The V&A Waterfront has cancelled the Cape Town leg of Pieter-Louis Myburgh's book launch for Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of Capture at its Exclusive Books branch.
Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of CaptureInstead, the launch will now take place at the Primedia auditorium in De Waterkant.
The cancellation comes a few days after a group of protesters, some wearing ANC T-shirts, disrupted the book's Gauteng launch in Sandton on Tuesday.
Kau explained that, although there had been no indication of a planned protest, a security review undertaken by security operations concluded that"we should not go ahead with the launch"."Our primary consideration is the safety of everyone," Kau said.Myburgh confirmed the postponement in a WhatsApp message sent to friends and colleagues in the industry on Thursday. He was critical of the impact the postponement could have on free speech.
"It appears V&A Waterfront has cancelled the launch of #GangsterState because its willingness to defend free speech is not quite in line with its appetite for profits from shoppers. "A small band of critics of my book who can't express their views in a civil manner has managed to spook a large corporate entity into submission.A spokesperson at Exclusive Books head office said they would be releasing a statement later on Thursday, and had no further comment.Earlier on Thursday, Myburgh took to Twitter to mobilise support for the book launch to go ahead.
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