In February 2019, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition have written a letter to the Presidency and Parliament demanding a timetable reflecting the appointment process for the new SABC Board members. This letter remains unanswered and on April 2 a follow up was sent ...
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The first judgment penned by Mhlantla J and concurred in by Mogoeng CJ, Khampepe J, Ledwaba J, Madlanga J, Nicholls J and Theron J, held that the overarching purpose of section 154(3) of the CPA is child protection; protection from the potentially harmful effects of publication of their names and id...
This matter concerns the careful balancing of the rights to free expression, dignity and equality in the context of hate speech legislation. In particular, this Court is called upon to interpret the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000 (“the Equality Act&...
Media Monitoring Africa, represented by Power Singh Inc., has been admitted as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the confirmation proceedings before the Constitutional Court of South Africa in amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism NPC and Another v Minister of Justice and Correctio...
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Media Monitoring Africa (“MMA”) was admitted as an amicus curiae by order of this Court on 17 July 2020, and raises three main issues of relevance to this matter: First, the need to bear in mind the threat of disinformation in striking the appropriate balance between the right to freedom of expr...
Media Monitoring Africa has applied to be admitted as an amicus curiae in this matter in terms of Rule 16A(5) of the Uniform Rules of Court. None of the parties oppose Media Monitoring Africa’s admission. The Magistrates’ Court concluded that SANEF’s application for broadcast access shoul...
A complaint was lodged by Media Monitoring Africa against the Broadcasters eNCA and etv for broadcasting an interview with a certain Mr David Icke, also known as a conspiracy theorist, whose view is that the Covid-19 pandemic is a hoax and that “there is no virus.” At issue here is the limitatio...