“It has now become clear to the SABC that you have no intention to refrain from your conduct of undermining the SABC and the authority of its management. In the premise your continued acts of misconduct have become intolerable. Your employment with the SABC is thus terminated with immediate effect...
At the same time, lobby group Media Monitoring Africa has urged the SABC to implement Icasa’s recent ruling while the broadcaster’s management find the legal grounds on which to review the matter. ‘SABC fires seven out of eight suspended journos’, The Midday Report with Stephen Groot...
The EFF made a strong showing in the 2014 general election in some of the key constituencies and dislodged Cope as the third largest party in the Western Cape. The Electoral Institute of Southern Africa’s Ebrahim Fakir said the projections of 2014 could not be repeated in this year’s pol...
MMA director William Bird said yesterday infighting in the ANC had led to wide media coverage. MMA’s interim results showed that media coverage for the ANC shot up from 38 percent in 2014 to 57 percent this year. Siyabonga Mkhwanazi, ‘ANC infighting grabbing headlines’, Cape Times, 14 Ju...
Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said in some respects, the media had made significant strides in transformation, but that this had not been sufficient. According to the Media Monitoring diversity index, most publications in the country remained “less diverse”. The diversity...
“Despite all of this, and the near universal condemnation of its Protest Policy, the SABC and its management still remain defiant,” her affidavit continued. “Given all of this, and the culture of fear and silence that is now permeating the SABC newsroom, the SABC is literally in cr...
The SABC has already missed a deadline to file opposing papers in an urgent interdict against a ban sought by the Helen Suzman Foundation. The matter is to be heard in the High Court in Pretoria next Tuesday. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said on Thursday the broadcaster had not yet responded to Ic...
“It represents a fundamental and clear threat to our democracy,” said William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, a group that brought a complaint on the decision to South Africa’s independent broadcast regulator. “They’re adopting a process or policy that seems to be from 35 years ...
Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird says Matlala was suspended just five months into his job and no explanation was given as to why he was removed from his post. “It’s a major position, it’s the CEO and then suddenly [he’s] not there. Stephen Grootes, “MMA, SOS seek answers over Matla...