Press Releases 1999

  • 1-12-99: WORLD AIDS DAY

  • 11-11-99: FXI CONDEMNS PRESS LIAISON CENSORSHIP AT COMMONWEALTH MEETING

  • 4-11-99: RESPONSE TO THE SABC TASK TEAM FINDINGS

  • 26-10-99: GREATER JOHANNESBURG ANC SUSPENDS PIMVILLE COUNCILLOR TREVOR NGWANE FOR PUBLICLY OPPOSING IGOLI 2002 PLAN

  • 13-10-99: CHAIRPERSONS' COMMITTEE OF MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE BARS WRITTEN QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC

  • 3-10-99: FXI OBJECTS STRONGLY TO BANNING OF ADVERTISMENT

  • 27-9-99: ARREST OF SWAZILAND-BASED TIMES SUNDAY/ TIMES OF SWAZILAND EDITOR BHEKI MAKHUBU

  • 27-9-99: FXI CONDEMNS DEFENCE MINISTER MOSIUOA LEKOTA'S ACTIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THREE AFRIKAANS NEWSPAPERS

  • 17-8-99: FXI DEVASTATED BY DEATH OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACTIVIST BRIGHT MWAPE

  • 23-7-99: SABC REFUSES INFORMATION TO FXI FOR EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE ENQUIRY

  • 13-7-99: SEMINAR ON THE NEED FOR, AND ROLE OF, A MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

  • 1-7-99: FXI APPALLED AT CONTINUED DETENTION OF DEMONSTRATORS

  • 25-6-99: FXI AGM ON JUNE 29

  • 4-6-99: FXI WELCOMES THE BCCSA RULING ON THE MAX DU PREEZ NEWS ITEM OF 19 MAY

  • 25-5-99: AMENDMENTS TO THE MILITARY DISCIPLINE CODE A VICTORY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS

  • 6-5-99: MAX du PREEZ AND THE SABC BOARD INVESTIGATION INTO EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

  • 22-4-99: RE-INSTATE MAX du PREEZ

  • 21-3-99: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

  • 7-3-99: FXI APPALLED AT ARREST OF SWISS JOURNALIST

  • 2-3-99: BASSON BAIL APPLICATION RELEASED WITHOUT EXCISIONS

  • 27-1-99: FXI DECRIES THE CLAMP-DOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ZIMBABWE

  • 20-1-99: FXI ALARMED AT THE ILLEGAL DETENTION OF ZIMBABWEAN EDITOR