News - MMA in the Media
- Broadcasting Bill on hold
Communications Minister Roy Padayachie has withdrawn the draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill pending further consultation, and wants to consider new models for funding the South African Broadcasting Corporation and community media, his office said on Monday.
“Basically what we want is a complete policy review. The minister wants to engage with as many of our stakeholders as possible,” Padayachie’s chief of staff Raymond Reddy said.
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- Using Media and Technology to end GBV
Violence against women is now taking new forms and occurring in online spaces or through the use of ICTs. As more and more women go online using computers and mobile phones, many are silenced through acts of violence, sexism and censorship.
In order to explore and highlight issues of gender based violence, ICTs and the role of media, Inter Press Service Africa and APC Women hosted a media discussion on November 17 entitled ‘Click Against Violence: Taking 16 Days of Activism Online‘.
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- Coalition wins delay of SABC deadline
Parliament has been told that it must fix problems at the SABC or the broadcaster would not be able to attract suitable candidates to fill the four vacancies on its board.
This led to the communications portfolio committee delaying the deadline for submissions for the posts until after the board makes its presentation to Parliament.
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- Questions over handling of Jules High rape case
Legal experts were surprised to find that the latest news about the in camera hearing of the 15-year-old Jules High School girl who was allegedly gang-raped was leaked to the press.
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- Hearings - now wait and see
Hearings on the proposed new Public Service Broadcasting Bill took place this week in Johannesburg this week. Media organisations such as SOS: Support Public Broadcasting, the South African chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa-SA) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) all called for a full policy review of the Bill in terms of public broadcaster SABC and community media.
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