Dear Friends, We hope this message finds you well. As we step down from our roles as President and Vice President, we are excited to welcome Bongani Kona as the new President of PEN SA. Kona has served as a...
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Dear Members of the PEN South Africa community, We hope this letter finds you all well. We have had several enquiries about how PEN South Africa has responded to Israel’s current siege of Gaza and we are writing to share...
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Thando Njovane chairs a discussion with Rešoketšwe Manenzhe and LaToya Watkins about their debut novels Scatterlings and Perish, respectively.
In the fourth episode of Season Two of The Empty Chair, science writer Leonie Joubert chairs a conversation highlighting the relationship between environmental journalism and social justice. Our guests are both award-winning journalists. Debra Utacia Krol is an enrolled member...
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It was with enormous sorrow that the board of PEN South Africa learned of the passing of South African activist, playwright and author, Ronnie Govender on the 29th April 2021. Throughout the Apartheid era, Ronnie Govender campaigned tirelessly for racial...
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