The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) is an organised outfit of 650 plus members – and counting – in South Africa, Africa and overseas. Within our ranks are upcoming and prominent authors who utilise your retail infrastructure to promote their works. NWASA was born on 25 May 2018 out of a need for […]
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Media Statement on Nancy Morejón
Poetry festival, le Marché de la Poési, has come under fire after canceling the honorary presidency of Nancy Morejón over the 40th edition of the festival. Nancy Morejón is an internationally recognized Afro-Cuban poet, academic, and translator. The decision to withdraw the honor has been considered politically motivated. Artists, activists, and writers’ organizations from across […]
NWASA joins the call by other Writers Organisations in Africa for the immediate cessation of war in Sudan. Read the full media statement as issued and written by our Secretary-General.
On the 28th of April, 2023, National Steering Committee (NSC) Member Prof. Keith Gottschalk received the National Order of Ikhamanga, in Silver, from the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the auspicious ceremony held at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House. Read the full media statement written by the Secretary-General.
The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) notes with deep concern the repressionmeted out to Tsitsi Dangarembga, including imprisonment, unjust prosecution and continuingrepression. We condemn this, even as we condemn the attempt to stifle the voices of writers such asHopewell Chin’ono, activists such as Jacob Ngarivhume and dozens of other ordinary Zimbabweans whoare exercising […]
History was made in South Africa on 20-21 March 2021 when the National Writers’ Association of South Africa (NWASA) was inaugurated. The conference coincided with the Human Rights commemoration month whereby writers in South Africa stamped a historic moment in the literary calendar of the continent and the diaspora.
The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Arts, Culture and Sports Mr. Nathi Mthethwa on 23 March 2021, of the suspension of the National Arts Council (NAC) officials implicated in the mismanagement of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) funds intended to provide relief to cultural workers as their livelihood was adversely impacted upon by the anti-COVID-19 economic lockdowns.
The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) note with concern and sadness recent media reports about the vandalising of Sol Plaatje’s grave at West End Cemetery, in Kimberly.
The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) is deeply concerned that, at a time when all around the world, millions have taken to the streets in the fight against racism, the 2020 Media24 literary awards reveal a distressing lack of diversity – in a country in which the majority of people are black.
The National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA) held their debut lekgotla over the weekend after they were elected during the inaugural conference held virtually on 20-21 March 2021 – when the country was celebrating the Human Rights Day.