Resources - Submissions
Submissions reflect Media Monitoring Africa's attempts to ensure that media policies and codes are in line with South Africa's constitution.
- Local and Digital Content Development Strategy for South Africa
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This submission addresses the following areas:
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1. MMA’s Constitutional Assumptions.
2. The relationship with the MMA and the Save our SABC (SOS)-Reclaiming our Public Broadcaster Coalition.
3. Areas of concern relating to the Local and Digital Development Strategy.
4. Summary of recommendations
- Draft Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Regulations Submission
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This submission addresses the following areas:
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1. MMA’s Constitutional Assumptions.
2. The relationship with the MMA and the Save our SABC (SOS)-Reclaiming our Public Broadcaster Coalition.
3. MMA’s basic assumptions of digitalisation.
4. Areas of concern relating to the draft regulations.
5. Summary of recommendations.
6. Conclusion.
- Public Service Broadcasting: Repositioning for National Development Discussion Paper submission
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA, formerly the Media Monitoring Project) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Department of Communications (DOC) on the Public Service Broadcasting: Repositioning Broadcasting for National Development Discussion Paper- July 2009.
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- Submission to ICASA on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Regulations
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA, formerly the Media Monitoring Project) made a submission to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Regulations.
The submission addressed the following:
1. MMA’s Constitutional Assumptions.
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2. The relationship with the MMA and the Save our SABC (SOS) – Reclaiming our Public Broadcaster Coalition.
3. Areas of concern relating to the draft regulations.
4. Summary of recommendations.
5. Conclusion
- Submission to ICASA on the Draft Broadcasting Digital Migration Framework Regulations
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The Media Monitoring Project made a submission to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa on the Draft Broadcasting Digital Migration Framework Regulations. In its submission MMP focuses on key goals, enshrined in the ICASA Act, for media diversity and fairness.
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- Save our SABC Submission
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MMP, together with other civil society organisations have formed a coalition in order to restoring the credibility, protecting the independence and promoting best practice principles of public broadcasting. View the submissions to the draft broadcast amendment bill.
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- ICASA submission on the proposed regulations under Section 69 of the Electronic Communications Act
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The MMP made a submission to the Section 69 of the Electronic Communications Act to ensure that the Act continues to have human rights presented therein. MMP has made submissions on the original Code of Conduct for Broadcasters, as well as on the SABC’s editorial policies, where it is worth noting that some of MMP’s recommendations were included in the final editorial code currently in operation.
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- FPB Presentation to Parliament
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William Bird, director of MMP presented the MMP submission to the Films and Publications Bill to Parliament on 2 May 2007.
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- Films and Publications Amendment Bill Submission
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The Films and Publications Amendment Bill in the current form presents a threat to press freedom in South Africa.
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- MMP Submission on ICASA Amendment Bill
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Amendment Bill presents a valuable piece of legislation in charting the way forward for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. Recent developments in the communications sector, especially around issues of convergence and telecommunications, have necessitated the Act to be amended. The Media Monitoring Project raises critical issues related to independence in its submission.
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