Day 19 of 21 | President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦, the clock is ticking! Sign the Copyright Amendment Bill NOW! Send a tweet to Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 to urge him to sign the Bill. #EndTheBookFamine

Congratulations @Czernie !

Congratulations!!!!! @Czernie UCT

Day 21 of 21 | Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦, today is the last day for you to sign the Copyright Amendment Bill as ordered by the court. Sign the bill today! #EndtheBookFamine

Fair use, enjoyed by at least a dozen countries, is not 'piracy glorified'. In fact it has 4 criteria that determine what can or cannot be copied. Those countries can use our material under fair use, but we can't do similar acts using SA or their copyright works.That is not fair!

Almost missed this story! Temporarily closed. Milnerton Library to close after break-in rocks facility news24.com/news24/communi… via News24 🇿🇦

Heading that way early this evening!

And every single one of those social justice principles relates to Wikimedia Foundation projects #AccessToInformation is a human right Alice Kibombo Velishavo_Hipangwa Carol Mwaura

🚨 ICYMI: SECTION27, representing Blind SA, has filed an urgent application at the Constitutional Court against President Cyril Ramaphosa (The Presidency 🇿🇦) for not signing the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB). This action follows a two-year wait after the Court's ruling on the

AfLIA is teaming up with African libraries and the Wikimedia community to explore sustainable ways to combine library services with Wikimedia projects. Join us as we write the next chapter! (1/2) #IWIPALEproject #AfricanLibraries #OpenKnowledge web.aflia.net/empowering-afr…

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"Open access improves the dissemination of science: Insights from Wikipedia" Key result: Wikipedia increasingly relies on OA articles. Relatedly, OA articles have a higher likelihood of being cited in Wikipedia. The effect is particularly strong for highly cited or newly

Congrats Leonard Shapiro Bongani Mayosi Health Sciences Library (BMHSL)

Have signed up at the Blue place......

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Join me in supporting this important cause at iPetitions. Petition ​Regarding the Appointment of the National L... ipt.io/UTMZH via iPetitions.com Undermining the library profession in South Africa GroundUp Daily Maverick details are in the petition

Congratulations Team Namibia! Wikimedia South Africa

Librarians in South Africa are REALLY angry about this. Kick in the teeth for the profession. Also affects the archives and records management.