Our flagships

For English Pearson Education South Africa is a proud representative of the Longman dictionary range in South Africa, headed by the authoritative, up-to-date Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.

For Afrikaans Pearson Education South Africa is the proud publisher of the Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal, as well as an expanding range of new, authoritative Afrikaans dictionaries and language products.

Our profile

Pearson Dictionaries SA is a division of Pearson Education South Africa (PESA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Maskew Miller Longman Group (MML), the country's largest educational publisher.

Pearson Education publishes, sources and markets education, reference and lifestyle resources in both print and electronic form to promote personal and professional development for all ages and literacy levels.

Maskew Miller Longman

Maskew Miller was founded in South Africa in 1893. The company merged with Longman South Africa almost 100 years later and is today the largest and most successful educational publisher in Africa. MML's product range (incorporating PESA) extends from pre-school and home education to adult literacy, from primary and high school to technical and academic, and from corporate to individual management development. MML itself is the largest schools publisher in South Africa.

The Maskew Miller Longman Group is owned jointly by the CTP/Caxton Group and Pearson Education (a company in the Pearson plc group).

CTP/Caxton

CTP/Caxton publishes a number of newspapers and magazines and is one of the largest commercial printers in South Africa. It also manufactures a range of stationery products and produces packaging for a wide range of users.

Some of the CTP/Caxton businesses and titles include:

• Bona, Country Life, Farmer’s Weekly, Garden & Home, People, Rooi Rose, Your Family, and The Citizen newspaper.
• CTP printers

Pearson plc is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. Pearson helps children and adults to learn, business people to make good decisions, and readers to wind down or wise up with a good book.

The group consists of three major businesses:

• the Financial Times Group,
• the Penguin Group,
• Pearson Education.

Pearson Education

Pearson Education educates 100 million people worldwide and is the global leader in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help students learn at their own pace, in their own way. Pearson Education has the most widely trusted and respected programs in educational and professional publishing, and offers the most comprehensive range of educational programs, in all subjects, for every age and level of student, from pre-school to grade 12 through higher education and on into professional life.

Pearson Education imprints (all of which are distributed by Pearson Education South Africa) include:

• Adobe Press
• Addison-Wesley
• Allyn & Bacon
• Cisco Press
• Financial Times - Prentice Hall
• Longman
• New Riders
• Peachpit Press
• Prentice Hall
• PTR PH
• Que
• Sams