30 June 2021, SABC News, Tshepo Phagane Media Monitoring Africa says the Local Government Elections should go ahead as planned with strict adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. Retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke continues hearing submissions at Centurion in Gauteng into whether free an...
23 June 2019, Sandton Chronicle, Laura Pisanello Sarah Findlay, the elections head for Media Monitoring Africa, explained that over 30 percent of stories were primarily political and focused on party politics, national politics or electioneering, with only six percent of stories focusing on service ...
14 June 2019, Dey There, Prince Jafa’ar Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) Director William Bird says despite the public broadcaster’s financial situation, the SABC managed to deliver overwhelmingly fair election coverage. MMA released its report on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SAB...
Media Monitoring Africa, a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the 2019 National Elections by the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC). You can find the full report here. On May 8, for the 6th t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the 2019 National Elections in South Africa. You can find the full report here. On May 8, for the 6th time since the advent of demo...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to invite members of the media, industry, civil society and the public to the launch of their report “So much choice, but not enough voices? Analysing media coverage of 2019 Elections in South Africa”. The event will take place at Google South Africa on...
17 May 2019, News 24, Azarrah Karrim Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) in partnership with the IEC introduced an initiative called The Real411 to help fight the disinformation war. Nomshado Lubisi, MMA communications manager, says while there was a spread of disinformation across the internet during th...
17 May 2019, Daily Maverick Meanwhile, comments of third parties quoted in the article itself, e.g. made by William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa and DA Federal Executive chairperson James Selfe, clearly show lack of evidence of any “nefarious” activities aimed at interfering in the election. ...
16 May 2019, News 24, Martin Schäfer I was particularly impressed that the IEC introduced new, innovative instruments that I believe we Europeans can learn a great deal from. Take the important issue of “fake news” and disinformation surrounding an(y) election. What is fact and what is ...