Press Releases
Cape Town Press Club elects new committee
The Cape Town Press Club is excited to announce their newly elected 2019 committee.
Cape Town Press Club mourns the death of Nigel Murphy
Nigel Murphy, a founding member of the Cape Town Press Club and who served as its chairman in the early 1990s, died at his Kenilworth, Cape Town, home this morning, 4 June 2019. He was 82.
The Cape Town Press Club mourns the tragic and untimely passing of Anton Steenkamp
The Cape Town Press Club mourns the tragic and untimely passing of Anton Steenkamp, well known Labour Court Judge. Anton was on a long-planned tour of Africa with his wife when he was bitten by a black mamba on Monday, which proved fatal.
Cape Town Press Club mourns the death of Brendan Boyle
Journalist Brendan Boyle, a former chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, has died in Cape Town after a long struggle with cancer.
Detention by Tanzanian authorities of the South African journalist Angela Quintal and her Kenyan colleague Muthoki Mumo
The Cape Town Press Club condemns in the strongest terms the detention by Tanzanian authorities of the South African journalist Angela Quintal and her Kenyan colleague Muthoki Mumo on Wednesday evening.
Keep up international pressure to solve disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
International pressure must be kept up on on the United States, of which Khashoggi is a citizen, and on the governments of Turkey and Saudi Arabia to solve the mystery of Kashoggi’s disappearance.
The Cape Town Press Club appalled by life sentences without parole for Turkish journalists
This week, an Istanbul court of appeals upheld the life sentences without parole handed down to four journalists in February this year. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which regularly conducts prison censuses, Turkey remains the world’s leading jailer of journalists with 73 currently behind bars.
SABC must save jobs but not bow to political interference
The Cape Town Press Club appeals to the board to do everything in its power to rescue the SABC without axing journalists.
Upcoming Events
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Songezo Zibi on solutions to the challenges facing the country
Magda Wierzycka on life lessons and business principles
Herman Mashaba of ActionSA on our economic crisis
Michela Wrong on “What it’s been like reporting on Kagame’s Rwanda”
Raymond Joseph on SA’s Dodgy Lottery
Karyn Maughan on the Zuma administration’s secret dealings with Russia
Her Excellency Liubov Abravitova Ukrainian Ambassador to South Africa
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis reflects on first 100 Days in Office
Malcolm Ray on why capitalism has triumphed in the West and failed in Africa
A new beginning? Africa policy of the new German government – Ambassador Andreas Peschke
French Ambassador Aurélien Lechevallier on the French Presidency of the European Union and its relationship with Africa
Barry Streek Memorial Lecture by Gwen Lister on the complicated relationship between journalism and activism
Deon Wiggett – Hunting Down a Serial Paedophile
Join Wayne Sussman for a Tour Through the 2021 Local Government Elections
In The News
How will SA be affected if a nuclear war broke out in Europe? This simulation thinks it has the answer
...Press Club last week Ukraine's ambassador to SA Liubov Abravitova said Putin had threatened the world with a nuclear war and had decided on behalf of Russians that their future would be one of isolation and ...Read original article
Hundreds of South Africans Eager to Join Fight Against Russian Invasion – Ukraine’s Ambassador to SA
...Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova told the Cape Town Press Club on Friday that anyone who wanted to join Ukraine's fight against Russia was welcome. She added that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's...Read original article
Daily Brief: Hundreds of South Africans ‘eager to join fight against Russian invasion’
...President Volodymyr Zelensky is establishing for volunteers who wish to help Ukraine fight the Russian invaders. Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova told the Cape Town Press Club on Friday that ...Read original article
Ukraine ambassador quizzes Ramaphosa on whether Nelson Mandela would’ve sat idly by
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Hundreds of South Africans eager to join fight against Russian invasion – Ukraines ambassador to SA
...Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova told the Cape Town Press Club on Friday that anyone who wanted to join Ukraine's fight against Russia was welcome. She added that Ukraine President ...Read original article
Ukraines Zelenskyy says Kyiv will be reduced to rubble if Russia tries to take city
...Press Club Abravitova said Moscow's history of helping the southern African country fight against the apartheid regime is emerging as an excuse to ignore the monstrosities afoot in Kyiv. Noting the current state of affairs ...Read original article
BRICS countries could end Russia-Ukraine war according to expert
...earlier reported that Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova has questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa over one of the continent's biggest economy's responses to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Speaking at the Cape Town...Read original article
President Cyril Ramaphosa gets Pfizer vaccine booster shot, SA shades him mercilessly
...and speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. But Ukraine's ambassador to SA Liubov Abravitova questioned Ramaphosa over whether the country has had an active response to the conflict. Speaking at the Cape Town Press...Read original article