MMA in the Media
- The Times: Crass or caring?
The Times has been inundated with letters and phone calls after publishing a picture of a newborn baby girl who was burned and dumped in open veld in Soweto on Tuesday.
- ANC asks moms not to dump babies
The ANC in Gauteng implored new mothers who did not want their babies to stop the “horrendous” practice of dumping them in the veld, dustbins and pit latrines, in response to a picture in The Times on Wednesday of a dead baby found in Soweto.
- Dead baby pic in ‘The Times’, not okay says MMA
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned about ‘The Times’ decision to publish an image of a dead infant on its front page (21/07/2010). Can such a decision be justified?
- A stronger, not weaker, Icasa is needed to sort out the SABC
Much of the controversy surrounding the Public Service Broadcasting Bill has focused on the proposed tax and the role of the minister of communications. Less attention has focused on the implications of the Bill for the regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa).
- Molefe’s appointment: minister intervenes but SOS ‘resents’ Ngubane
Dr Ben Ngubane’s ‘dictatorial’ decision to permanently appoint Phil Molefe as SABC head of news has backfired and has alienated him from the rest of the board and lobby groups, which believe the chairperson can no longer be trusted. And despite communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda acting as a peacemaker to keep Molefe out, SOS Support Public Broadcasting wants Ngubane to relinquish his crown.