28 March 2019, News24, Palesa Dlamini At the launch, which was held at Media Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, most of the panellists agreed that journalistic freedom of expression […]...
27 March 2019, Daily Maverick, William Bird At Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), we are working with social media platforms. We recently ensured that networks of Twitter bots up to mischief […]...
What is an influencer? In South Africa, and elsewhere on the globe, brands have been steadily moving away from tradition forms of advertising and expanding into the the realm of […]...
7 March 2019, Eye Witness News, Sifiso Zulu Media Monitoring Africa has called on relevant authorities to act decisively against those responsible for the violent threats, while the South African National Editors’ […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns the ‘doxing’ of Radio 702 and ENCA Talk Show Host and journalist Karima Brown as well as the threats and abuse that followed. Doxing is […]...
3 March 2019, Jacaranda FM, Thabo Tshabalala But Media Monitoring Africa’s (MMA) Thandi Smith has described Mbalula’s behaviour as unacceptable, saying he failed to follow due process. “It shows a […]...
24 February 2019, News24, Charl Blignaut With elections scheduled for May 8, civil society organisations Media Monitoring Africa and the SOS Coalition, as well as opposition parties, have been threatening […]...
26 October 2018, IOL, Gertrude Makhafola The panel discussed next year’s elections in the age of online misinformation and trolling, especially the misuse of social media. The event was organised […]...
In early 2019, South Africans will begin preparing for our 6th democratic national elections. Given the current political climate, heightened tensions, socio-economic instability and the conversations around ‘State Capture’, the […]...