Media Release 25 November 2021 2021 Isu Elihle Awards winners! JOHANNESBURG, 25 November 2021- Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and UNICEF announced the 2021 lsu Elihle Awards winner on Thursday 25 November 2021. Isu Elihle is an isiZulu phrase that means a “Great Idea”...
Media Release 23 November 2021 2021 Local Government Elections Media Coverage Weekly Trends JOHANNESBURG, 23 November 2021– Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) monitored selected media’s coverage of the run up to the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) to determine what issues were con...
6 November 2021, SABC News, Chriselda Lewis Let’s take a look at the role the media played in these Local Government Elections. The 2021 LGE’s were announced as free and fair, but what was the media’s role in the process? Did the media play its role in the elections, was the report...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), together with the Impact Amplifier are excited to launch the first ever South African based Disinformation Comic Book. The comic book is the result of the incredible work of 10 Web Ranger ambassadors (between the ages of 12-17 years old) who came together to develo...
News media are essential for any democracy, but their role in an election period is even greater. One of the responsibilities of the media during an election period is to not only report on candidates fairly but to also unpack issues for the electorate to enable them to make informed decisions about...
A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION IN THE 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS The Electoral Commissi...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring elections media coverage for all elections since we transitioned to democracy. Each time we monitor we seek to find answers to questions like: Which parties were covered, was the coverage fair and equitable? Whose voices did we hear and wh...
21 September 2021, Johannesburg – BlindSA and SECTION27 today welcome an order of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng, Pretoria Division) declaring that the Copyright Act of 1978 is invalid for violating the rights of people who are blind or visually impaired. The case BlindSA v Minister of Tr...
Media Release 14 September 2021 Media Coverage and Disinformation in the run up to the elections JOHANNESBURG, 14 September 2021– Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) launched their 2021 Local Government Elections Media Monitoring and Disinformation project. With the local government elections n...