Keywords: (C23+C25)/(C23+C25+C29+C31) n-alkanes ratio; African Summer Monsoon; Aluminium; Aluminium, standard deviation; Average chain length; Calendar age; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon, organic, total, standard deviation; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Compound-specific carbon isotopes; Compound-specific hydrogen isotopes; Compound-specific oxygen isotopes; coupled δ2Hn-alkane–δ18Osugar paleohygrometer; DEPTH, sediment/rock; elemental geochemistry; Elementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS); Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID); Grain Size; hydrology; Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES); Iron; Iron, standard deviation; leaf-wax n-alkane; n-Alkane; n-Alkane C21 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C22 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C23 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C24 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C25 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C26 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C27 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C28 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C29 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C30 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C31 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C32 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C33 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C34 of total alkanes; n-Alkane C35 of total alkanes; Nitrogen; Nitrogen, standard deviation; Odd-even predominance index; Paleoclimate; PCUWI; peat geochemistry; Piston corer, UWITEC; precipitation reconstruction; Reference/source; relative humidity; South Africa; Strontium; Strontium, standard deviation; sugars; Titanium; Titanium, standard deviation; Vankervelsvlei; Westerlies; δ13C, total organic carbon; δ13C, total organic carbon, standard deviation; δ15N; δ15N, standard deviation