Dr Stella Nyanzi, prominent Ugandan academic, feminist and LGBTI+ campaigner, was arrested for speaking her mind. In April last year, she was detained by Ugandan authorities for a post on Facebook that called Yoweri Museveni – the President of Uganda...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Max du Preez, who will be awarded an honourary doctorate as part of Stellenbosch University’s centennial celebrations this March. Other honourees include Patrice Motsepe‚ Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, the founder of Gift of the Givers‚ Dr Imtiaz...
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Deadline: 16 March 2018 Type/Cast Literary Journal is open for submissions from 26 February to 16 March 2018. Koleka Putuma will comes on board as the magazine’s guest editor for this issue. They are looking for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The...
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In Hardly Working: A Travel Memoir of Sorts, Zukiswa Wanner sets off on an adventure-filled road trip with her partner and son. Travelling through six borders, on busses and on the backs of trucks, Wanner celebrates the 10 years since...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Anton Krueger and co-author Prof. Megan Lewis for being awarded the Hiddingh-Currie Award for 2017. Their book, Three decades of making space: Magnet Theatre, was given the prize by UNISA Press as a recognition of...
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