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...
Read More
Photograph of PAN and TLRC meeting members courtesy of PEN International On 10 and 11 March, PEN’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) met in Johannesburg for its annual meeting, which was held at the University of the Witwatersrand following...
Read More
By Mark Heywood, based on a speech delivered to the PEN Africa Network (PAN) meeting held in Johannesburg, 9 March 2016. Published originally on Daily Maverick This week the sentencing of 17 writers, academics, artists and activists by a court...
Read More
Last year PEN SA member Thando Mgqolozana called for a decolonisation of South Africa’s literary scene (read Books LIVE’s article on it here). PEN SA Executive Vice-President Mandla Langa responded to Thando’s call in an article, writing that a better...
Read More
The UN Human Rights Committee have released their concluding observations on South Africa’s human-rights record following a review session held in Switzerland in early March. South Africa is being reviewed as it is one of the states that has ratified...
Read More