3 May 2019, Daily Maverick, Tessa Knight There are numerous World Press Freedom Day events taking place in South Africa on Friday 3 May, including a discussion on press freedom hosted in Cape Town by Daily Maverick, with SANEF and Media Monitoring Africa. Read the full article...
3 May 2019, Daily Maverick, Tessa Knight Such was the outcome of a World Press Freedom Day event hosted by Daily Maverick, the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and Media Monitoring Africa on Friday 3 May, officially recognised as the day the world honours the World Press Freedom. The ev...
3 May 2019, 702, Eusebius McKaiser William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa shares some thoughts. 1. How free is South Africa in 2019 when it comes to freedom of speech and press freedom? Like so many things in our fabulous country we have much to be proud of, and also many aspects that we need [&hel...
2 May 2019, IOL, Noni Mokati “We are doing this in partnership with them and Media Monitoring Africa. We are hoping to learn not just for South Africa or SADC alone but for the whole world becasue a lot of countries either have legislation or they shut down the social platforms. We don’t...
30 April 2019, eNCA The platform which was created in partnership with Media Monitoring Africa aims to combat the information that unfairly influences the elections. Read the full article...
29 April 2019, News24, Juniour Khumalo Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said, “Without the skills and techniques to distinguish real information from disinformation, the likelihood of the public being misled is increasing. While some efforts to build critical digital literacy skills h...
28 April 2019, Zululand Observer, Ronelle Ramsamy ‘South Africa’s political parties have largely glossed over children’s issues in their election manifestos,’ said Director of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird. Read the full article...
26 April 2019, The Media Online, Glenda Nevill There is clear evidence to suggest that this is a very real possibility, reckons Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird. “We saw it in the US, the Brazilian and Kenyan elections; it would be foolish to think that the threat isn’t very real here.â€...
25 April 2019, Daily Maverick, Ray Mahlaka Underscoring the importance of data in a digital and 21st-century economy, Media Monitoring Africa’s executive director, William Bird, who testified before the inquiry, believes that access to the internet and the need to communicate should be considered ...