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.
The Chief State law advisor has dismissed an avalanche of criticism of the Protection of Information Bill as "emotional and hysterical" and insisted that it was constitutional.
Chief state law advisor Enver Daniels has dismissed the avalanche of criticism of the Protection of Information Bill and insists the draft act is constitutional.
Lawmakers were warned again on Thursday that the Protection of Information Bill would not survive Constitutional Court scrutiny because it rode roughshod over media freedom and the democratic values of...
The Protection of Information Bill should be withdrawn and substantially redrafted because it would not stand constitutional muster as it stood, MPs heard yesterday as public hearings on the controversial...
Cosatu and the Freedom of Expression Institute have expressed concern about political meddling in news coverage by the SABC and have warned this would compromise the independence of the public...
JOHANNESBURG ? The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) is ?gravely concerned? about seemingly increasing political interference in the South African media, the institute?s executive director, Ayesha Kajee, said yesterday.
Stakeholders attending the symposium include: Department of Education, Freedom of Expression Institute, Family Policy Institute, Watchdog International, Moral...
