The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has welcomed the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) decision not to press ahead with a media tribunal, as it now becomes clear that the party’s push for reform in the media will not see...
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In Zambia, the range of communities and groups that have a voice in the public sphere is restricted. The Zambian PEN Centre, ZAMPEN, since its foundation in 2004, has promoted the development of young voices and their ability to fully...
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See English translation below. PRETORIA PEN (Geherkonstitueer) Mediamededeling Vir onmiddellike vrystelling Navrae: Fanie Olivier (Pretoria PEN) 082 613 1488 Kerneels Breytenbach (Afrikaanse Skrywersunie) 082 712 5694 ‘n PEN-sentrum vir Afrikaans Die ideaal van ‘n Afrikaanse PEN-sentrum word eersdaags bewaarheid wanneer...
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Yesterday’s release by the reconstituted Pretoria PEN is heartedly welcomed by the South African Centre of International PEN. Vice President of SA PEN, one of International Press Institute’s 63 World Press Freedom Heroes, Raymond Louw, originally argued for “Pretoria PEN”...
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South African PEN, whose members are writers, editors, poets and others associated with literary work, deplores the sudden refusal of the National Arts Council to provide core funding for the important book festival, WordFest, in Grahamstown after having done so...
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