22 June 2020 Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) welcomes the President’s announcement that the outstanding provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) will commence on 1 July 2020. Responsible parties, which includes both public and private sector entities, will now have...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) encourages African journalists to enter for the child-centered awards as entries close in ten days. All story ideas are to be submitted by midnight on the 30th of June 2020. Story ideas can be targeted at any mainstream news medium such as TV, Radio or Online. The top s...
In order to determine the trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities. This is a series of reports and findings are compared against each other to show improvement, o...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring media’s coverage of different issues with the aim of determining trends in coverage. Among the issues monitored is climate change, a topic that has climbed up on the agenda of political and environmental debates and discussions over the recent year...
To commemorate National Child Protection Week, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), together with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), Google, Facebook, the Film Publication Board (FPB), Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), MTN and Diana Schwarz Attorneys hosted th...
With COVID-19 regulations enforcing physical distancing and limited activity outside our homes – children are turning to social media for both online schooling and play, and oftentimes without the necessary digital literacy skills to successfully navigate the internet. Join us during Child Pro...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has launched the second brief in the series, ‘Analysis of Covid-19 Media Coverage’. These analyses are published bi-weekly with the first brief published on 8 May, 2020. MMA has been monitoring and analysing the media coverage of the Covid-19 in South Africa with ...
Entries are open for the Media Monitoring Africa lsu Elihle Awards 2020. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) invites journalists within the African continent to apply for the lsu Elihle Awards. Applications for this year’s awards open today (15 May 2020) and will close at midnight on the 30th of ...
Entries are open for the Media Monitoring Africa lsu Elihle Awards 2020. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) invites journalists within the African continent to apply for the lsu Elihle Awards. Applications for this year’s awards open today (15 May 2020) and will close at midnight on the 30th of June 20...