
The guest house at 42 Market Street, Cradock, named after Etienne van Heerden.

The guest house at 42 Market Street, Cradock, named after Etienne van Heerden.
School friends Etienne van Heerden and Koos Kombuis at their alma mater, Paul Roos Gymnasium.


Etienne van Heerden with Belgian literary critic Ludo Teeuwen

The episode of Weg Agterpaaie in which they discuss Van Heerden’s latest novel Die wêreld van Charlie Oeng will be aired on Via, DSTV, on 19 April at 20:00.
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SABC News interviews Van Heerden at the Adam Small Festival in Pniel, a festival hopefully on its way to becoming one of South Africa’s most important writers festivals.


In Milano, Italy, at statue of Nelson Mandela. With John de Gruchy (University of Cape Town), Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (Stellenbosch University) and Robi Damelin, International Relations Director, The Parents Circle (Bereaved Parents), Israel and Palestine, from Tel Aviv. [04.2016]

With Eddy van der Borght (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) and Albie Sachs (Constitutional Court, SA), in Milano, Italy. [04.2016]