sentences:  He was born in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, now Western Cape Province, South Africa.Malherbe is most noted for having written what is regarded as the first novel of artistic value in Afrikaans, "Vergeet niet" (Do Not Forget).His Biblical novels--"Die Hart van Moab" ("The Heart of Moab", 1933), "Saul die worstelheld" ("Saul the Struggle Hero", 1935), and "Die profeet" ("The Prophet", 1937) draw a parallel between the Afrikaners and the Israelites of the Old Testament, yet today they are lightly regarded.