Claim: Anoeschka von Meck (born in 1967) was a Namibian author who writes in the Afrikaans language and whose many achievements include being a matron at a children's home while also being a full-time reporter for Die Republikein and eventually releasing her breakthrough novel Vaselinetjie in 2004.
Evidence: Anoeschka von Meck (born 1967) is a Namibian author who writes in the Afrikaans language. She then worked as a matron in a children's home and then as a journalist. She was a full-time reporter for Die Republikein. Von Meck's breakthrough novel, Vaselinetjie, was published in 2004.