An analysis by Musa Rikhotso and Nomshado Lubisi Lack of school space and scholar transport and, inadequate school infrastructure and resources are some of the common challenges that children, parents, and the Department of Basic Education grapple with in South Africa. These issues are often among t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) conducted a media monitoring and analysis of the coverage of Gender-Based Violence in South African media. From the five year monitoring period (2015 to 2020) over 30 000 stories about or relating to Gender-Based Violence were collected. To streamline the analysis,...
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former President, Jacob Zuma. Other sectors still feel that the unrest which led to property destruction and mass looting of busines...
Education must be the most divested sector of society in South Africa after economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Majority of people in the schooling sector are children and these happen to be among the most vulnerable in our society in terms of getting infected and/or feeling the impact of the pand...
In order to determine the trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities. This is a series of reports and findings are compared against each other to show improvement, o...