LC control no. | n 84042904 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Van Rensburg, Patrick |
Variant(s) | Rensburg, Patrick van فان رنزبرج، باتريك |
Associated country | Botswana |
Located | South Africa |
Birth date | 1931-12-03 |
Death date | 2017 |
Place of birth | Durban (South Africa) |
Affiliation | University of South Africa Foundation for Education with Production (Gaborone, Botswana) Botswana National Front |
Profession or occupation | Educators Social reformers |
Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
Found in | 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) 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') |