Patrick van Rensburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Patrick van Rensburg

Botswana writer

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1931

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 23-May-2017

Profession: politician, diplomat, pedagogue, social pedagogue

Nationality: South Africa, Botswana

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Patrick van Rensburg (3 December 1931 - 23 May 2017) 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".