Don’t be conned by fake news
South Africa's pivotal general elections, coming 30 years since the first democratic came to power, are only a month away. ...
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Tag: IEC
The elections you shouldn’t have been interested in: An analysis by Vincent Maphai
The MediaShop hosted a post-election analysis session with Dr Vincent Maphai, to unpack the impact and effects on the country, ...
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MMA’s evidence to SABC board inquiry must be included in the final report
Having monitored the SABC’s coverage in the run-up to all our democratic elections, in 2016 Media Monitoring Africa found evidence ...
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Just three parties get majority media coverage
With just one day to go before South Africa’s fourth general elections, the media has left the public “largely uninformed” ...
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Banning elections ads undermines free speech
In a disappointing but not altogether unsurprising move, the communications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has ...
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Revitalising stale election reporting
There seem to be only three types of election stories and you probably know them all: the profile, the campaign ...
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