12 March 2019, Daily Maverick, OPINION By Thandi Smith and Duduetsang Makuse We are in the final stages of trying to get a quorate board for the SABC in the run-up to the elections. We (Media Monitoring Africa and SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition) participated in monitoring the process as ...
MMA announced the 2018 lsu Elihle Awards winner on SABC news on Sunday 16 February 2019. “Isu Elihle is an isiZulu phrase that means a “Great Idea” when translated to English. The lsu Elihle Awards where launched in November 2015 and has been running for three years. lts aim is to encourage fr...
...
A picture of a Grade R class at Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke in the North West has been circulating in the news as well as social media. We understand that as parents, we want to share this picture and story to as many people in our social networks as possible in order to bring awareness to the [&hell...
The Citizen, 31 October 2018, Brian Sokutu A high wage bill – nearly half the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) income, poor management and a skewed staff-manager ratio – are among key factors behind the corporation’s planned restructuring, expected to lead to the retrenchment of hundreds of...
SOS and MMA make submissions into the Zondo Commission 21 September 2018 The SOS Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa have submitted a joint statement to the evidence leaders in the Zondo Commission requesting that the enquiry look into the extent of state capture in the broadcasting sector....
20 September 2018, IOL, Siyabonga Mkhwanazi The Save Our SABC (SOS) Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa said this was a positive step by Parliament and Mokonyane. Read full article...
The following analysis is based on data extracted from our online monitoring tool, Dexter. It covers online media in South Africa for the Period 2 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.The data is based on extracting stories that had the keywords, ‘gender based violence’, ‘sexual harass...
11 July 2018, The Citizen Fake news sites continued mushrooming because of large revenues they generate from adverts, according to Media Monitoring Africa. Such sites “perpetuate falsehoods, stereotypes and undermine media freedom”, the organisation said. Read the full article....