A media monitoring group is trying to rescind an order granting the family of slain rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche access to his trial as it “infringes on the rights of […]...
The ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) scathing attack on the media’s self-regulatory system has drawn a strong rebuke from the Press Ombudsman. Yesterday Press Ombudsman Joe Thloloe said that for ANCYL […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has questioned the media’s priority in dealing with issues facing women, especially gender-based violence and representation of women in media. Read more on pambazuka.org...
The Department of Communication has commissioned a study to look at the best funding model for the SABC after a proposed 1% tax income from the now-withdrawn Public Service Broadcasting […]...
These days, Naspers owns all important Afrikaans news titles. Are their journalists discouraged from commenting on media management at those papers, or too afraid to speak out because they’re scared […]...
Yesterday, Tuesday, 8 March 2011, which was International Women’s Day, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) questioned the media’s priority in dealing with issues facing women, especially gender-based violence and representation of […]...
Last Sunday’s Media@SAfm radio show, hosted by Ashraf Garda, was kicked with a discussion on how media report race issues. William Bird, Executive Director of Media Monitoring Africa, and Lucy […]...
The press is “arrogant”, ignorant of the harm it does to ordinary individuals, all powerful and a law unto itself, a handful of members of the public have told SA […]...
South African schoolchildren have launched a Children’s News Agency – the first local attempt to distribute news about children, written by children. The journalists write about the launch for the […]...