Van Rensburg, Patrick
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Name (Latin)
Van Rensburg, Patrick
Other forms of name
Rensburg, Patrick van
Date of birth
1931-12-03
Date of death
2017-05-23
Associated country
Botswana
Occupation
Educators
Social reformers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BL database, 21 Sept. 2009(hdg.: Van Rensburg, Patrick, 1931-)
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 07, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Van Rensburg, Patrick; educator, foundation official, social activist, social reformer; born 03 December 1931 in Natal, Durban, South Africa; BA from University of South Africa (UNISA); appointed vice-consul to Belgian Congo (1956); founded Swaneng Hill Secondary School; launched the Foundation for Education with Production (FEP); established a weekly paper, Mmegi (The Reporter), into Botswana's independent media house; joined Marxist political party; member of Botswana National Front (BNF) executive committee (mid-1990s); received Right Livelihood Award from Right Livelihood Award Foundation in Stockholm (1981))
- Patrick van Rensburg, 2020:title page (Patrick van Rensburg) back cover (1931-2017; anti-apartheid activist and 'alternative educationist')
- His Looking forward from Serowe, 1984:t.p. verso (Patrick van Rensburg b. in S. Africa, forced to leave in 1960, lived in Botswana since 1962)