PEN South Africa has expressed a strong protest at the suspension of three senior South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists apparently for protesting at a news conference at an order prohibiting them from covering a Right2Know protest outside the SABC...
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The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently proposed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament by September, according to the Cape Argus. Gadeeja Abbas writes that as...
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Photograph of PAN and TLRC meeting members courtesy of PEN International By Raymond Louw, PEN SA Vice-President The PAN meeting was held in advance of a meeting by the PEN International Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee under the title: In...
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Photograph: Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke speaking at the ‘Raising key issues for transforming children’s literacy and literature’ dialogue, January 2016. This year PEN SA and the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South...
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3 May 2016 PEN SA would like to note the following in addition to the below statement: “One bright spot in the media picture in Southern Africa is the announcement by the ruling African National Congress in South Africa that...
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