Every year, South Africa commemorates the massacre that happened in Marikana, North West in August of 2012 which resulted in 34 mine workers being killed by the police. These mine workers were killed while protesting for a salary increment. To determine whether the media was fulfilling its role...
29 November 2022, Tamsin Metelerkamp, Daily Maverick...
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These concerns, coupled with the benefits, have fuelled the dichotomous nature of the AI narrative – one where our future is either a utopia or a dystopia. In response to this, there is a growing global movement of AI for Good, with innovators and stakeholders engaging on strategies to ensure that...
Media Release 13 October 2022 LAUNCH OF ANALYSIS OF MEDIA’S COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LGE2021 JOHANNESBURG, 13 October 2022 – In the past few years, the Climate Change issue has been at the center of the political debate globally. In South Africa the current energy crisis...
2 May 2022, Samkelo Mokhine, Daily Maverick According to Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird the Constitutionally protected freedom of expression and the media is being steadily eroded by the decreasing number of journalists in newsrooms, which has worked to restrict press freedom. A consequenc...
30 March 2022, IOL, Mwangi Githahu The case against the minister was brought by e.tv owner eMedia, Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS Save Our Public Broadcasting group. Read full article...
26 March 2022, We got some expert opinion from Former Digital Broadcasting Advisory Body Member, Dimitri Martinis, and Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird. Read full article ...
3 March 2022, Dispatchlive, Ernest Mabuza and Nomahlubi Sonjica Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said as a general rule censoring a channel is not good for freedom of expression, even if it is biased and disseminates propaganda. “Disinformation is different and that can and should be ...