Briefings

2010

• Nic Dawes, Mail & Guardian Editor-in-Chief, on South Africa's proposed Media Appeals Tribunal and Protection of Information Bill
• Jerome Valcke, FIFA General Secretary, 2010 World Cup
• Nomvula Mokonyane, Gauteng Premier. Address on 2010 World Cup issues

2009

• Gwede Mantashe, ANC Secretary General
• Jerome Valcke, FIFA General Secretary, 2009 Confederations Cup, 2010 World Cup
• President Kgalema Motlanthe, South African President
• Dr Mvume Dandala, Presidential Candidate, Congress of the People (Cope), a South African opposition party
• Dr Danny Jordaan, CEO of the Local Organising Committee, World Cup 2010
• Briefing with MDC member claiming abduction by Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation

2007 and 2008

The FCA organised a number of briefings in 2007 and 2008, hosting:

• Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang - South African Minister of Health
• Jacob Zuma - Former ANC Deputy President
• Morgan Tsvangirai - Leader of the Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
• Patricia de Lille - Leader of South African political party the Independent Democrats
• Dr Blade Nzimande - General Secretary of the South African Communist Party
• MK veterans - ANC war veterans (Umkhonto we Sizwe)
• A panel discussion on media freedom in South Africa with Anton Harber (Caxton Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand), Allister Sparks (FCA Honorary Member - veteran South African journalist and author) and Mukoni Ratshitanga (Presidential spokesperson for Thabo Mbeki)
• A preview of the documentary programme "Unauthorised: Thabo Mbeki"
• Address by Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, to the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Southern Africa, February 13, 2008 READ FULL SPEECH [PDF]