Laurika Rauch
Folk Singer
Afrikaans and English folk singer who sang the 1979 single "Kinders van die Wind (Children of the Wind)."
She started training as a pianist and a singer at age five.
She was the inaugural winner of the South African Academy for Arts and Science Medal of Honor in 1997.
She married Christopher Torr in 1984; the couple have a son named Simon and a daughter named Nina.
She has performed numerous duets with fellow Afrikaans artist Steve Hofmeyr.