Throughout her illustrious career as a journalist, author and activist, Zubeida Jaffer has never shied away from standing up against systems that do not serve the greater good. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and Rhodes...
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Written by Nadia Krige | Featured image by Andrea Stalbom Educational institutions without libraries, these days especially – as hubs offering access to essential internet services for research purposes – are almost unthinkable. This was however until recent years the...
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In celebration of Women’s Day, PEN SA is proud to profile three of South Africa’s most vibrant women publishers. Alison Lowry, Thabiso Mahlape and Zukiswa Wanner have each made a unique and valuable contribution to the local publishing industry. In...
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PEN SA notes with sadness the closure of South African literary journal, Prufrock. Started five years ago by a group of four young writers – Helen Sullivan, James King, Anneke Rautenbach and Nick Mulgrew – the journal has consistently published...
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Bookshops are magical things, aren’t they? Possibly the closest thing to stepping into the centre of a multiverse where the portals to ten thousand realms beckon you to explore. Independent bookstores hold a particular kind of charm, often becoming the...
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