Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training and SACP’s general secretary’s statement that the media is “social revolution’s worst enemy” is a wild generalisation and fundamentally wrong. The South […]...
Press representatives from countries in East and Southern Africa were in Johannesburg for a training workshop on how best to cover elections. William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa, said […]...
Women are still significantly underrepresented and misrepresented in news media coverage, according to Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) research in 108 countries. The GMMP is the largest and longest running […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has written a commentary that outlines some of the examples of best and worst practice in reporting on children that have emerged from the coverage of […]...
The media’s portrayal of xenophobic attacks was one of the controversial issues discussed, together with questions around the role and the rule of law and justice, on the second day […]...
The proposal by the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng that the media tribunal take the form of a statutory body set up to regulate media is doomed to failure, […]...
Considered until recently a model for freedom of expression and access to information in Africa, South Africa is on the verge of becoming a totalitarian and secretive state. This is […]...
On Monday 13th September 2010 Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) launched a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter, to stimulate broad debates around media issues. “Media Matters – Debating South […]...
SABC board chairman Ben Ngubane conceded Phil Molefe was chosen by only three of the five members of the board’s selection panel, with two abstaining. William Bird, head of Media […]...