Press Releases
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.
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
Cape Town Press Club stands in solidarity with Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand after police shut down panel discussion.
Cape Town Press Club Adds Its Voice to Call for Freedom of Jailed Reuters Journalists
The Cape Town Press Club condemns in the strongest possible terms the seven-year-jail sentences handed down on Monday by a Myanmar court on Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28.
Cape Town Press Club Once Again Has to Set the Record Straight
Club sets the record straight once again as previous co-chair tilts at windmills in the Cape Times.
Cape Town Press Club’s response to recent Cape Times’ reports and social media comments
The Cape Town Press Club Committee has noted a handful of false, inaccurate and misleading remarks made on social media, some of which were regurgitated verbatim by the Cape Times nonetheless.
Setting the Record Straight
Our response to the Cape Times and statements made on social media:
Upcoming Events
Ann Bernstein on “Ten Million and Rising – Unemployment in SA”
Tony Heard on SA’s future under Ramaphosa
Past Events
Andrew Feinstein on anti-corruption in SA
John Matisonn – Cyril’s Choices – Lessons from 25 Years of Freedom
Solly Mapaila of the SACP discusses President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address
Gwen Ngwenya on the DA’s policy priorities
Mmusi Maimane on “Crucial reforms needed for SA to prosper”
Tony Leon – an outlook on SA going forward
Stormers Coach John Dobson – How we won the World Cup, rugby transformation and the way forward
Julia Albu Addresses The Cape Town Press Club
Adriaan Basson on Corruption at Bosasa and the role of Gavin Watson
Ronnie Kasrils on “What made a young white boy give up privilege to take up arms…”
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