Media Monitoring Africa  has a clear interest in , and contribution to make the important issues arising, in the applications. MMA acts in the public interests of their members. Freedom of expression, in particular press freedom, lies in the heart of this matter. First, the amicus applicants submit our law requires that journalists and media organisations be
MMA and SOS support the existence of the BCCSA and its system of self regulation emphatically and unequivocally. That is exactly why they have brought this application. They are concerned that the two impinged decisions of the BCCSA Appeal Tribunal threaten to undermine the system of self-regulation, and denude the Codes of their bite. Ultimately, the applicants’ concern is that if this approach were to continue into the future, the likely consequence would be further state regulation.