Official statements, analysis, and commentary from Moxii Africa on media freedom, accountability, and the public interest.
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June 2, 2020
Child protection week 2020!
Gender & Children
Digital Rights
African Media
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…
MMA, 80 media and rights groups urge african heads of state to release jailed journalists
African Media
Media Freedom
Government & Policy
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…
Media release: New south african regulation "criminalizing" fake news/disinformation about COVID-19
African Media
Government & Policy
Research & Reports
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
Cape town hosting indaba on impact of social media
African Media
Media Monitoring
, 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…
Letter to president cyril ramaphosa: Implementation of the inoperative provisions of the protection of personal information act 4 of 2013 (POPIA)
Digital Rights
African Media
Government & Policy
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
For immediate release: MMA statement on gwede mantashe and media credibility
Government & Policy
Research & Reports
Media Freedom
Media Monitoring Africa notes with great concern the deliberate obfuscation by Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources, Gwede Mantashe in relation to his admission of having paid journalists at the Sunday World to “bury” a story where he…
5 days left to enter child-centred journalism awards!
Gender & Children
African Media
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa encourages journalists across Africa to submit their story ideas for the organisation’s Isu Elihle “Great Idea” Awards before the deadline at midnight on
5 days left to enter child-centred journalism awards!
Gender & Children
African Media
Research & Reports
Media Monitoring Africa encourages journalists across Africa to submit their story ideas for the organisation’s Isu Elihle “Great Idea” Awards before the deadline at midnight on
For immediate release: We need to focus on our real enemies; the media is not one of them
African Media
Government & Policy
During an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Memorial Service for former President Mugabe, Julius Malema said that they would ban Daily Maverick, Amabhungane and Scorpio from EFF events
Isu Elihle AwardsRewarding Innovative journalism about childrenMedia Release23 August 2019Entries Are Open for Media Monitoring Africa’s Child-centred Journalism AwardsMedia Monitoring Africa (MMA) invites journalists across Africa to…
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the National Elections in South Africa
How did the public broadcaster cover the 2019 elections?
Media Monitoring
African Media
Media Monitoring Africa, a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the National Elections by the South African Broadcast Corporation…
