The first three editions of the Southern African Media Law Briefing are available on this site. The newsletter was published jointly by Article 19, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) and the FXI, and was discontinued in 2002.
Until 2001 the FXI published a quarterly publication entitled 'Update' and also produced weekly and fortnighty reports on the state of freedom of expression.
Freedom of Expression News
Between 1997 and 2002, the FXI published a weekly report on the state of freedom of expression in South Africa and, infrequently, in the rest of Southern Africa.
WHAT ails the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)? Put crudely, the SABC is built on a rotten policy base entirely inappropriate for a public broadcaster.
Every great city, from ancient Rome to New York, was, at some point, ringed by shacks. Today, about one billion people live in shacks and the number is growing rapidly.
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. It was a lesson on how secret information can...
Government plans to further regulate public access to state secrets has met with an avalanche of criticism as rights groups complain that the proposed measures are draconian and would unconstitutionally...