Today Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOSA) and the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) lodged papers with the Complaints Compliance Committee of ICASA over the SABC’s decision to ban coverage of violent protests/destruction of public property...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition welcome the application for direct access to the Constitutional Court by the “SABC 8” MMA & SOS together with a range of other institutions including the FXI and Sanef have been cited as respondents and we will be su...
The undersigned organisations condemn the increasing acts of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Lesotho, exemplified by the recent attack against the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper and the institution of criminal defamation charges against its publishers. We call on the Lesoth...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) notes with concern the allegations, among other issues, of racism and lack of transformation within eNCA. We find ourselves in a heightened environment of pressure around media freedom, calls for media transformation and a public interest in the fight against censorship...
We welcome the ruling by ICASA that the SABC’s decision to ban reporting public protest was in violation of the Broadcasting Amendment Act as a great victory. We also note the subsequent press conference by the SABC Board, including the Chair and the SABC COO. It was clear that theirs was an a...
In the past week we have heard far too many stories about countries, too close to home, clamping down on internet freedom. South Africa made headlines on Monday when our government decided to not vote in favour of the UN Resolution on “The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the...
Basebenzi, In recent days we have seen the situation at the SABC decline even further. We have watched the renegade COO, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, enabled by a lame-duck Board and a delinquent Minister of Communications suspend seven workers without due process for a range of trumped-up charges. The basi...
Yesterday in an interview with Eusebius McKaiser on eNCA’s Meet the Mediashow, former acting SABC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jimi Matthews revealed some of the reasons that led to his immediate resignation from the SABC on 27 June 2016. In particular he stated that during his tenure as CEO, th...
Ayabulela Poro – Head of the Youth and Children’s News Agencies presented the findings from the monitoring of the coverage of young people in South African online media. Young people – Beyond ‘blessers’ and Youth Month. Sarah Findlay – Project Coordinator presente...