Jerome Valcke, FIFA Secretary General, 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
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]