“Reward of up to R5 000.

The author is offering a reward of up to R5000 (five thousand rands) to anyone supplying information which leads to the arrest and/or conviction of a company, business, institution or private person for infringement of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 and subsequent amendments regarding these books or any of his other publications.

The Act makes provision for a fine of up to R10 000, or 5 years imprisonment or Both for Each title of a book of which illegal copied are made. Copies include, among others, the making of Photocopies.

To report any contraventions of this Act and to become eligible for a reward, please contact one of the following people :-

1. Leon Smit – Tel. (021) 4474646 Fax: 021 447 4633 Cell: 083 658 4759 or write to him at P.O. Box 720, Howard Place, 7450.

2. Gerard Robinson of the : Dramatic, Artistic & Literary Rights Organisation (Pty) Ltd,on: Tel (011) 403-6635 or (o11) 489-5000 Fax: (011) 403-9094 or write to him at P.O. Box 31627, Braamfontein, 2017. Email: dalro@dalro.co.za. SAMRO House, 73 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

You may also contact the above to obtain the licensing rights to certain section of the publication. Reports regarding the contravention of the above Act concerning any other titles of other publishers or authors will be appreciated and may also be reported to any of the above-mentioned people.

All information will be kept strictly confidential.“

This notice appears in a number of school text books in South Africa.

It is a very novel behaviour for South Africa, not something which we are used to experiencing.

Should South Africans welcome this development?

Is it appropriate that publishers invoke author’s names in their punitive schemes?

Is it appropriate that textbooks paid for by taxpayers should bear commercial notices?

Do South Africans want their children to buy in to a culture of mutual surveillance?