Resources - Submissions
Submissions reflect Media Monitoring Africa's attempts to ensure that media policies and codes are in line with South Africa's constitution.
Category: Policy Submissions [REMOVE]
- MMA oral submission on the Protection of State Information Bill
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Media Monitoring Africa responded to a nomination by the National Council of Provinces’ (NCOP) ad hoc committee dealing with the Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) to make an oral presentation on their submission. MMA welcomes much of the bill, but identified certain provisions of the bill which it views as problematic and suggests changes to seven sections of the bill to make it not only constitutional, but also to fulfill South Africa’s AU obligations.
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- ICASA Presentation: Changing Regulatory Issues of the Sector ICASA 2.0
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This is a presentation made by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) at the Icasa Conference (20-21 February 2012). In its submission, MMA highlights the need for an independent and effective regulator, the need for a series of quality and diverse programming indicators, and the need for an upgrade to new methods of effective monitoring.
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- Submission to ICASA on the Draft Digital Terrestrial Television Regulations
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA, formerly the Media Monitoring Project) welcomes the
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opportunity to make a submission to the Independent Communications Authority of South
Africa (ICASA) on the Draft Digital Terrestrial Television Regulations – 10 November 2011.
- Submission to the Press Freedom Commission: regulation of print media
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Media Monitoring Africa responded to a call for submission by the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) (15 December 2011) on the Regulation of Print Media in South Africa.
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MMA supports more independent self regulation. By definition self regulation refers to a peer review system operating within a set of self- imposed rules by the media. It consists of representatives from the media profession passing judgement of complicated matters of journalistic reporting using a Journalistic Code of Ethics which is applied in determining the final ruling , and benchmarking the generally accepted norms and standards.
- Strengthening the Press Code
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This document forms part of the submission by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) to the South African Press Council as part of a review process aimed at improving the current self-regulatory system.
This section deals with shortcomings in the Press Code.
MMA believes the following areas need to be addressed:
• Overall framing of the code;
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• Minimising harm;
• Children;
• The public interest; and
• Discouraging “brown envelope journalism”.
- 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
- 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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