PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) emphasises that words shape our understanding of issues, the prioritisation of challenges, and the formation of responses. The language used in […]...
7 March 2025, ENCA Whether it’s misinformation that’s spread without intent, or disinformation that’s deliberate, the damage it does has long-lasting effects. Fact-checking plays a crucial role in verifying reports […]...
6 March 2025, Nkosinathi Ndlovu, Techcentral This is not the first time e.tv has taken a communications minister to court on analogue switch-off. The constitutional court in 2022 ruled in […]...
28 February 2025, William Bird, Mail and Guardian Another possible consequence is that the nature of the deal will be less likely to be as secretive. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) […]...
27 February 2025, ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Media Monitoring Africa condemns the practice of exposing identities of children rescued from kidnappings. This reporting violates legal protections and jeopardises the child’s safety, […]...
26 February 2025, Cape Talk, Lester Kiewit Lester Kiewit speaks to Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird about the state of local media following an inquiry by the Competition Commission […]...
25 February 2025, William Brederode, News24 William Bird, the director of Media Monitoring Africa, said that regardless of the outcome of the final report after more negotiations, the commission should […]...
Media Release 25 February 2025 Johannesburg: On May 29, 2024, South Africa marked 30 years of democracy by holding its 7th National and Provincial Elections. To assess how community media […]...
“Children make up about one quarter of the world’s population. Yet, when reporting on children’s issues, journalists often treat them as supporting or peripheral players to the adults, or victims […]...