like Clockwork 224: There had been one moer of a gedoente about who gets what and why.