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Top 22 Educational publishers based in South Africa

Name: Educational publishers based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 57 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 57 educational publishers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,504 professional contacts across them, including 390 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers educational publishers headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 22 largest educational publishers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 57 educational publishers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to educational publishers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	VAN Schaik Bookstore	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	378 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With more than 70 stores throughout Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, we have more than 100-years experience in supplying academic books to students…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Optimi Learning	Indirect evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	224 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are committed to making learning more accessible, supporting every step of your learning journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Macmillan Education South Africa	Partial evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	180 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shaping the future of our education together is what we at Macmillan South Africa pride ourselves on.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Maskew Miller Learning	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	135 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Maskew Miller Learning, we aspire to be the leading provider of innovative, trusted and quality educational content and resources that enable meaningful, measurable progress in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Impaq Education	Indirect evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Impaq’s journey began in 2002 when we realised that homeschooling learners and parents needed a solution to help them study at home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Vivlia Publishers & Booksellers	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vivlia Publishers & Booksellers has established itself as one of the leading contributors to the promotion of literacy in South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	PAN Macmillan South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pan Macmillan South Africa is a publishing company based out of South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	VIA Afrika	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Via Afrika publishes a comprehensive range of educational materials for schools, TVET Colleges and Adult Education and Training in South Africa and Botswana in printed and digital…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	VAN Schaik Publishers	Partial evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Van Schaik Publishers strives to develop material that is accessible, affordable and African - in line with the requirements of our local conditions, local students and local…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Nb-Uitgewers Publishers	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NB Publishers is the largest local publishing company in South Africa with seven main imprints, including Human & Rousseau, Tafelberg, Queillerie, Kwela, Best Books, Melinda…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Cambridge University Press South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cambridge University Press South Africa is where local curriculum, teaching and learning synergise to produce approved, trusted and relevant learning resources for sub-Saharan…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Wize Books	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wize Books – The BEST Academic Bookshop under the South African sun!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Dlonra Publishing	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DLonra is a Cape Town, South African, based textbook publisher and manufacturer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Lingua Franca Publishers	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lingua Franca Publishers is an innovative publishing house dedicated to producing high-quality, culturally diverse publications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	The English Experience	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2009, English Experience is an independent South African publishing house that specialises in developing high-quality English and Life Orientation educational resources…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Marumo Publishing	Strong evidence	Centurion, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Marumo Publishing is an educational publisher that is fully committed to the educational upliftment of all South African Communities (Black, White, Indian, Coloured), in in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Stronghold Publishing CC	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Design, illustration and typesetting specialists for Mathematics and Science Printed material: books, posters, flashcards, worksheets Digital material: online learning resources…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Depicta PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Depicta designs, manufactures, and distributes educational resources to thousands of schools and teachers around South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Smart Culture Education	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Smart Education Solutions is a leading educational company dedicated to developing high-quality educational content and providing comprehensive e-learning solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Knowledge Thirst Media	Partial evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are not simply in the business of selling books, we want to understand your specific needs and make sure that we are able to match those needs with the correct educational…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Pitso Publications	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Pitso Publications, we are revolutionising the publishing industry through the power of artificial intelligence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Hybrid Learning Solutions PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Tygervalley, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: educational publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names educational publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of educational publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name educational publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Educational publishers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

25.9%Verified-email coverage

26.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

22.8%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 57 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among educational publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “educational publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names educational publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among educational publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 390 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names educational publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many educational publishers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 57 educational publishers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

VAN Schaik Bookstore, headquartered in Durbanville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most educational publishers?

Cape Town leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (13) and Pretoria (7).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 390 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 57 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.