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Laurika Rauch became a household name in with her first hit, Kinders van die Wind....
Laurika Rauch
Musical artist
Laurika Rauch, OIB (born 1 November in Cape Town) is a South African singer who performs in both Afrikaans and English.
She had a hit single in with Kinders van die Wind (Children of the Wind), written by Koos du Plessis. The song featured prominently in the Afrikaans television series "Phoenix & Kie" in the late seventies.
Laurika Rauch, OIB (born 1 November in Cape Town) is a South African singer who performs in both Afrikaans and English.
Early life
Laurika was born in Cape Town on 1 November as the youngest child of Fritz and Rina Rauch. Her father was the public relations manager at Old Mutual until his retirement and her mother was a trained social worker, the editor of Die Huisvrou magazine and was also very involved in charity work, especially amongst the elderly.
She started playing the piano at the age of five, and sang alto in Oom Hannes Uys se Kindersangkring, a children’s choir from Pinelands, for 10 years.
Laurika matriculated at Jan van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town, studied drama at the University of Stellenbosch and obtained her d