Media Releases

Official statements, analysis, and commentary from Moxii Africa on media freedom, accountability, and the public interest.
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October 20, 2021

Media release: MMA media coverage of the 2021 local government elections - interim report

Media Monitoring
Research & Reports
News media are essential for any democracy, but their role in an election period is even greater
October 20, 2021

Media release: A multi-stakeholder partnership to combat disinformation!

Digital Rights
Government & Policy
A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONSThe Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have joined hands with major social media platforms to fight the spread of disinformation,…
September 21, 2021

Blind SA and Section27 celebrate court order declaring copyright act unconstitutional, and advance to Constitutional Court for confirmation

African Media
Government & Policy
Media Monitoring
, Johannesburg – BlindSA and SECTION27 today welcome an order of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng, Pretoria Division) declaring that the Copyright Act of is invalid for violating the rights of people who are…
September 14, 2021

Media release: Media coverage and disinformation in the run up to the elections

Media Monitoring
African Media
Media Release Media Coverage and Disinformation in the run up to the elections JOHANNESBURG, – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) launched their Local Government Elections Media Monitoring and…
September 6, 2021

Media release: Portraying the pandemic- children, COVID-19 & the media

Gender & Children
African Media
Media Monitoring
Media Release Portraying the PANDEMIC: Children, Covid-19 & The Media JOHANNESBURG, – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with UNICEF South Africa, would like to invite you to a discussion…
August 9, 2021

Media release: Lens on gender-based violence - an analysis of media coverage

Media Monitoring
Gender & Children
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) conducted a media monitoring and analysis of the coverage of Gender-Based Violence in South African media
August 3, 2021

Media release: Reporting on children in the media course launches to strengthen journalism on child rights issues

Gender & Children
African Media
Research & Reports
Media Release Reporting on children in the media course launches to strengthen journalism on child rights issues PRETORIA, – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with UNICEF South Africa, launched the…
August 3, 2021

Analysis: Media coverage of children during looting

Gender & Children
Media Monitoring
Research & Reports
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former President, Jacob Zuma
June 25, 2021

The Isu Elihle awards 2021 finalists will be announce on the 30th of june!

African Media
Gender & Children
Digital Rights
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and UNICEF will announce the Isu Elihle Awards finalists on the 30th of at 4:30 pm (SAST)
June 15, 2021

Media release: Decolonising the internet - how artificial intelligence shapes our world

Digital Rights
African Media
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa, Goethe-Institut and the German Embassy invites you to join their panel discussion "Decolonising the internet: How AI shapes our world"
June 8, 2021

Calling all web ranger ambassadors or previously trained MMA children monitors!

Gender & Children
Digital Rights
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), together with the Impact Amplifier are excited to invite all Web Ranger ambassadors and child monitoring learners to join forces with them to create and develop online comic strips under the project…
May 27, 2021

R1 000 000 available to south african schools in a nation-wide online safety campaign!

Gender & Children
Digital Rights
African Media
Joining the #share2protect campaign, can earn schools up to R20 000, while helping to keep children safer online - by asking parents to submit a facial scan of their children
May 1, 2021

Entries for the 2nd in take of the 2021 south african Web Rangers programme officially open!

Digital Rights
Research & Reports
Gender & Children
MMA, Facebook, Google SA, Film and Publication Board (FPB), MTN, Depart of Communication and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and Diana Schwarz Attorneys are inviting all SA learners between the ages of 12-17 years to be part of the Web Rangers…
April 27, 2021

Entries for the lsu elihle awards close in three days!

Gender & Children
Media Freedom
Digital Rights
The applications for the lsu Elihle Awards close at midnight on the 30 th of
April 20, 2021

Entries for the lsu elihle awards close in ten days!

Gender & Children
African Media
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and UNICEF encourages African journalists to enter for its child-centred journalism awards as entries close in ten days
April 1, 2021

Entries open for the 2021 Isu Elihle awards !

Gender & Children
African Media
Digital Rights
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is excited to officially open the applications for the lsu Elihle Awards
April 1, 2021

Entries open for the 2021 lsu elihle awards !

Gender & Children
African Media
Digital Rights
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is excited to officially open the applications for the lsu Elihle Awards
December 15, 2020

Isu Elihle awards 2020 winner!

Gender & Children
African Media
Media Freedom
On Monday, , Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) announced the lsu Elihle Awardswinner
December 11, 2020

Launch of the seventh brief of the analysis of media coverage of COVID-19!

Media Monitoring
Gender & Children
African Media
Since , Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring the media and analysing how they have been reporting Covid-19, a pandemic that has dominated media coverage, since the first case was reported in South Africa in March…
November 23, 2020

Launch of the analysis on media coverage of children!

Gender & Children
Media Monitoring
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) embarked on a media monitoring exercise between May and September, to determine trends in media coverage of children
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