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Van Rensburg, Patrick

LC control no.n 84042904
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Personal name headingVan Rensburg, Patrick
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Variant(s)Rensburg, Patrick van
فان رنزبرج، باتريك
Associated countryBotswana
LocatedSouth Africa
Birth date1931-12-03
Death date2017
Place of birthDurban (South Africa)
AffiliationUniversity of South Africa Foundation for Education with Production (Gaborone, Botswana) Botswana National Front
Profession or occupationEducators Social reformers
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Found inHis 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)
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')