No little thorn in the flesh or irritating fly in the ointment, Zapiro just cannot be ignored. It’s been one helluva year. We’ve held our breath thinking Zuma may resign. We’ve seen Juju re-booted and Zille tweeted out. Racial tensions...
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We are pleased to announce that PEN South Africa will be presenting two events at this year’s Open Book Festival, which is being held from 6 – 10 September. Join us at the following two events: Women’s Manifesto and The...
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Zapiro comes of age in this 21st annual. Zuma once again takes centre stage for all the wrong reasons along with his cronies the Guptas and his nemesis Malema. It’s the year of the hashtag. #RhodesMustFall begat #FeesMustFall, also #Racism/#Sexism...
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Photograph of Zapiro by Gareth Smit, courtesy of Aerodrome Congratulations to PEN SA member Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro) who has been awarded Sweden’s 2016 EWK-Prize. The prize is named after political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson and is given out by the...
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Image courtesy of Gado 18 March 2016 News that Kenyan cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa (known as Gado) has been dismissed from the Nation Media Group’s Daily Nation, allegedly due to political pressure, is deeply concerning, PEN International, PEN Kenya, PEN South...
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