Albertse carded a nine-under-par 63 to move to the top of the leaderboard with 18 holes left to play.

He is now on 23-under-par 193, three shots clear of second-placed Samuel Simpson.

Going into the third round tied for second place with Kieron van Wyk, two shots off the lead, Albertse started with a birdie at the first hole before dropping a shot at the second.

He responded with a run of four consecutive birdies from the third to the sixth before adding another at the eighth to make the turn in 31.

On the back nine, he picked up further birdies at the 10th, 15th, 16th and 18th holes to card a 32.

Simpson is on 20-under-par 196 after carding a four-under-par 68 on moving day, while Kyle De Beer occupies third place on 19-under-par 197.

Dean Burmester is fourth on 18-under-par 198, with Gerhard Pepler in fifth on 17-under-par 199.

Joe Sullivan occupies sixth place on 16-under-par 200, while Daniel Cronje, Daniel van Tonder and Luke Brown are tied for seventh on 15-under-par 201.