Elrae Combrink, nee Cousins, was born in Vryburg, Northern Cape, South Africa, the youngest of six children. She matriculated at Eunice High School, Bloemfontein, and obtained a Business Diploma from the East London College. Elrae spent most of her working life in different banks, her great interests being investments, property and mortgage bonds. In 2005, she and her husband, Brian, retired in Dundee, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Her interests are travel, reading, maidenhair ferns, cross-stitch and the history of European Royalty. Since 2007, Elrae has survived a heart attack, heart by-pass surgery as wel...