Watch the blood flow’ – text sent to SABC 8 journalist UDM MP Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has revealed in Parliament the contents of a threatening text message sent to one of the “SABC 8” journalists this week. Kwankwa on Wednesday told Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking i...
Mail & Guardian, 27 January 2017, Lloyd Gedye The committee agreed that members would submit the names of their preferred candidates to their political party parliamentary chief whips, to be considered next week. Meanwhile, here are the top 10 most nominated South Africans following Media M...
Huffington Post South Africa, 23 January 2017, Karabo Ngoep The Huffington Post South Africa, Sunday Times and Talk Radio 702 were targeted by the fake news compilers over the weekend with inaccurate reports. Head of policy at Media Monitoring Africa Thandi Smith told Radio 702 that the fake news...
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Daily Maverick, 11 January 2017, Rebecca Davis One of the complicating factors when it comes to South Africa’s fake news problem is that there are many shades of fake, as Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird points out. “We have found that some of these sites don’t only use made-up nonsens...
Icasa has laid criminal charges against the SABC for failing to adhere to a ruling it made regarding the withdrawal of its “protest policy”, MPs heard on Wednesday. The broadcaster appeared to have reneged on its agreement to abide by the order to withdraw its decision not to air footage...