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- ↑ Heilna du Plooy (1 April 2003). Spore in die sand - 'n herbeskouing van die oeuvre van C.M. van den Heever. (Research Articles). English abstract, Dutch text, Critical Essay. Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
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- ↑ Gardner, Judy H. (1 April 1992). Impaired Vision: Portraits of Black Women in the Afrikaans Novel. Paul & Co Pub Consortium. ISBN 9789053830697.
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