Dricky Beukes was a writer of Afrikaans

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 novels, short stories and radio drama

Radio drama

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s. Beukes wrote more than a hundred Afrikaans novels, a large number of short stories and numerous Afrikaans radio dramas, including some extensive pieces for the commercial station Springbok Radio

Springbok Radio

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She was born in Prieska as Hendrika Johanna van Staden, the youngest of 13 children. She grew up at Karos

Karos

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 near Upington

Upington, Northern Cape

Upington is a town founded in 1884 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was named after Sir Thomas Upington, Attorney-General and then Prime Minister of the Cape. It originated as a mission station established in 1875 and run by...

 in the Northern Cape

Northern Cape

The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...

 and received her school education here. She married Abraham Opperman Beukes of Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Western Cape

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, the first principal of Laerskool Vredelust in Bellville, who himself also wrote three children's books. They had a son and two daughters.

A phrase which gained country-wide popularity at the time was her introduction to the radio drama Die Indringer (The Trespasser): n verhaal wat elke moederhart sal roer (a story to touch the heart of every mother).

She died in 1999 in Bellville.