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Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! June 20, 2011

Here is what’s on the menu this Media Monday:

  • Zuma’s  ‘MIA’ stunt on Youth Day: a tale of two broadcasters
  • Digital migration under the spotlight: what it means why you should care…
  • Sunday World: Of celebrity gossip, maintenance cases, families, etc…
  • And finally, our newest MMC who wears odd socks and loses pens at an astonishing rate!

Read more | Posted: 20 June 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Time for BCCSA to stand tall

MMA CALLS ON THE BCCSA TO STAND ITS GROUND IN THE FACE OF PRESSURE FROM THE SABC

Self regulation of the media is an important aspect of our democracy. It is for this reason that institutions that promote and protect the self regulatory aspect of our media are respected and protected. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned by the manner in which the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has chosen to react to the ruling by the Broadcasting Complains Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) in the case of the SABC and the Mail and Guardian (M&G).

Read more | Posted: 19 June 2011 | News - Media Release | Categories: Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! June 13, 2011

What’s on the menu this Media Monday?

  • A look back at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Phillip, Phillip Phillip
  • It’s all about the Manyi: Manyi’s plan to centralise government advertising
  • Rape of women journos exposed
  • Want to be part of our MMC team?

Read more | Posted: 13 June 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Gender, Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! June 06, 2011

Here is what’s on the menu this Media Monday:

  • Protection of Information Bill battle gets even hotter
  • On-going uncertainty over SABC’s coverage of Bafana Bafana
  • “Phillip” was here!
  • Let’s keep the online debates going, because access to the Internet is your human right!
  • And our Media Monday Poll: why has ANC agreed to extend ‘Secrecy Bill’ deadline?

Read more | Posted: 6 June 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! 30 May 2011

Here is what is on the menu this Media Monday:

  • ANC’s rushed job on the Protection of Information Bill
  • Whatever it is, just blame it on the media!
  • Spotlight on police killings
  • Post-election coverage
  • Zuma’s visit to Libya

Read more | Posted: 30 May 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Race, Xenophobia and Ethnicity, Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Hammerl’s killing: SA govt’s naiveté, rise of mediaphobia in Africa

SA’s award-winning photographer Anton Hammerl suffered and died alone - just like scores of journalists silenced in various parts of Africa for simply telling the truth.

Gaddafi loyalists’ savage act and cover-up, coupled with the South African government’s much-criticised handling of the issue, epitomise the rise of mediaphobia in a continent ridden with dictators and illegitimate governments.

Read more | Posted: 24 May 2011 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! May 23, 2011

On offer this Media Monday:

  • The latest on what is happening with the Protection of Information Bill
  • Mampara of the week: Faku something…
  • Elections headlines: what are the agendas?
  • Anton Hammerl: another loss to journalism
  • And our newest MMC!

Read more | Posted: 23 May 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
SA tabloid newspapers: Xenophobic? Intolerant? Nationalistic?

At least 60% of South Africans believe that (black) immigrants are a threat to their jobs and the country’s socio-economic stability, and they should not be allowed in this country, according to the 2011 futurefact survey. This intolerance, further fuelled by ‘anti-immigrant’ stories by some tabloid newspapers such as Daily Sun, has led some analysts to question the real motives of tabloid journalism in SA.

Read more | Posted: 18 May 2011 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Race, Xenophobia and Ethnicity, Media Freedom and Performance
His Master’s Voice and the perennial question of SABC bias

The DA’s at the SABC’s throat, citing bias after the public broadcaster gave the ruling party live coverage for the ANC’s final Siyanqoba rally on Sunday, days before voters go to the polls. The SABC, of course, says the DA’s talking nonsense. The law says electoral coverage should be equitable, but is vague enough to make deciding what is equitable fairly malleable. And yes, we’ve heard this all before.

Read more | Posted: 17 May 2011 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
ETV’s report on Ukuthwala, Human Trafficking & The Media

Child right’s groups have called for the abolishment of Ukuthwala.The South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children says the tradition is criminal and is fueling human trafficking.

Read more | Posted: 13 May 2011 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Child trafficking, Children, Media Freedom and Performance

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