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- Zimbabwean elections: rumour and speculation
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During elections, the media have a very important role to play. Reporting on Zimbabwe was undoubtedly particularly challenging. However, South African media performed well. Although they can be accused of bias, it seems they performed well in promoting human rights and democracy. This update will give a summary of how the South African media reported on the Zimbabwean elections in 2008 and explore the main themes of the coverage.
- Naming and shaming the ‘Freestate Four’: Privacy, dignity and the public interest
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Media reports about the abuse of cleaning staff by students at the University of the Free State got horrified responses from various quarters. In this climate of public outrage, the print media had the choice of whether to make the identities of the offenders and victims public, or not. Most media seemed to have decided to publish the identities of the perpetrators, some media even added to the initial infringement on the victims’ dignity by revealing their identities. This article explores the ethics and reasons around this decision.
- Refugees and gender
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South Africa was the main destination, worldwide, for new asylum-seekers in 2006, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It is surprising then, the lack of attention that World Refugee Day and its associated gender issues got from the South African media.
- Africa in SA Media: a snap survey
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Reporting on Africa is a complex, as Africa is a continent with about 800 million people, with 54 countries of which South Africa is the southern tip. Such diversity would seemingly warrant good background data to allow the newspaper readers to understand the context of events. However, from this brief monitoring exercise, it seems that many of Gauteng-based media have not had the editorial commitment to cover Africa often and have ignored the complexities of various situations.
- Media mostly mum on refugee rights
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South Africa was the main destination, worldwide, for new asylum-seekers in 2006, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It is surprising then, the lack of attention that World Refugee Day got from the South African media. The Media Monitoring Project did a quick scan of English Johannesburg dailies to see how it was covered and found that the Sowetan and The Star are the only newspapers to provide good coverage on this global event.
- Media and the reporting of the budget speech
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The budget speech attracts much media attention every year. This year was no different. When reporting on the budget speech, it is expected that the media ‘translate’ the implications for their readers. In this respect the reports on the speech were not entirely successful.
- Saluting Ma Tambo?
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This short look at the coverage around the death of Adelaide Tambo was a follow-up to coverage on Coretta Scott King. The media did exceptionally well in their role to educate and inform in this instance.
- Shades of Prejudice: An investigation into the SA media’s coverage of racial violence and xenophobia
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The research undertaken by the Media Monitoring Project (MMP) on behalf of CSVR has revealed that media interest in issues of race and racism did not end with the dismantling of formal institutional apartheid. However, the focus of media discourse on race and racism has shifted to new manifestations of racism, such as racism within political discourse and xenophobia.
- Media Monitoring in Rwanda
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The Rwandan Media Monitoring Project was established by the High Council of the Press in 2003 to monitor media coverage of that year’s elections in Rwanda. The desire to monitor the media was stimulated by pending presidential and parliamentary elections and the High Council of the Press’ mission of ensuring that political parties and associations of political interest equitably share airtime in the public media. The High Council of the Press also wished to closely monitor professionalism in the Rwandan media with regard to respect of the media law and the code of ethics.
- Not a Triumph for Women
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Considering the recent 16 days campaign, it is disappointing to note the billboard campaign currently ongoing by Triumph International. Rather than ‘supporting’ women, Triumph has produced a range of outdoor adverts which implicitly promote stereotypical views of women. One of the series is pictured above.
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