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Patrick van Rensburg

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Motswana writer (1931-2017)

South AfricaWritersLived 1931 to 2017 · aged 85
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Patrick van Rensburg was a South African-born anti-apartheid activist and educator. In the 1960s, he founded Swaneng Hill School in Serowe, Botswana, and the nationwide Brigades Movement in that country.

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One of the original staff houses at Swaneng Hill School, Serowe, BotswanaOne of the original staff houses at Swaneng Hill School, Serowe, Botswana

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1981Right Livelihood Award

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Patrick van Rensburg was a South African-born anti-apartheid activist and educator. 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. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing replicable educational models for the third world majority".

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Country
South Africa
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1931 to 2017 · aged 85
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