Patrick van Rensburg | |
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| Born | 3 December 1931 Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa |
| Died | 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".