Press freedom under threat – report from South African cartoonist Zapiro

13 October 2016 08:30-09:30Swedish Institute

Meet Zapiro

The Swedish Institute proudly presents Jonathan Shapiro, the South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and who has been widely exhibited internationally. Mr Shapiro is visiting Sweden to receive the 2016 EWK Prize awarded by the Museum of Work in Norrköping. Marika Griehsel, filmmaker and journalist based in both South Africa and Sweden, will provide an introduction and discuss press freedom and the situation for cartoonists in South Africa and the region

Swedish Institute

Slottsbacken 10, 111 30 Stockholm, Sweden

All you need to know

The seminar is free of charge with a limited number of seats. Please forward the event to other persons in your network who you think may be interested in this event.

#Free Speech is a series of seminars arranged by the Swedish Institute to highlight the 250th anniversary of the Swedish Press Act, the world's first law enshrining freedom of the press.

Marika Griehsel

Jonathan Shapiro

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