PEN South Africa, one of the two South African affiliates of the international institution composed of writers, poets, editors and journalists, who promote literature and freedom of expression, is outraged at the summary dismissal of eight journalists by the SA...
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When the Copyright Amendment Bill was tabled last year, both PEN SA and PEN Afrikaans submitted comments (read PEN SA’s statement here) and informed their members, consisting of writers, publishers, translators, editors and journalists, of the possible detrimental effects the...
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Statement from the Southern Africa Litigation Centre: 12 July, 2016 The undersigned organisations condemn the increasing acts of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Lesotho, exemplified by the recent attack against the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper and the...
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PEN SA member Michele Magwood is the Contributing Books Editor of the Sunday Times and convener of the Sunday Times Literary Awards. The winners of the awards were announced on Saturday with The Barry Ronge Fiction Prize going to Nkosinathi...
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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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