Penguin Random House South Africa wants to reiterate its complete support for a free, uncensored press in South Africa.
Any attempt to silence journalists should be exposed and prevented. For a society to flourish, it needs the open and free expression of ideas and debate within that society’s legal framework. The recent dismissals of the SABC8 is a matter of deep concern to us. We condemn it, declare our support for the journalists concerned and have donated to the support fund for the dismissed journalists.
As a publishing house, our whole world is dedicated to the communication of ideas, opinion and information, and we commit ourselves to a free press in South Africa as a basic principle of that.
Keep the press in South Africa uncensored.
For more information, contact Amanda van Rhyn, avanrhyn@penguinrandomhouse.co.za / 011 327 3550.