To stretch their involvement as far as possible, the FCJ also decided to join the Newspaper Association of South Africa's sub-committee for community newspapers. They already have a seat on the new Association of Independent Publishers of Southern Africa (AIPSA)'s board. AIPSA was born when the CPA was disbanded. The FCJ executive will also strengthen ties with the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) and will continue to make use of the Print Media SA's infrastructure.
For the next 12 months the FCJ plans to:
Committee members are Mansoor Jaffer (chairman), Tobie van den Bergh (vice-chairman), Karin Espag, Hennie Stander, Nontyatyambo Petros, Fahdiel Manuel, Hugo Redelinghuys, Marietjie Swanepoel, Zaidi Khumalo and Shirley Govender.