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...
Media Monitoring Africa has a clear interest in , and contribution to make the important issues arising, in the applications. MMA acts in the public interests of their members. Freedom of expression, in particular press freedom, lies in the heart of this matter. First, the amicus applicants su...
MMA and SOS support the existence of the BCCSA and its system of self regulation emphatically and unequivocally. That is exactly why they have brought this application. They are concerned that the two impinged decisions of the BCCSA Appeal Tribunal threaten to undermine the system of self-regulation...
This is an intervention application in terms of Rule 12 of the Uniform Rules of Court. The applicants seek leave to intervene in the main application, under the same case number, which relates to South Africa’s digital migration process and is of significant public importance. especially prote...
On 21 September 2021, MMA was admitted as an amicus curiae in Blind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (14996/21), during the High Court hearing in this matter. MMA supports the relief sought by the Applicant and submits that the Copyright Act limits the ability of persons with visual ...
Media Monitoring Africa has a clear interest in , and contribution to make the important issues arising, in the applications. MMA acts in the public interests of their members. Freedom of expression, in particular press freedom, lies in the heart of this matter. First, the amicus applicants su...