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...
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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...
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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...
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By PEN SA Board Member Mike van Graan, originally published on his blog, mikevangraan.wordpress.com on 4 March 2016 Read Part One here Read Part Two here Beyond “decolonization”: towards an emancipatory discourse and practice Our social media and public discourse...
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By Margie Orford, written for Issue 3 2016 of the newsletter to the PEN SA membership PEN South Africa has been watching the unfolding scene at our universities with rising alarm at the polarisation of debate around transformation and race...
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