Spread the word for Mandela Month

The Independent on Saturday has once again put its weight behind a project it is passionate about, assisting the Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit booksellers by collecting books for their vendors for Mandela month.

The paper helped the project collect books last year for Mandela Month. Churches and partner organisations around the city collected books for the project – almost doubling their goal of 10 052 books which was one for every day Madiba spent in prison.   

We would like to help top up the book stock again this year so we are calling on readers and supporters to donate fabulous, quality, good-condition books to the project over the next few weeks. Of special interest are best sellers, good novels, children’s books and self-help books. 

The Denis Hurley Centre is a proactive NGO based in Durban which cares for the city’s poor and marginalised. One of their flagship entrepreneurship projects is Street Lit. The much-loved, feel-good, Durban-based entrepreneurship programme enables a team of homeless and formerly homeless men and women to earn a modest living, have a renewed life-purpose, and to encourage and enable people to read more affordable books. 

They are always looking for places to sell their fabulous books. If you have a safe, legal, busy, public place for one of the vendors to sell books, please let them know.

Books can be dropped off at various drop off points over the next month. Alternatively if you have a large collection of books, call Frank Chemaly on 083 230 5629 and he will try to arrange a pick up.

CENTRAL:

• Marketing Department, Independent Newspapers, Greyville
• St John Ambulance and Eye Care – 129 KE Masinga / Old Fort Rd on Mon, Wed and Fri mornings from 8.30am until 11am.   

BEREA:

• Musgrave Methodist Church, 237 Musgrave Rd / Enter through St Thomas Rd – mornings only

NORTH:

• St Michael Church, Umhlanga, Ridge View Rd – mornings only 

OUTER WEST:

• Décor Art, Botha’s Hill - with Angie in the decor shop downstairs

Find the book vendors who bring this fabulous project to life: China Shabalala at City View; Comfort Ngubane selling CDs / DVDs at Glenwood Village Centre; Alvin Dube and China Shabalala at La Lucia Mall; Qhawe Mbatha at Bridge City; Sbusiso Mnguni at Ballito Lifestyle Cente, by the gallery; Donel Tanbeni at the KZNSA Gallery; David Sithole outside municipal satellite container library alongside Workshop; David Jones at Berea Centre; Bulelo Sigabi at Davenport Square, Eric Badise and Andiswa Shangase at Durban Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre; Richard Nzima and Khanyisile Cele at Pick n Pay Hyper by the Sea; Vusi Meyiwa at Bluff Towers; Xolani Gamede at Umlazi Mega City; Anele Nyembezi around the taxi ranks and Mongezi Mtolo at DHC.  Look out for their bright lime green branding.

For more info: Illa 083 326 3434 / books@denishurleycentre.org / or call the centre on 031 301 2240