Secrecy-law address at Sci-Bono
· Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
At a Johannesburg celebration connected with her eighty-eighth birthday, Gordimer spoke against proposed secrecy laws, continuing her public opposition to restrictions on freedom of expression. The source ties the appearance to the eve of her eighty-eighth-birthday celebration; year is supported by her 1923 birth date, but no exact event day is stated.