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In memoriam: Dennis Croucamp

Dennis Croucamp was a combat veteran, author and adventurer who died at 2.30am on Saturday January 9. Croucamp was a long-time sufferer of leukaemia and kidney disease, with his death was attributed to Covid-19. Croucamp lived a very…

  • Rob Knowles
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Learning from history to protect a river

Wits professor Jacklyn Cock wasn’t afraid to step on some toes in writing her new book, Writing the Ancestral River – a biography of the Kowie. Cock’s talk on her book attracted a big audience at The Ploughman in Bathurst recently. The…

  • Jon Houzet
AUTHOR, AUTHOR! It is a rare thing when an author publishes her first book at age 84, but Wendy Barker, standing, did just that at the Red Apple Emporium last Friday. With her at the table were, from left, Iona Wegner, Sue Gordon with Frank and Sylvia Nunan Picture: ROB KNOWLES
APPLES FROM THE SOUL

Wonderful turnout for author’s first book

Supporters gathered at the Red Apple Emporium last Friday for a chance to speak with author Wendy Barker and purchase copies of her first book of poetry, Apples from the Soul. Barker, a petite 84-year-old, told those in attendance that…

  • Rob Knowles