28 March 2019, News24, Palesa Dlamini At the launch, which was held at Media Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, most of the panellists agreed that journalistic freedom of expression was under threat The panel included South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase,...
27 March 2019, Daily Maverick, William Bird At Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), we are working with social media platforms. We recently ensured that networks of Twitter bots up to mischief were removed, along with others which were actively spreading disinformation.3 MMA is also working with the Indep...
What is an influencer? In South Africa, and elsewhere on the globe, brands have been steadily moving away from tradition forms of advertising and expanding into the the realm of social media where they use influential personalities to market and promote their brands and/or ideas. These personalities...
7 March 2019, Eye Witness News, Sifiso Zulu Media Monitoring Africa has called on relevant authorities to act decisively against those responsible for the violent threats, while the South African National Editors’ Forum called on the EFF to stop vicious attacks on the media and allow journalist...
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, ...
3 March 2019, Jacaranda FM, Thabo Tshabalala But Media Monitoring Africa’s (MMA) Thandi Smith has described Mbalula’s behaviour as unacceptable, saying he failed to follow due process. “It shows a consistent push for the ruling party to interfere in the public broadcaster and we seeing...
24 February 2019, News24, Charl Blignaut With elections scheduled for May 8, civil society organisations Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS Coalition, as well as opposition parties, have been threatening action against the ruling party for apparently not enabling a fully functional public broadcast...
26 October 2018, IOL, Gertrude Makhafola The panel discussed next year’s elections in the age of online misinformation and trolling, especially the misuse of social media. The event was organised by Media Monitoring Africa. Read the full article...
In early 2019, South Africans will begin preparing for our 6th democratic national elections. Given the current political climate, heightened tensions, socio-economic instability and the conversations around ‘State Capture’, the upcoming elections are said to be the most contested yet. Media Mon...