The presentation highlights our key findings from two separate reports. The first report is our 2016 Local Election monitoring analysis and the second, a monitoring analysis of the SABC’s ban on violent footage. The presentaiton also looks into the deal between Multichoice and the SABC archives. M...
MMA applauds ICASA’s decision to lay criminal charges against the SABC for failing to comply with its order on broadcast of footage of violent protests. Day one of the inquiry and already SABC has elected to walks out of the parliamentary inquiry to divert attention from a deluge of damning eviden...
The news that the SABC 8 have been receiving death threats pose a clear and present danger to our democracy. We call on the SAPS and all other law enforcement agencies to treat these actions as a priority crime. Over the last few months we have witnessed several threats and attacks both verbal and...
Isu Elihle Awards Rewarding Innovative journalism about children Media Release 08 November 2016 On Monday, 8 November 2016, South African based media watchdog, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with Media Network on Child Rights and Development (MNCRD) in Zambia, and Save the Children In...
INVITATION!!! Isu Elihle Awards Rewarding Innovative journalism about children www.isuelihle.org Isu Elihle Awards Rewarding Innovative journalism about children 01 November 2016 Media Release Which journalist will have the most innovative story idea on the African Child? Join us as we...
Yesterday, 4 October 2016, the SABC Board appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Communications in what ended up being an embarrassing display of the inability or reluctance of the SABC board to answer questions, clarify issues and address points of concern before the Members of Parliament. Me...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) in patnership with Save the Children International (SCI) and Media Network on Child Rights and Development (MNCRD) invite all journalists in East and Southern Africa to submit their story ideas in the Isu Elihle (Great Idea) Awards. The awards are aimed at media pro...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns the arrest of the News24 journalist, Kaveel Singh, for doing his job. It was reported that Singh was arrested whilst covering the protests at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus on Friday, 30 September. While tensions are understandably hig...
(WATCH) Isu Elihle 2017 Journalists Final Promo Calling on all journalists from Eastern and Southern Africa to submit their best story ideas for a chance to win a cash prize....