Independent Newspapers has once again put its weight behind
assisting the Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit booksellers by collecting books
for their vendors for Mandela month.
The editor wants to help top up the book stock again this year so are calling on staff, 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 and self-help books.
Books can be dropped off at various drop off points over the next month:
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
Street Lit 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 which helps a team of homeless and formerly homeless rehabilitated men and women earn a basic income from selling good second-hand donated books at venues around town.
We are looking for places to sell our fabulous books. If you have a safe, legal, busy, public place for one of our vendors to sell books, please let us know! Also – if you have fabulous second-hand books to donate– we would love to hear from you!
We work out of St John Ambulance and Eye Care in 129 KE Masinga Rd / Old Fort Rd and we are there Mon, Wed and Fridays from 08h00 until 10h00. Feel free to drop them off with us then. If you phone ahead, we can be there to help you unload – 083 326 3234.
You will find the book vendors:
China Shabalala – City View;
Comfort Ngubane selling CDs / DVDs at Glenwood Village
Centre;
Alvin Dube / China Shabalala - La Lucia Mall;
Qhawe Mbatha – Bridge City;
Sbusiso Mnguni - Ballito Life and Style, by the gallery;
Donel Tanbeni at the KZNSA Gallery;
David Sithole – outside municipal satellite container
library alongside Workshop;
David Jones – Berea Centre;
Bulelo Sigabi – Davenport Square,
Eric Badise – Durban Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre;
Richard Nzima & Khanyisile Cele – Pick n Pay Hyper by
the Sea;
Vusi Meyiwa – Bluff Towers;
Xolani Gamede – Umlazi Mega City;
Anele Nyembezi around the taxi ranks;
Mongezi Mtolo at DHC.
Look out for our
bright lime green branding!