PEN SA President Margie Orford made the following speech on 30 January 2017 at the Free Speech Debate at St Antony’s College at Oxford University with PEN International President Jennifer Clement. The event was chaired by Timothy Garton Ash. A...
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Dear Friends 2016 has been a turbulent year in South Africa and in the world. This has meant that PEN South Africa, like our sister PEN centres around the world, has been very busy. Do read here about all the...
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We are appalled by the events unfolding in Turkey. The banning of newspapers, the closure of publishers and the persecution of writers and journalists is a body blow to Turkey’s democracy and to its future. From our own history as...
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This is one in a series of articles responding to UCT’s decision to rescind an invitation to Danish journalist and writer, Flemming Rose, to give the TB Davie lecture on Academic Freedom. PEN SA President Margie Orford spoke about the...
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The responses received by PEN SA are linked at the bottom of the page The University of Cape Town’s annual TB Davie Lecture on Academic Freedom was scheduled for this month. The lecture is not taking place because the invitation...
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