Official statements, analysis, and commentary from Moxii Africa on media freedom, accountability, and the public interest.
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July 8, 2020
Media release: President cyril ramaphosa’s decision to send the protection of state information bill (the “secrecy bill”) back to parliament
Government & Policy
African Media
Media Freedom
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 welcomes the commencement of the protection of personal information act
Research & Reports
Digital Rights
African Media
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
Launch of third brief of the analysis of media coverage of COVID-19
Media Monitoring
African Media
Government & Policy
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…
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…
