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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David Smith from The Guardian has reported on the international condemnation of the ‘secrecy bill’: South Africa has received widespread international condemnation of its “secrecy bill” during a UN review of the country’s human rights record. The United States, Canada,...
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Peter Godwin, the Zimbabwean-born new President of American PEN, paid a fleeting visit to South Africa for a day or so in March and was entertained at dinner by a few Johannesburg members at the Johannesburg Country Club. SA PEN...
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The controversial ‘Secrecy Bill’ continues its beleaguered passage through the legislature. There have been some amendments, in the face of national and international protest against this unconstitutional piece of legislation. For an excellent analysis of why these changes are not...
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Simon Machabeus is the second of three brothers. He dives – for oysters, to spearfish, and for the calm and horror of the underwater world. Eli is the youngest brother. He is the chronicler of the family; he reads, and...
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