6 June 2024 Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a media and human rights watchdog] found that a vast majority—68 percent—of 200 pieces of content reported through the Real411 portal that were ultimately found to be disinformation came from X. Read full article...
20 February 2024, Newsbreak By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim – The role of the media during elections is vital to ensure fair and equal representation of all political parties contesting this year. That’s according to the Director at Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird. He says tha...
14 February 2024, Brand South Africa, Press Release Social media platforms are asked to work with the South African news media to co-create a conducive information environment for the upcoming elections. The aim is to reduce the potential for disinformation, harassment, and hate speech that could ha...
Bird said there seemed to be no incentive to fund the SABC. “There’s no plan, no thought of ‘this is how we’re going to do it’, and it defies logic unless there are some non-public interest ends at play.” He said the bill made him think of the movie Blast from the Past, in which a [&hel...
Bird said there seemed to be no incentive to fund the SABC. “There’s no plan, no thought of ‘this is how we’re going to do it’, and it defies logic unless there are some non-public interest ends at play.” He said the bill made him think of the movie Blast from the Past, in which a [&hel...
Prioritising children’s voices is essential. Principals and deputy principals play an indispensable role in the effective functioning of schools. They are responsible for setting the school’s vision, creating a conducive learning environment, and overseeing the overall management of acad...
ALWAYS INCLUDE CHILDREN’S VOICES IN HEALTH ISSUES INVOLVING THEM Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to Cape Argus for an article that fails to access children when reporting the issue of mental health treatment for children and adolescents in the Western Cape. The article ...
JOHANNESBURG, 10 May 2023 – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) launches its 7th edition of the Isu Elihle Awards Competition – an African ground breaking initiative that promotes and supports ethical, engaging and quality reporting on children’s issues. The phrase, Isu Elihle is isiZulu for...
18 April 2023, SABC News, Risha Maduray Media Monitoring Africa’s Director William Bird says, “We are devastated, quite honestly. We couldn’t possibly conceive that Parliament wouldn’t do its job to begin with, and they would take so long to begin the process. We couldn’t possibly believ...