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Dec 09, 2015 van rooyen, known as des by his colleagues, is a former mayor of merafong municipality in the central gauteng province who now serves on parliaments finance committee and the african national. Smashwords about pierre van rooyen, author of the girl who. Two incidents are true in that they are based on reallife events. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Pierre van rooyen s latest novel, saturdays are gold, was nominated for the guardian s not the booker prize 2011 set in 1940s johannesburg, it explores the innocence of childhood in an adult world of prohibition, superstition, sorcery, divination, child abduction and muti murder seven year old maudie is kidnapped because she witnesses a muti murder and her brother, ninepierre van rooyen s. For other books by pierre van rooyen, view pierre van rooyen s smashwords author profile page. Humour, emotion, adventure, sensitivity, curiosity, and a delicious undercurrent of sinister apprehension keep. Cornelius gerhardus van rooyen was born in south africa in 1938, and was commonly known as gert or by his nickname bokkie.
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