A look at elections coverage cross 47 of South Africa’s biggest news media sources shows that men were quoted almost two times more than women over a period of two months. This is according to an analysis by civil society group, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), which has been analysing elections media coverage since 1994.

Lungelo Shezi,  ‘MMA: #Elections2016 media coverage “entrenches dominance of patriarchy” in SA ‘ ,Women.htxtafrica, 09 August 2016