The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has published the draft Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill for comments before 1 December 2016. PEN South Africa will be making a submission on the draft...
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PEN SA invites you to respond to the current state capture crisis and the multitude of other issues facing South Africa at the moment in the form of short essays, fiction or poetry. We ask you, as writers and artists,...
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PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and PEN International recently welcomed the opportunity provided by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) to comment on the climate of human rights in South Africa. OHCHR facilitates the United Nations...
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The 82nd PEN International Congress was held in Galicia, Spain from 26 September to 2 October 2016. During the Congress, 21 Resolutions were proposed and adopted by the delegates. PEN SA President Margie Orford attended and wrote about the 82nd...
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Deadline: 9 January 2017 Jalada and Transition magazine are calling for submissions on the theme of fear for their June 2017 collaborative issue: “Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause...
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