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Library and Bookshops
Philippolis Library - renovated national monument
Fontein’s Secondhand Bookshop
(also at Oom Japie se Huis)
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Cellphone 082 600 0020
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Telephone 051 773 0050 Fax 052
773 0036
Laurens van der Post Memorial Centre
Labyrinth at Memorial
This centre is the first tourist attraction for tourists
entering the town from the north. It commemorates this famous
son of Philippolis, born in the Van der Post house, which is one
of the town’s many national monuments, in Colin Fraser
Street.The memorial gardens have been designed on the theme “A
Journey Through Life” and a recent addition has been a stylised
labyrinth and amphitheatre. The centre itself includes the
writer’s study, which was moved from London to South Africa with
its 1600 books, the writer’s desk and other furniture and
photographs. The centre was opened in 1998, less than two years
after the writer’s death, by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The
main building and some of the land was donated by members of the
Philippolis community while sponsorship funding was contributed
by Lucia van der Post, the writer’s daughter, and the Van der
Post Memorial Trust. The centre includes a double-storey
Artist’s Retreat, a self-catering guesthouse.
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