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| Abbreviation | CTPC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1975 |
| Type | Press club |
| Location | |
Chairpersons | Brent Meersman Twanji Kalula |
Secretary | Lalage Maurer |
| Website | capetownpc |
The Cape Town Press Club is the oldest press club in South Africa. Founded in 1975 as a voluntary association of journalists, it has since become a non-profit organisation supporting freedom of the press. It is based in Cape Town, South Africa and hosts public and private gatherings with invited speakers from public life.
The Press Club is a popular venue for speeches by South African politicians and also for speeches by prominent figures in academia and business. It has hosted all five post-apartheid South African presidents.[1] Foreign visitors have included Dick Clark in 1977,[2] David Aubrey Scott in 1977,[3] Jesse Jackson in 1990,[4] David Blunkett in 2008,[5] and Annie Lennox in 2013.[6] Since 2007 the Press Club has held the Barry Streek Memorial Lecture on an annual basis.
- ^ "History and list of speakers". Cape Town Press Club. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Anthony (10 January 1977). "Carter's Agenda: Africa II". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Sanders, James (2012). South Africa and the International Media, 1972-1979. Routledge. p. 20. doi:10.4324/9780203045039. ISBN 978-1-136-32720-9.
- ^ "South Africa's New Era; The Lincoln Touch". The New York Times. 13 February 1990. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Revealed: David Blunkett finds love again with a divorced GP who has two children". Evening Standard. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Lennox calls on SA to fight gender-based violence". The Mail & Guardian. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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