Dear friends It is with great pleasure that I write to you to say goodbye and to welcome Nadia Davids as PEN South Africa’s newly elected president. She is taking up this position at a critical political and moral moment...
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In September last year, 60 independent publishers from around the world met in Cape Town, South Africa, for the closing of the International Assembly of Independent Publishers held under the umbrella of UNESCO. The report from the assembly includes Jacana...
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The following speech was given by PEN South Africa Vice President Raymond Louw on 30 June 2015 at a ceremony at the University of the Witwatersrand where he was bestowed with an honorary Doctorate of Literature for his “unstinting service...
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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has refused to sign into law the contested Protection of State Information Bill, an official secrets class of legislation which was dubbed the “Secrecy Bill’’ and which was vigorously opposed by the media and civil...
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by Dr. Raymond Louw, Vice President of SA PEN, 30/04/2013 After five years of debate, South Africa’s Protection of State Information Bill, or secrecy bill as it was dubbed, the legislation passed through the final stage of the Parliamentary process...
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