OUP SA scoops 2010 Educational Publisher of the Year and Academic Publisher of the Year (Sefika) Awards

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OUP SA scoops 2010 Educational Publisher of the Year and Academic Publisher of the Year (Sefika) Awards

Oxford University Press Southern Africa last night won two prestigious awards – Educational Publisher of the Year and Academic Publisher of the Year at the 2010 Annual Sefika Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg.

“The Oxford team is delighted that our focus on raising the bar in the service we offer our booksellers is recognized by booksellers. We appreciate the recognition and it serves as motivation for us to do even better!” said Oxford SA MD Lieze Kotzé.

Voted for by booksellers in recognition of overall excellence in the Academic, Education and Trade fields, the criteria used by booksellers in the selection process include the following:

Outstanding levels of customer service
Outstanding turnaround times for book delivery
Superior relationships and communication from the sales team to booksellers
Reaching out and supporting booksellers with publicity and launches

The Sefika Award is an industry vote by booksellers, and aims to honour organisations that have made significant contributions to the publishing and bookselling industries in South Africa.

“We aim to add value at every step of providing educational textbooks to South African learners, students, teachers and lecturers – whether this is through our publishers who commission curriculum-compliant material or our sales people or our back office staff in Customer Services and Warehouse. These awards prove that we have been able to do just that,” said Kotzé.

It is the third time in five years that Oxford has won the Academic Publisher of the Year award. In 2009, Oxford also won the Publisher of the Year Award.

About Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd

OUPSA is the South African company 74.9% owned by Oxford University Press in Oxford, England. OUPSA is an educational publisher of textbooks, has more than 1,500 locally published books for learners and students in 11 languages, written by more than 700 South African authors.

For more information on Oxford University Press Southern Africa please visit: www.oxford.co.za

About Oxford University Press SA and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation

Oxford University Press and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation formed an innovative partnership in 2008 which pledges to promote leadership and scholarship in Africa that will benefit present and future generations.

The partnership entailed a 25.1% share transfer from Oxford University Press to The Mandela Rhodes Foundation. This partnership will see at least 18 scholars benefit from financial and educational support within the first five years. In the longer term, the partnership will build a permanent endowment to ensure that The Mandela Rhodes Scholarships continue into perpetuity.