Mission accomplished as books pile up

Independent Newspapers has put its weight behind the month-long call-out to collect 10 052 quality second-hand books for the Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit booksellers – one for every day Madiba spent in prison. Staff and readers have collected more than 300 books.Churches and partner organisations around the city have been collecting books for the project. Books are still being dropped off, so the final tally is not available – however thus far 10 756 books have been collected – which means that the goal of 10 052 books has been exceeded.Pictured with some of the books donated…