“Isu Elihle”(Great Idea) Awards Ubunifu wa habari zinazowahusu watoto (Innovative thinking in news about children) South African based media watchdog, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with Media Network on Child Rights and Development (MNCRD) in Zambia, and Save the Children Interna...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss SABC COO, Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s application for leave to appeal a ruling made by the High Court to set aside his appointment as SABC COO. The ruling means the decision by the Minister of Communications to a...
Given the crucial role of SABC senior management and the tacit support of the actions shown by the SABC Board and the Minister we can hardly be surprised that they would seek to defend their actions when appearing before the Communications Portfolio Committee in Parliament today, 23 August 2016. To ...
The people quoted in the media play an important role in defining and shaping the elections agenda. It is from their lens that we view, engage and interpret the electoral process. In that regard, it is the role of the media to access diverse voices (including marginalised voices) that reflect the di...
A critical role of the media in any elections season is to help voters understand what contesting political parties would do to solve specific challenges (e.g. unemployment, health, housing, education etc.) if they were voted into power. What we hope to see, then, are stories that interrogate critic...
Ahead of all elections, the media play a critical role in ensuring that the electorate is fully informed. They do this by updating citizens on political goings-on, by stimulating dialogues about political parties and by keeping political parties accountable to their promises. With the Local Governme...
MMA welcomes the interim interdict, with a measure of concern. On the face of it this is an important victory for media freedom and the case of the SABC 8. It is a great pity however that it has taken so much time and resources to reach a conclusion that was self evident from the word […...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns the latest illegal response by SABC management to summarily dismiss the 8 SABC journalists. The decision flies in the face of due process and the ruling by ICASA. To be clear they have been fired for showing legitimate dissent with a clearly offensive policy to...
ICASA has responded to the SABC reiterating the resolution taken on the 11 July 2016. The Authority has restated it’s decision on accepting the Complaints and Compliance Commission’s recommendation. The Authority directs the SABC to, among other points,”withdraw its resolution as p...