The battle for the people to broadcast:
Archival documents

Introduction

This CD contains close to 500 documents related to the struggle for democratised and open electronic communications systems in South Africa, the battle to transform the former state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, into a public broadcaster and the fight for the establishment of an independent broadcasting regulator. It is, essentially, a history, from primary sources, of the Campaign for Open Media (COM) and the Campaign for Independent Broadcasting (CIB). As a companion to The Broadcasting Independence Handbook (which is also accessible on this CD), this CD is invaluable. On it you will find original documents, petitions, minutes of meetings, records of strategy discussions, pamphlets, letters, position papers that vividly illustrate the ups and downs, victories and losses in the South African struggle to realise the demand: ‘The people shall broadcast’.

This page is the Table of Contents for this historical archive, never before as available to the public as it now is. In order to attempt to maintain some of the authenticity of the archives, the Table of Contents is ordered in ‘boxes’, ‘folders’ and ‘document numbers’.

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SAVE THE PRESS

ARCHIVE DATABASE INDEX

BOX 1: SAVE THE PRESS COMMITTEE

NO.	DOCUMENT	DATE
A1	Memorandum to Save The Press Committee	22 January 1990
	Speech by Azhar Cachalia at the Campaign To Save The Press	29 January 1990
	Minutes of conference of the 'Save The Press Campaign' held in the Dorothy Susskind Auditorium, University of Witwatersrand	29 January 1990
A2	Memorandum to AGAG office to Joice Ozynsnky from Gail Behrmann	14 February 1990
	Constitution of the Campaign for Open Media	1990
A3	Resolution	1990

THE TRANSFORMATION OF BROADCASTING IN SOUTH AFRICA

ARCHIVE DATABASE INDEX

BOX 2: COM/CIB GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE OUTGOING

NO.	ORGANISATION	DOCUMENT	DATE
1	Bowman Gilfillan Hayman Godfrey Inc	Letter to The South African Society of Journalists re: media restrictions	3 August 1988
2	Gail Behrmann	Letter to Bruce Dickson re: Save The Press Conference	8 January 1990
3	Gail Behrmann	Letter to C. Brinkworth re: Save The Press Conference	8 January 1990
4	Save The Press	Letter to Azhar Cachalia re: Save The Press-ACG launch	17 January 1990
5	Save The Press	Letter to S. Pote re: Save The Press - ACG	17 January 1990
6	COM/ACAG	Representation to SA Media Council	6 July 1990
7	COM	Letter to Media Council	1990
8	COM	Letter to Roy Williams	27 February 1991
9	COM	Letter to John Matisonn	1991
10	COM	Letter to D. Franklin	22 July 1991
11	COM	Letter to Allister Sparks	16 September 1991
12	COM	Letter to Tim Knight	16 January 1992
13	COM	Fax to Tim Knight	January 1992
14	COM	Financial report the COM	January 1992
15	CIB	Letter to Cde Waters Toboti	22 January 1992
16	COM	Letter to Dr Piersigilli	22 January 1992
17	COM	Letter to Mr Martin re: our telephonic conversation	29 January 1992
18	CODESA W 1	Letter to Raymond Louw	24 February 1992
19	COM	Statement to CODESA	25 February 1992
20	COM	Letter to Mr Feinstein	27 February 1992
21	COM	Letter to Mr Westdal re: funding	2 March 1992
22	International Press Institute	IPI report: South Africa: Intimidation continues	4 April 1992
23	COM	Letter to Moira Levy	30 April 1992
24	COM	Letter to Director-General of International Air Transport Association	7 April 1992
25	IATA	Response to COM letter	11 August 1992
26	COM	Letter to Radio Netherlands Training Centre