UFS postpones Free State 'Gangster State' launch indefinitely citing 'security concerns' | CannyMaphanga
author has learnt"with shock" that his Bloemfontein leg of the book tour would be postponed due to a security threat.
The planned event next Thursday follows a series of disruptions in Johannesburg and Cape Town by protesters believed to be ANC members, which also led to the book launches postponed in those cities. "They buckled to the pressure and cancelled. It is not a postponement but a cancellation due to a group of thugs who do not respect the right to conduct an open discussion.
"You are free to go ahead with the event, on the same time and date, but not on campus," the UFS Business School staffer reportedly wrote in her email to Penguin.
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