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To

Deon Visser

and

my sisters Magda, Ronél, Annette, Elna and Marietjie for the snippets of life I witnessed by spying on them as a boy.

To the woman who worked in our home for so many years; to her I dedicate the Gladys character to make up for the fact that I no longer know her Zulu name and surname. And in the hope that she and her family are well.

Also to Marietjie Coetzee, who has been trying to save me from my worst darlings for the past twenty years; to Tineke, who read and reread the manuscript so tirelessly; to Suzaan, who never allowed me to lose faith in Roepman.

Posthumously to my brother, Andries, who unfortunately never wrote down his wonderful stories. Also to my father and mother, Andries and Anna, who managed to raise us all with a lot of help from Above.