Established in 1976 for free speech
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The Cape Town Press Club is the oldest press club in South Africa and we draw our membership from professionals who work in the media in Cape Town.
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Judge Nathan Erasmus @ The Forum, V & A Hotel Wednesday, September 08, 2010 Judge Nathan Erasmus will address the Cape Town Press Club on the 100th anniversary of NICRO and will speak about the South African judicial system. |
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David James Smith's Young Mandela - Book Launch - Cocktail Party Friday, September 10, 2010 He has been mythologised as a flawless hero of the liberation struggle. But how exactly did Nelson Mandela’s early personal and political life shape the triumphs to come? In “Young Mandela” David James Smith has written a book which has been lauded for going behind the myth to find the man who people have forgotten or never knew. Smith believes he has found much that is new, much that is surprising and much that is shocking. |
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Pieter-Dirk Uys - F.A.K. Songs & other Struggle Anthems @ The Fugard Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Cape Town is in for a treat as Pieter-Dirk Uys bring his "F.A.K. Songs & other Struggle Anthems" to the Fugard Theatre. Uys will star as Bambi Kellermann in a cabaret laced with song and sketch. |
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Ronnie Kasrils @ The Wild Fig Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Former Intelligence Minister and MK commander Ronnie Kasrils has just published a book "The Unlikely Secret Agent" about his late wife and fellow actvist Eleanor who escaped from police custody in 1963. He will speak of her courage and skill as an undercover agent of the ANC and link those times of apartheid tyranny with some of the challenges, and dangers, South Africa faces today, with particular reference to the freedom of the press and the constritutional liberties he and his wife fought for. Title: "Deepen our Democracy - Do not gag it!". |
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Janet Heard @ The Tavola Restaurant, Claremont Thursday, September 30, 2010 Janet Heard has just been appointed associate editor, head of news, at the Cape Times after spending a year as a Nieman Fellow in the US. She will address the press club on a number of issues: the fight for quality journalism in the new media era, her return to South Africa in the afterglow of the World Cup and the ANC's moves to clampdown on press freedom. |
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Chris Whitfield @ V & A Forum Thursday, August 19, 2010 Chris Whitfield is the editor-in-chief of Independent Newspapers Cape. Whitfield will be a guest of the club to speak about recent developments in the South African media, including the so-called “Brown Envelope” revelations and the State's assault on the media. |
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Elias Masilela @ The Wild Fig Monday, July 26, 2010 Elias Masilela heads up the South African Savings Institute. His speach will dovetail with the beginning of South African Savings Month as we seek answers from him about the tough economical conditions, high unemployment and more retrenchments. |
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Regan Thaw @ The Wild Fig Tuesday, July 06, 2010 Senior Eyewitness news reporter Regan Thaw will address the Cape Town Press Club on freedom of the media. |
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Cocktails with the Premier, Helen Zille - Cape Town After 2010 Friday, June 25, 2010 The Cape Town Press Club has the pleasure of inviting both local and international media present in Cape Town for the 2010 FIFA World CupT and members to join us for wine and cocktails with Helen Zille. |
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Ferial Haffajee @ The Grill Room Thursday, June 24, 2010 Ferial Haffajee is editor-in-chief of City Press, having previously held the same position at the Mail & Guardian. She will be talking on media in South Africa. |
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Professor Botman, Rector of Stellenbosch University @ The Wild Fig, Observatory Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Professor Botman will be speaking to the Cape Town Press Club on "The Role of Afrikaans within education and society at large". He will be discussing the current debates on language policy at the university, the challenges it faces and how it plans to overcome these in the years to come. |
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Anthony Altbeker @ V & A Forum Thursday, June 03, 2010 Award-winning author, Anthony Altbeker, has penned an account of one of the most sensational and controversial murder trials in South African legal history. In "Fruit of a Poisoned Tree - A True Story of Murder and the Miscarriage of Justice" - Altbeker investigates the murder of student, Inge Lotz. |
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Jenny Cargill @ The Wild Fig Wednesday, June 02, 2010 The politically sensitive arena of black economic empowerment - thought to be an antidote to apartheid but failed in transforming the economy of South Africa - has been brought under the spotlight by anti-apartheid activist and industry thought leader Jenny Cargill. |
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Mokena Makeka, architect responsible for Cape Town Station revamp @ Ginja (old Relish site) Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Mokena Makeka, 33, is the brains behind the redesign of Cape Town Station for the new public transport system. He founded his own business mere months after completing his studies and believes "great architecture and design is a human right" |
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Jacob Dlamini, Author of Native Nostalgia @ Camil's Restaurant Thursday, May 20, 2010 Jacob Dlamini has made a name for himself as a writer by challenging the comforting fictions that South Africans often tell themselves about their history. In Native Nostalgia he examines what it means for black South Africans to remember their lives under apartheid with fondness. |
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