PEN SA extends a warm welcome to Sisonke Msimang, who has been co-opted onto its Board. Msimang was asked to share what motivated her to agree to take on this assignment, what she hopes to accomplish during her tenure as...
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PEN SA bids a fond farewell to Mandla Langa, who for three years ably served as PEN SA Executive Vice-President, and warmly welcomes his successor Yewande Omotoso. Omotoso was asked to provide us with a few insights into her motivation...
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The Women’s Manifesto was tabled and unanimously passed at the PEN International Congress on 21 September 2017 in Lviv, Ukraine. Margie Orford, former PEN SA President and current PEN SA and PEN International Board Member, was on the Advisory Committee...
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A new report by PEN has found that many governments in Africa retain criminal defamation laws that make it a crime to say, write or publish anything that they consider defamatory or insulting. The result is a restriction of freedom...
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By Raymond Louw, PEN SA Vice-President This opinion piece was originally published by Business Day. It reflects on the findings of a PEN report entitled Stifling Dissent Impeding Accountability Criminal Defamation Laws in Africa that was launched today, which looks...
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