South African-Motswana anti-apartheid activist and educator
Patrick van Rensburg
Born
(1931-12-03)3 December 1931 Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa
Died
(2017-05-23)23 May 2017 Serowe, Botswana
Occupation
Writer
Nationality
South African
Notable awards
Right Livelihood Award
Patrick van Rensburg (3 December 1931 − 23 May 2017) was a South African-born anti-apartheid activist and educator.[1] In the 1960s, he founded Swaneng Hill School in Serowe, Botswana, and the nationwide Brigades Movement in that country. In the 1980s, he founded the Mmegi national newspaper and the Foundation for Education with Production, which promoted his ideas in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.[2] In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing replicable educational models for the third world majority".
^"Patrick van Rensburg Memorial Service" (PDF). 24 June 2017.
^Dingake, Michael (24 May 2017). "Van Rensburg, founder of Mmegi dies". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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