The past year has seen Media Monitoring Africa’s work continue to increase, as the threats to media freedom in South Africa have not let up. Not dissimilar to last year, we have also seen a rise in challenges to media credibility, resulting in threats of state interference to media regulation. &nb...
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On Friday, 7 September 2018, the Supreme Court of Appeal will hear a case dealing with the protection of the identities of child victims, witnesses and offenders. The case, initiated by the Centre for Child Law, aims to ensure that child victims of crime, previously not protected by the law, should ...
The following analysis is based on data extracted from our online monitoring tool, Dexter. It covers online media in South Africa for the Period 2 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.The data is based on extracting stories that had the keywords, ‘gender based violence’, ‘sexual harass...
In an out-of-court settlement, Media Monitoring Africa, S.O.S: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition, the SABC and the Commission of Inquiry probing allegations of editorial interference at the SABC have agreed to open some parts of the Inquiry to the public and the media. The commission is chaired ...
On Monday, 9 July 2018, Media Monitoring Africa released a report titled “Where do we belong?” which analysed how the issue of migration is framed in the media of four sub-Saharan African countries. Recognising that migration is a critical issue across the continent and that news media plays an ...
WHEN: 31 July at 18:30–20:30 WHERE: Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue – Parkwood, 2193 Johannesburg RSVP: benjamin.keuffel@goethe.de until 30 July 2018. “Fake news” and filter bubbles have become part of the standard vocabulary within the political and media dis...
First published in Business Day 13 June 2018 Growth of online platforms in SA means national polls may not be immune to campaigns of disinformation William Bird, MMA The eyes of the world are, rightly, focused on ongoing debates in the US about the role Russia may have played in getting Donald Trump...
The SOS Coalition, Media Monitoring Africa and Freedom of Expression Institute welcome the decision of the High Court today to dismiss the Minister of Communication’s Application for leave to appeal Justice Matojane historic ruling regarding the powers of the SABC Board late last year. The ruling ...