We welcome the news by Jimi Matthews that he has resigned. As we explained to Mr Motsoeneng on Friday, it’s never too late to do the right thing. Sadly, in that context Mr Motsoeneng declined to do the right thing and we all watched on in horror and cringed as the SABC’s legal team put [...
We heartily welcome the judgement of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and its vindication of our public interest campaign for bringing to light the full and exact nature of the relationship between our national public broadcaster and its direct competitor, Multichoice Africa. What this means, and you...
The SOS Coalition (SOS) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) heartily welcome the judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), today, in which Judge Harris vindicated our public interest claim that the Minister of Communications acted irrationally and ultra vires in her 2015 Amendmen...
MMA and SOS note with concern that the SABC has finalised and is implementing its revised editorial policies without having completed the public participation process it had set out. Since 2011, SOS has been at the forefront of the demand for the revision of the editorial policies which are, now, ...
The project facilitator is responsible for coordinating various components of MMA’s Empowering Children and the Media (ECM) programmewhich, with children’s meaningful participation, aim to improve media’s portrayal of children through the respect, protection and promotion of children’s right...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), Google SA & partners are rolling out Web Rangers SA, a South African first, where children will champion good digital citizenship & online safety. 200 children will be recruited to become Web Rangers. The Web Rangers will promote online safety by encouraging t...
Media Monitoring Africa notes with concern the alleged official decision by the SABC to cancel open lines (City Press, 28/02/2016). Not only does this decision undermine SABC employees by suggesting that presenters and producers are unable to manage calls of a more political nature, particularly in ...
Media Monitoring Africa and Partners invite you to participate in a two day series of events on Internet Governance: privacy, data protection and surveillance...
MMA, SOS and Caxton have carefully considered the judgment of the Tribunal relating to the contractual arrangements between the SABC and Multichoice in respect of the SABC’s archives and the commitments given by the SABC in relation to future encryption of its broadcast signals. We are disap...