Media Releases

As South Africa commemorates Women’s Day, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to announce the launch of a project on gender aimed at improving the coverage of women in South African news in terms of quantity and quality

MMA, Facebook, Google SA, Film and Publication Board (FPB), MTN, DTPS and Diana Schwarz Attorneys are inviting all SA learners between the ages of 12-17 years to be part of the Web Rangers Programme

Mr William BirdOn behalf of:Media Monitoring AfricaSouth African National Editors ForumCommittee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI)Southern African Editors Forum (SAEF)SOS Support Public Broadcasting…

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities in order to determine trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media

We applaud President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to send the Protection of State Information Bill (the “Secrecy Bill”) back to Parliament, but we respectfully call on him to expand the grounds for reconsideration of its unconstitutionality

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) welcomes the long awaited launch of the SABC’s Editorial Policies

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has closed its entries for the lsu Elihle Awards

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) welcomes the President’s announcement that the outstanding provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of (POPIA) will commence on

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) encourages African journalists to enter for the child-centered awards as entries close in ten days

In order to determine the trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities

To commemorate National Child Protection Week, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA),together with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), Google, Facebook, the Film Publication Board (FPB), Media Development and…

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has launched the second brief in the series, ‘Analysis of Covid-19 Media Coverage’

Entries are open for the Media Monitoring Africa lsu Elihle Awards

Entries are open for the Media Monitoring Africa lsu Elihle Awards

Media release05 May 2020Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) announces the application date for the lsu Elihle Awards

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) announces the application date for the lsu Elihle Awards

To: President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune President of Benin Patrice Talon President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza President of Cameroon Paul Biya President of Chad Idriss Deby President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi President of…

On the 18th of the South African governement issued a Government Gazette with a new regulation stating that fake news/ disinformation about COVID19 is now a criminal offence in South Africa

, IOL, Staff Writer “We are already partnering with a number of organisations to make sure that not only South Africans - but people who interact with electoral management - are aware of anything that would compromise the…

MMA is deeply concerned – particularly in the face of the recent spate of data breaches – that South Africa currently does not have an effective and enforceable data protection framework, despite POPIA having been signed into law in