News - Media Release
- Media Monitoring Africa concerned about public & family access in ET trial
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) welcomes the decision to allow but limit media access in the Eugene Terre’blanche murder trial, in which one of the accused is a child. However other elements of Judge Joseph Raulinga’s ruling have given MMA serious cause for concern.
MMA Director William Bird said, “While we welcome the decision on the media, MMA is astonished by the order allowing access for four members of Eugene Terre’blanche’s family and sixteen members of the public, especially when the court received no application seeking family or public access. MMA is seriously concerned that facilitating public and family access will make it impossible to even ensure that the identity of the child is adequately protected”
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- Clarity on “Media Matters”
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned that its online initiative “Media Matters” may be confused with SABC 3’s new media, marketing and current affairs programme, which airs for the first time tonight and is also being called “Media Matters.”
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- Redi’s roundtable discussion on children’s rights & the media
Redi’s roundtable discussion
Back to school for editors
The media - pass or fail?
Children ask the tough questions
Tune in to Redi Tlhabi on Talk Radio 702 at 10am on Tuesday 30 November 2010.
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- MMA welcomes PSB Bill withdrawal but proper policy review must follow
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted with the withdrawal of the Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill, and the commitment shown to proper consultation, review and research.
However MMA urges that consultations must critically include a proper policy review process that adopts a corrective action approach, or else the symptoms of the SABC woes will be temporarily remedied.
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- “SABC offside in Gumede/M&G coverage” says MMA
Rather than acting as an impartial observer SABC appears to have filled the role of a consenting third player in the row between businessman Robert Gumede and the Mail and Guardian newspaper.
That’s according to Media Monitoring Africa (MMA)‘s analysis into the spat between Gumede and the Mail and Guardian – or more specifically the role played by the public service broadcaster in the row and whether SABC has taken sides.
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