PEN SA recently attended a panel discussion on the Prevention and Combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, which was co-hosted by the UCT Student Representative Council (SRC) and the South African Liaison Office (SALO) and featured as the… Globalization has increasingly diminished geographical distances and stimulated the growth of networks, which has in turn promoted the subsantial expansion of the freelance economy. In South Africa, the dearth of job security within the formal sector has encouraged many media… Impepho, reputedly one of the earliest herbs used by African healers, is a powerful indigenous medicine renowned for clearing spiritual pathways. When vangile gantsho, Sarah Godsell and Tanya Pretorius joined forces to tell Pan African feminist stories, ‘impepho press’ was… By Rowan Morar & Nokukhanya Mncwabe South Africa’s national elections are looming: is the public receiving sufficient and appropriately robust investigative journalism on the basis of which to make informed decisions? Investigation in the 21st Century The internet has placed… By Rowan Morar & Nokukhanya Mncwabe South Africa’s constitutional dispensation designates 21 March Human Rights Day, a national holiday which serves to commemorate those slain and injured during the Sharpeville Protests of 1960, and which calls for the recollection of… 
Civil Society / 10 Apr 2019
PEN SA attends public dialogue on the Hate Speech Bill
Civil Society / 10 Apr 2019
The State of Freelancing in South Africa
Literature / 26 Mar 2019
impepho press: Holding Space for the Intersectional Feminist Voice of Africa
Civil Society / 20 Mar 2019
Investigating vs Reporting: The Reader’s Response
Civil Society / 20 Mar 2019
The Origin of Human Rights Day in South Africa
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