27 September 2022, Midrand Reporter, Nicholas Zaal AZOLA DAYILE: The state of democracy is fair, considering the past we come from. But it could be better. It will be good to see political parties and politicians say where they get their funding from so that the law will help in the future. I also f...
14 July 2019, Daily Maverick, William Bird Delegations from more than 100 countries, including 60 ministers, and more than 1,500 journalists, academics and campaigners, recently gathered in London for a cause of extreme importance to democracy. Read our Directors full Opinionista...
28 March 2019, LA Times, Krista Mahr William Bird, who heads Media Monitoring Africa, a group that promotes ethical journalism, said that the government should do more to stop racist speech. But he also that has expressed concern that the law could be used to limit press freedoms. “Are you going t...
25 March 2019, News 24, William Bird Sometimes it feels like there is not a whole lot that we can do about the lying devious scum who seek to undermine our democracy. It can feel overwhelming and that the nefarious forces will always win, but fear not, there are a few things that we can […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns the ‘doxing’ of Radio 702 and ENCA Talk Show Host and journalist Karima Brown as well as the threats and abuse that followed. Doxing is the act of revealing identifying information about someone online — their real name, address, workplace, phone number, ...