Willie Currie

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Willie Currie is the Communications and Information Policy Programme Manager of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC).

From 1999 – 2002, Willie was a councilor on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA).

In the mid 90s, he was special adviser to Dr Pallo Jordan, Minister of Posts Telecommunications and Broadcasting in the first post-apartheid government. In this capacity, he coordinated the telecommunications policy process that led to the White Paper on Telecommunications Policy.

Prior to this, as General Secretary of the Film and Allied Workers Organisation (FAWO), Willie was involved in the development of broadcasting policy during the transition to democracy in South Africa.

Willie holds an MA in Film and Television Studies for Education from the University of London, Institute of Education. He is an associate of the LINK Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand.