Marlene van Niekerk
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Marlene van Niekerk is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy Triomf and the Hertzog-winning Agaat, which explore themes including the
Van Niekerk (2018)
Western Cape
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The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is geographically the fourth largest of the country's nine provinces, with an area of 129,449 squ
Marlene van Niekerk
…native tongue, Afrikaans, and teaches at Stellenbosch University. Marlene van Niekerk was born on 10 November 1954 on Tygerhoek farm near Caledon in the Western Cape of South Africa. She attended school in Riviersonderend and Stellenbosch, matriculating from Hoërskool Bloemhof. She studied languages and philosophy…
Fynbos in the Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town
A diagrammatic 400 km south–north crosssection through the Cape at approximately 21° 30' E (i.e. near Calitzdorp in the Little Karoo), showing the relationship between the Cape Fold Mountains (and their geological structure) and the geology of the Little and Great Karoo, as well as the position of the Great Escarpment. The colour code for the geological layers is the same as those used in the diagram above. The heavy black line flanked by opposing arrows is the fault that runs for nearly 300
View of Table Mountain at night.
The Red Disa (disa uniflora) is an orchid endemic to the Western Cape. It is the province's official flower.